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Door installation in Kendall carries a wrinkle most other South Florida markets don’t have: Miami-Dade’s all-or-nothing wind mitigation standard. A new impact entry door on a 1978 rancher off Kendall Drive does a homeowner exactly zero good on the insurance side if there’s a single leftover jalousie panel in the laundry room. We see it every week. TruePane Windows & Doors has installed and serviced doors across Kendall for years, and we know what the inspector will flag before we ever touch the jamb. Call (386) 200-9224 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk your openings with you before any work gets quoted.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Kendall’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’re not the cheapest bid in Kendall, and we don’t chase that. Homeowners in Kendale Lakes, The Hammocks, and Country Walk call us because the last contractor left them with a door that binds in July and a warranty that didn’t hold. Dale Kessler founded this company with one rule on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That applies to every entry door, French door, and storm door we set. Our Door Installation team works in Kendall homes the way they’d work in their own mother’s house: measured twice, quoted line by line, both warranty layers registered in writing before we leave the driveway.
We answer the phone with a live person, 24 hours a day. No voicemail tree. No callback form. When a Kendall homeowner calls about a door that won’t latch after a summer storm, they get a person. Our techs know the subdivisions west of the Turnpike, know the CBS construction, and know what the Miami-Dade inspector is going to pull up on their tablet before the wall gets closed in.
Our Door Installation Services in Kendall
Entry & Swing Doors
Entry door installation in Kendall usually starts with an opening that’s been settling for 40 years. The original aluminum slab on a 1980s house near Miller Drive is often corroded at the threshold, and the jamb behind it is worse. We cut back to true framing, address what’s behind the wall, and set a door that swings square in August humidity and September rain. Impact-rated or not, the door gets flashed the way Miami-Dade requires, with the NOA paperwork to match.
Double & French Doors
French door installation in Kendall homes on slab-on-grade foundations has a specific failure mode: the inactive panel sags, the astragal wears, and water finds the seam during a summer thunderstorm. We set both panels level, shim the jambs for the crowned floor, and install an interlocking astragal that actually meets. For homeowners in Three Lakes and Country Walk replacing an older sliding setup with French doors, we handle the header work and the lintel so the wall still carries the roof load correctly.
Storm Doors
Storm doors make particular sense on Kendall’s east and south exposures, where afternoon storms drive rain at an angle that a standard entry door’s weatherstripping can’t stop. We install storm doors with reinforced corners and proper drip caps so they don’t become a windblown hazard. They aren’t a substitute for an impact-rated primary door, and we’ll tell you that plainly. They do protect an expensive entry door from the worst of what Biscayne Bay moisture and salt air throw at it.
Pivot Doors
Pivot doors are becoming more common in Kendall’s custom and higher-end builds, particularly around the newer infill homes off 117th Avenue. The slab weight puts real load on the frame, and a pivot set slightly out of plumb will bind within a year. We pre-drill anchor points, set the pivot bearings on shims, and adjust before and after the door is hung so it swings with two fingers. The door’s heavy; the install shouldn’t be a fight.
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.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kendall
We’re an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, CWS, and ES Windows, and we’ll quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you see exactly what you’re buying. For Kendall’s CBS construction and the Miami-Dade NOA requirement, PGT and CGI are the two names most of our customers end up choosing, but we install and service whatever code-compliant line fits your opening and your budget. If you already have a brand you’re loyal to, we’ll work with it and register both warranty layers in writing before the truck pulls out.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Kendall Homes
- A single non-impact jalousie panel killing the whole wind-mitigation discount. This is the Kendall-specific problem we’d bet on before looking at any house. One leftover panel in a patio, utility room, or side door means the all-or-nothing opening protection standard fails, and the homeowner loses $3,000-$6,000 a year off Citizens or private carrier premiums. We’ll flag it on every job, even if you only called us for a front door.
- Rotted jambs hidden behind corroded aluminum entry doors. Doors on western and southern exposures in Kendale Lakes take decades of driven rain. The aluminum slab looks bad, but the real issue is what’s under it: a buck that’s dry-rotted, hinge screws pulling free, and a rough opening that’s no longer square.
- Out-of-square openings in 1970s CBS walls. Years of slab settlement and the way these homes were framed mean the opening we measure is rarely the opening we need. We cut concrete block and reframe with king and jack studs before a code-compliant impact door goes in. That’s the difference between a door that seals and a door that was wedged in and caulked over.
- Failed weatherstripping from salt air and hard well-influenced water. Kendall’s humidity hangs around 80-90% in summer, and the water and air here shorten the life of flimsy thresholds and sweeps. We replace with marine-grade weatherstripping and aluminum thresholds with a thermal break, so your door actually seals when the afternoon storms come through.
Pricing for Door Installation in Kendall, FL
Entry door installation in Kendall typically runs $2,800-$7,500, depending on whether the slab is impact-rated and whether the opening needs reframing. Double and French doors land between $4,500 and $12,000, with the wider spread driven by whether you’re converting a sliding opening or keeping an existing header. Storm doors usually run $900-$2,300 installed. Pivot doors start around $6,500 and climb with glazing and hardware. If we open the wall and find a rotted jamb or undersized header, we price the change order on paper and get your sign-off before touching anything. Call (386) 200-9224 for a written line-item quote; estimates are free, and the price we quote is the price we stand behind.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall
TruePane crews regularly work in Door Installation in Kendall and the surrounding communities, including Palmetto Bay, Cutler Bay, Three Lakes, and Country Walk. If you’re a few minutes south or west of Kendall proper, we’ll still schedule a free estimate and walk your openings with you the same way we do here.
Serving Kendall, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendall area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Door Installation in Kendall
It fails the entire house for the wind-mitigation discount. Miami-Dade’s opening protection standard is all or nothing: one non-impact opening, whether it’s a jalousie panel in the laundry room or an unbraced garage door, cancels the full credit. That commonly costs a Kendall homeowner $3,000-$6,000 a year in premiums. Call (386) 200-9224 and we’ll mark every opening before installing your new door so you don’t pay for a door that buys you nothing on the insurance side.
Once we cut concrete block to widen an opening, the inspector will look at the header, the jamb anchors, the flashing, and the glazing rating, all of which must meet current Miami-Dade code and carry a Notice of Acceptance. The original 1970s framing often falls short on header size and uplift straps. We include those code upgrades in our written quote before the saw comes out, so the permit inspection passes the first time.
Because the slab is only part of what the inspector evaluates. They look at the entire opening: the frame, the anchorage, the glazing above it, and every other opening on the house. A new impact slab set into a corroded, non-rated frame is not a compliant installation. The glazing above the door often ends up being the real problem. We inspect the whole assembly before quoting, so you know what actually has to change.
The combination of 80-90% humidity, Biscayne Bay salt air, and hard water near western Kendall corrodes aluminum thresholds and degrades standard weatherstripping much faster than it would inland. We replace with marine-grade materials that seal against wind-driven rain on south and east exposures, and we’ll show you what failed on the old door before we install the new one. It’s usually a five-minute look that explains years of damp floors.
Only if every other opening on the house is also impact-protected. A single non-impact jalousie panel, side door, or unbraced garage door means the wind-mitigation discount doesn’t apply, regardless of what you put on the front. That’s why we walk the whole property and mark “replace now or leave unprotected” before we install anything. Call (386) 200-9224 and we’ll give you the full picture on paper.
Call TruePane for Door Installation in Kendall
If you’re in Kendall and your entry door has been binding since the summer storms started, or you’ve got an old jalousie panel that’s been bleeding your insurance discount for a decade, call (386) 200-9224. We’ll schedule a free estimate, walk your openings, and hand you a written quote with both warranty layers registered in writing. We’ve been doing this work long enough to know that a door isn’t just a slab in a hole; it’s the whole opening, inspected and set true.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Kendall and the surrounding Miami-Dade communities.
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.