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A new entry door in Palmetto Bay typically runs between $1,800 and $6,500 installed, depending on the door style, material, and whether impact-rated glass is involved. Most single-door installations are completed in one day, and we’ve been doing this work in Miami-Dade County long enough to know exactly what the coastal humidity and hurricane codes demand. If you’re noticing a door that binds in summer, lets water through during a storm, or simply doesn’t close tight anymore, call us at (386) 200-9224 and we’ll send a technician who measures twice and quotes the manufacturer lines side by side on paper.
Dale Kessler founded TruePane Windows & Doors in 2008 with a simple rule written on a whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That rule governs every door we hang in Palmetto Bay, from a basic swing door in Three Lakes to an impact-rated French door set in The Crossings. We’re a second-generation glazier’s shop carrying years of community craft heritage, and we hire local, train apprentices into journeymen, and register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before our truck leaves your driveway. No paper fights, no arguing, no fine print that covers neither. That’s The Keystone Standard, and it’s backed by our Done Right Promise on every install.
If you’d rather talk than read, a live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail tree. Not a call center. Someone in Palmetto Bay who actually knows doors.
Key Takeaways: Door Installation in Palmetto Bay
- Typical entry door install: $1,800-$6,500 - impact-rated doors run higher, and we’ll show you why on a line-item quote.
- Most single doors are done in one visit - we measure twice, bring the right materials, and don’t leave a second appointment hanging.
- Hurricane code matters here - Palmetto Bay sits in a High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and we pull permits and pass inspections on every relevant job.
- Both warranty layers registered in writing - durations stated, paperwork in your hand before the truck leaves.
- Done Right Promise - if it’s not done right, we make it right. No paper fight, no call center, no runaround.
What Our Door Installation Service Includes
Every door we install in Palmetto Bay gets the same baseline standard: opening measured twice, manufacturer lines quoted on paper, permits pulled where code requires, both warranty layers registered, and a written workmanship guarantee for 90 days. Here’s what that looks like by door type.
Entry & Swing Doors
Your front door is the first thing you touch when you come home and the last thing protecting your house when a storm rolls off Biscayne Bay. We install Entry & Swing Doors in steel, fiberglass, and wood in Palmetto Bay, and we’ll talk you through the difference between a standard hinge system and an impact-rated assembly that meets Miami-Dade County product approval. Dale Kessler’s team sets every jamb with shims and levels it so the door swings square on day one and still swings square in August. A properly installed entry door should close with a soft press, not a slam.
When an entry door is out of true, you’ll feel it: scraping at the threshold, daylight at the latch side, a deadbolt that fights you. That’s not a door problem, it’s a framing and installation problem, and it’s exactly the kind of out-of-true work we’ve built our reputation fixing.
Double & French Doors
Double & French Doors are the most installation-sensitive doors in any Palmetto Bay home because both active and passive panels have to meet perfectly at the astragal, and both have to sit square in a single opening. A half-inch of settlement or a rushed install means the doors bind, the weather stripping tears, and water finds its way in during the afternoon downpours we get all summer. We set double doors with a continuous sill pan and adjust the hinges and astragal until both panels close clean and lock without lifting.
French doors are also a common spot where we install impact glass. PGT and CGI both make rated French door units that look like traditional divided lite doors but carry a design pressure rating for the HVHZ. We’ll quote both lines side by side and register whichever you select.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold & Folding Doors open an entire wall of your Palmetto Bay home to the patio or pool, and the track and carrier system has to be dead level across a span that can run twelve feet or more. We install those systems with the manufacturer’s threshold flashing and align each panel so it folds and glides without dragging. The last thing you want is a 200-pound folding panel that jumps its track because the header wasn’t shimmed right.
Our technicians have set folding door systems from multiple manufacturers, and we handle the permitting and inspection when the opening widens or when the unit is impact-rated. If you’re replacing a sliding patio door with a folding door, we’ll check the header and the king studs before anything gets ordered.
Pivot Doors
A pivot door hangs from a top and bottom pivot instead of conventional side hinges, which means the door’s entire weight rides through a floor pivot and a header pivot that must be perfectly aligned or the door will sag and drag. We’ve installed pivot doors in Palmetto Bay that are taller and wider than a standard entry, some with glass panels and some with solid wood slabs. The installation tolerances are measured in fractions of an inch, and we take those readings with a laser before we cut anything.
Pivot doors are often a statement piece on newer Palmetto Bay homes, but the engineering behind them is serious. We quote the hardware, the slab, and the installation as separate line items so you see exactly where your money goes.
Storm Doors
A storm door gives your entry door a second layer of protection against Palmetto Bay’s salt air and rain, and it adds cross-ventilation during months when you want airflow without opening the whole house to bugs. We install full-view and ventilating storm doors with reinforced frames and closers that are adjusted to the door’s weight, so the door doesn’t slam when the kids let go of it. It’s a modest investment that protects a much larger one.
Storm doors are also the most common door our technicians are asked to repair, which tells you something about how many out-of-plumb installs are done by the cheapest bid in the room. If a previous storm door pulled loose at the hinges or the closer ripped out of the jamb, we’ll true the opening and reinstall it right.
Arched & Custom Doors
Arched & Custom Doors are among the most beautiful entryways in Palmetto Bay and among the worst-installed because the radius has to be cut and set exactly or the door will never seal. We template every arched opening in the field and order the door to the measured radius, not the other way around. Custom doors, including glass-inlaid and solid wood designs, get the same treatment: field measured, factory built, installed to the manufacturer’s written spec.
Whether you’re ordering a custom arched mahogany door or rebuilding the framing for a wider opening, we’ll keep you informed on lead times and show up with the right crew when the door arrives. No surprise appointments, no subcontracted strangers.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Brands We Service for Door Installation
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including the brands Palmetto Bay homeowners ask about most: PGT, CGI, and ES Windows. PGT and CGI build impact-rated doors approved for Miami-Dade County’s product approval system, and we’ve set enough of them to know that each manufacturer has its own flashing, screw pattern, and shim requirements. You don’t get to skip steps with a rated door; the paperwork matters as much as the install, and we register both warranty layers before we leave.
ES Windows makes high-end aluminum and glass door systems that show up on a lot of modern Palmetto Bay homes, and those systems demand precision setting at the track and the pivot. We’ve installed them, we’ve serviced them, and we know their hardware. Whether your door is a PGT, CGI, ES Windows, CWS, or any other make, the same Keystone Standard applies: measured twice, set true, warrantied in writing, and backed for 90 days with our Done Right Promise.
Signs You Need Door Installation Right Now
- The door binds or scrapes in summer. Humidity and heat move wood and steel frames in Palmetto Bay all through the wet season. If your door was fine in January and is now dragging on the threshold, the opening has shifted and the door is riding out of true. Left alone, the finish wears through and the frame starts splitting.
- Water stains or puddles after a storm. A properly installed Palmetto Bay entry door keeps wind-driven rain on the outside. If you’re finding water at the baseboard or staining on the jamb after a storm, the sill pan or flashing wasn’t installed right, and the fix is a new installation, not another bead of caulk.
- The deadbolt or latch no longer lines up. When the door drops even an eighth of an inch, the bolt heads start grinding against the strike plate. You’re wearing out the lock every time you turn the key, and the door is telling you the frame is moving or the hinges are failing.
- Visible daylight or airflow around the door’s edge. If you can see light or feel air moving around your closed door, you’re paying to air-condition Palmetto Bay’s outdoors. It also means the weather seal isn’t seating, and on a wind-driven-rain night, that’s a leak waiting to happen. Doors should seal tight enough to hold a dollar bill when closed.
- The door is original to a home built before the current HVHZ code. Palmetto Bay sits in a High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and older doors often don’t carry a current Florida Product Approval. If your door predates the mid-1990s or was never upgraded to impact-rated, you’re one strong storm away from a breach. We’ll quote an impact-rated replacement and handle the permit and inspection.
Our Door Installation Process - Step by Step
We’ve installed enough doors in Palmetto Bay to know that a disciplined process is what separates a door that still closes right in ten years from one that starts dragging by the next rainy season. Here’s how every install goes.
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Measure and quote, twice. A background-checked, uniformed technician comes to your home, laser-measures the rough opening and the door’s reveal, and checks the floor for level and the jamb for plumb. We quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you can compare actual numbers, not sales language. The quote is line-item and upfront; the number on it is the number on your bill.
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Order and register the door. We order the unit from the manufacturer with the exact swing, size, and rating your opening requires. When the door arrives, we inspect it before it goes on the truck, and we register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before we ever set foot back on your property.
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Prep the opening. We pull the old door and inspect the rough framing, the sill, and the flashing. If we find rot or settlement, we fix it before the new door goes in. Skipping this step is how doors go out of true, and we won’t do it. On jobs that need a permit, we pull it before we start.
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Set, shim, and level. The new door goes in with shims at the hinges and strike, the frame squared to the rough opening, and the sill pan flashed to shed water. We set the reveal even all the way around, then hang the slab and adjust the hinges until the door closes square and the bolt throws clean. This is where the Keystone Standard gets earned.
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Finish and walk the job with you. We install or reinstall the hardware, set the weather stripping, and run the door through a test: open, close, lock, unlock, check for light leaks. You sign off only when the door feels right, and we leave you with the written warranty paperwork. If anything is off, we make it right within 90 days. No arguing.
We also do the same thing right a few miles away in Kendall and Cutler Bay, and you can learn more about the full scope of our work on our home page.
How Much Does Door Installation Cost in Palmetto Bay?
Door installation in Palmetto Bay runs a wide range because the doors themselves run a wide range. A standard steel or fiberglass entry door with a basic frame typically costs between $1,800 and $3,200 installed. A solid wood entry door or a pivot door runs $3,500 to $6,500. Double French doors usually land between $3,000 and $7,500, depending on whether they’re impact-rated and what the framing needs. A folding door wall can run $6,000 to $15,000 or more, because you’re buying a multi-panel system and a serious amount of aluminum framing. A storm door is the most modest job, typically $600 to $1,400 installed.
| Door Type | Typical Palmetto Bay Installed Cost |
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| Storm door | $600 - $1,400 |
| Entry door (steel or fiberglass) | $1,800 - $3,200 |
| Entry door (wood or pivot) | $3,500 - $6,500 |
| Double/French doors | $3,000 - $7,500 |
| Folding door wall | $6,000 - $15,000+ |
What moves the price is the material, the glazing, the hardware, and whether the unit has to meet HVHZ impact requirements. Impact-rated doors add cost, but they’re required in some applications and worth the insurance discount in others. The framing condition matters too: a rotten jamb or a settled header adds labor to the job before the new door can go in. We show all of this on a line-item quote before we start. No change orders, no surprises on the bill. That’s our square deal, and it’s how we’ve done business in Palmetto Bay for more than four decades of combined craft heritage.
Door Installation Near Palmetto Bay - Our Service Area
TruePane installs doors throughout Palmetto Bay and the surrounding communities, including Kendall, Cutler Bay, Three Lakes, Goulds, Richmond Heights, Richmond West, South Miami Heights, Sunset, The Crossings, and The Hammocks. We schedule to our word, and we’ll be there when we say. If you’re just over the line in Cutler Bay or up in Kendall, the same crew and the same Keystone Standard apply. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and when you call for a door estimate, you’re speaking to someone who knows the difference between a PGT and a CGI, not a dispatcher reading a script. Reach us at (386) 200-9224.
Serving Palmetto Bay, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palmetto Bay area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
Frequently Asked Questions - Door Installation in Palmetto Bay
Door installation includes removing the old door, inspecting and repairing the rough opening, setting the new door square and level, flashing and sealing it against water, installing the hardware, and registering the manufacturer warranty. In Palmetto Bay, it also means building to High-Velocity Hurricane Zone code wherever impact products apply. We measure twice, quote line-item prices, and leave you with written warranty paperwork before we drive away. Call (386) 200-9224 for a free estimate.
Most single-door installations are completed in one visit, usually four to six hours including removal and cleanup. Double doors, folding doors, and custom arches can take longer if the opening needs reframing or a permit inspection is scheduled. We’ll tell you the time frame in writing before we start, and we show up when we say. To get a specific schedule for your door, call (386) 200-9224.
A standard entry door installation in Palmetto Bay usually runs between $1,800 and $3,200, while custom wood, pivot, or impact-rated doors run higher. French doors sit between $3,000 and $7,500, and folding door walls can exceed $15,000 depending on the system. The only way to know your exact price is a field measurement and a line-item quote, which we provide free. Call (386) 200-9224 and we’ll set it up.
Yes, PGT and CGI are two of the manufacturers we’re authorized installers for, and we’ve set many of their impact-rated doors in Palmetto Bay and across Miami-Dade County. We also install ES Windows, CWS, and more than a dozen other lines. Each brand has its own installation and flashing requirements, and we follow the manufacturer’s written spec so your warranty stays intact. Call (386) 200-9224 to see PGT and CGI quoted side by side.
If a door is broken, kicked in, or won’t secure, we can often get a technician to you quickly, and a live person answers our phone 24/7. We’ll talk through what you’re seeing, give you an honest read on what needs to happen, and schedule the install as soon as materials allow. For a broken or insecure door in Palmetto Bay, call (386) 200-9224 and a real person will pick up.
Every door installation carries both manufacturer warranty layers, registered in writing with durations stated before our truck leaves your driveway, plus our Done Right Promise. If the install is not done right, we make it right without paper fights or argument. That’s The Keystone Standard, and it’s been the backbone of our business since Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008. Call (386) 200-9224 and we’ll put it in writing.
Clear the area around the door inside and out, move furniture and wall hangings back about six feet, and make sure pets are secured in another room while our technicians work. We’ll handle drop cloths, dust control, and removal of the old door and debris. If you’re replacing a front entry door, let us know if you have an alarm sensor or doorbell wiring so we can account for it. Schedule your install by calling (386) 200-9224.
Schedule Your Door Installation Service in Palmetto Bay Today
If your door is dragging, leaking, or just not right, let’s get it done right. Call (386) 200-9224 for a free, no-obligation estimate on door installation in Palmetto Bay. A live person answers every call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and your quote comes line-item with both warranty layers registered in writing. That’s the square deal, and it’s been our way since 2008.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Palmetto Bay since 2008.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose TruePane Windows & Doors
Impact systems engineered to design pressures up to +/-100, matched to your wind zone - your openings hold when the storm arrives.
Low-E insulated impact glass from our manufacturer lines commonly cuts monthly cooling bills 20-30%.
Laminated impact glass shuts out up to 40% of outside noise - traffic, neighbors, weather.
Monitoring services run $30-90 a month. Laminated impact glass resists forced entry around the clock, with no subscription.
Florida homeowners average around 25% savings on the windstorm portion of their policy after protecting every opening - some homes qualify for more.
A full impact package upgrades curb appeal, buyer confidence and appraised value in one project.