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Door installation in North Lauderdale runs $850-$4,200 for most homes, depending on whether you’re replacing a single entry door or reframing an opening for impact-rated glass. That’s the honest range we quote from, and we’ll put it in writing before any work begins. Call (863) 591-8673 and a live person answers, 24 hours a day. We’ve worked the streets off Rock Island Road and around Prospect Road long enough to know what’s behind the drywall before we open it up.
North Lauderdale sits inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which means the rules here are different from what your cousin in Palm Beach County deals with. No shortcuts, no non-compliant big-box doors slipped in under the radar. We handle every permit and inspection so you don’t have to chase the building department. That’s the job. We do it every week.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is North Lauderdale’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’re not the cheapest bid in North Lauderdale, and we won’t pretend to be. What we are is the company that answers the phone when you call three years after the install because something feels off. Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 as a second-generation glazier who got tired of watching out-of-true installs void manufacturer warranties and leave homeowners holding the bag. That’s years of craft heritage, not a franchise playbook with a call center in another state.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. They measure every opening twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before the truck leaves your driveway. That’s The Keystone Standard. If the pane is not true, the job is not done. It’s the rule that names the company, and it governs every door we hang in North Lauderdale.
Dale built this company to be in town thirty years from now. We sponsor county fairs and church roof funds because we plan to still be here when your grandkids ask who installed the front door. That’s not marketing. It’s how a local business acts.
Our Door Installation Services in North Lauderdale
Entry & Swing Doors
A new entry door on a 1970s CBS ranch in North Lauderdale rarely goes in clean. The rough opening was framed for a narrow aluminum slab forty-five years ago, and modern fusion-welded frames need more room. We expect the reframe, write it into the allowance, and have it approved in writing before we touch the wall. A typical entry door install with a mid-line fiberglass or steel door runs $1,400-$3,600 in this market, including new flashing and weather sealing. Impact-rated entry systems from manufacturers like PGT or Simonton push toward the top of that range, and for good reason: the HVHZ code is not optional here.
Storm Doors
Storm doors in North Lauderdale do double duty. They protect your primary entry door from the salt-laden humidity that rolls in off the Atlantic, even twelve miles inland, and they give you ventilation during the months when the air conditioning is fighting for its life. We install full-view and ventilating storm doors, but we’re direct with customers: a storm door is not a hurricane door. It will not meet HVHZ impact requirements on its own. If your insurance carrier is demanding compliant openings, we’ll tell you plainly and quote you the right system. A standard storm door install runs $450-$1,900 depending on size and brand.
Arched & Custom Doors
North Lauderdale has its share of homes where someone, at some point, wanted a grand entrance. Arched and custom door installations need a different kind of care: templated measurements, custom millwork, and a permit that covers a structural opening change. We’ve done arched radius doors in this city that required reframing the header, and we’ve done it without a change order surprise. Custom work runs $3,200-$9,500, and the quote includes the engineering, the permit, and the inspection. You’ll see every line item before you sign.
Double & French Doors
French doors are common in the townhome clusters built during North Lauderdale’s boom years, and they fail in predictable ways: sagging hinges, warped stiles, and seals that delaminate under the South Florida UV load. We carry parts for Jeld-Wen, PGT, and Ply Gem lines, which means we can often rebuild rather than replace, and we’ll tell you when rebuild is throwing good money after bad. A double French door replacement in North Lauderdale typically runs $1,800-$5,400 depending on size, glass package, and whether the opening needs to be squared up.
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 North Lauderdale
TruePane is an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and in North Lauderdale we lean on PGT, and Ply Gem because their products hold up to the humidity and carry the Miami-Dade NOA paperwork your inspector wants to see. We stock common hardware and replacement parts locally, so when a roller seizes or a hinge sags, we’re not waiting on a freight truck from Ohio. We quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you see exactly what you’re buying and what each cost buys you. No sales fog.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in North Lauderdale Homes
- Corroded aluminum frames and tracks. Salt-laden Atlantic air accelerates corrosion on the narrow aluminum frames put in during the 1965-1985 building boom. By year forty, the sliding glass door track is often so pitted the panel won’t seat against the weatherstripping.
- Dry-rotted flashing and water intrusion. The flashing tape used on original installations dried out years ago. Cracks in the stucco wick rainwater into the rough opening, and the new jamb rots within a season if it’s not addressed during install.
- Undersized rough openings. Many North Lauderdale homes were framed for thin single-pane sliders and jalousie units. A modern impact-rated frame is deeper and wider, which means the rough opening often needs reframing and a structural inspection.
- Non-compliant big-box doors flagged at inspection. We hear this one too often: a homeowner installs a cheap door without a Miami-Dade NOA, Broward County flags it, and they pay twice to rip it out and do it right. The code here has zero flexibility.
Pricing for Door Installation in North Lauderdale, FL
Here’s what we quote in North Lauderdale, line item by line item, so you can price the work before you call:
| Service | Typical Range in North Lauderdale |
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| Entry door replacement (single, standard opening) | $1,400-$3,600 |
| Impact-rated entry door (HVHZ compliant) | $2,200-$4,200 |
| Storm door installation | $450-$1,900 |
| Sliding glass door replacement (impact-rated) | $2,800-$6,500 |
| French door replacement (double) | $1,800-$5,400 |
| Custom arched door with reframe | $3,200-$9,500 |
What moves the number: whether the rough opening needs reframing, whether the door must carry an HVHZ NOA (in North Lauderdale, it almost always does), and whether stucco repair and flashing replacement are required. We write an allowance into every contract so a surprise behind the wall is priced and approved before we proceed. Call (863) 591-8673 for a free estimate. Written line items, fixed pricing, no change orders without your signature.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Lauderdale
TruePane serves all of Broward County from our Miami-area dispatch office, with crews working locally in North Lauderdale and the surrounding cities. That includes Pompano Beach, Coconut Creek, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and Lighthouse Point. Same standards, same Done Right Promise, same live person answering the phone. If you’re in a neighboring city, call (863) 591-8673 and we’ll schedule your free estimate.
Serving North Lauderdale, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Lauderdale 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 North Lauderdale
It means every door you install must carry a Miami-Dade County Notice of Acceptance (NOA) or a Florida Product Approval, and the job must pass a Broward County permitted inspection. There is no workaround, no “grandfathered” exception, and no flexibility like you’d find in Palm Beach County. Non-compliant products cannot be legally installed here. That’s why we only quote doors with the proper paperwork, and we pull the permit on every job. Call (863) 591-8673 and we’ll explain exactly what applies to your opening.
Fogged glass means the seal has failed and the insulating gas has leaked out. On a door that old, the frame is usually corroded enough that replacing just the glass is throwing money at a dying unit. In North Lauderdale’s humidity, you’ll also need to address the flashing and possibly the rough opening. In most cases, a full replacement with an impact-rated sliding door is the right call, and we’ll show you the line-item comparison before you decide. Call (863) 591-8673 for an honest assessment and a free estimate.
The allowance is a specific dollar amount we set aside, with your approval, for what we might find once the old door comes out. In North Lauderdale’s 1965-1985 housing stock, that’s typically a rotted rough opening, dry-rotted flashing tape, or a frame that’s undersized for a modern impact-rated unit. We don’t want to stop work mid-job and hand you a surprise bill. The allowance gets spent only if we encounter the issue we told you to expect, and you approve every dollar in writing before we proceed. That’s The Keystone Standard.
Yes. North Lauderdale is inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and the designation doesn’t change based on distance from the beach. Every opening in your home, including doors, must meet impact standards and carry the right product approval documentation. A door without an NOA or Florida Product Approval will fail inspection, and you’ll pay twice to replace it. We quote compliant doors from manufacturers like PGT, Jeld-Wen, and Ply Gem. Call (863) 591-8673 for a free estimate and we’ll show you the paperwork that comes with each option.
Yes, and in North Lauderdale this is one of the most common reasons we get called. Insurance carriers are scrutinizing Broward County policies and demanding that all openings meet HVHZ impact standards. A compliant door replacement, with the proper NOA documentation and a passed county inspection, is often the single biggest factor in keeping your policy in force. We can document every install for your carrier and provide the paperwork they need. Bring us the notice, and we’ll tell you exactly what it requires and what it costs. Call (863) 591-8673.
What Opening Up an Older North Lauderdale Home Actually Turns Up
If there’s one thing we’ve learned after years of door work in North Lauderdale’s CBS ranch homes, it’s this: the door you see is rarely the whole job. Behind the old jalousie frame or the seized sliding glass track, we find outdated wiring snaked through the header, undersized framing that was never meant to carry a modern impact-rated unit, and flashing tape that turned to dust a decade ago. Once a permit is pulled, the code upgrades trigger: structural inspection, proper flashing details, sometimes electrical work if the door wiring was run improperly.
We handle it the only way that makes sense for a homeowner who plans to stay. Inspection first. We look before we quote, so we can write a realistic allowance into the contract instead of surprising you at the halfway point. Then, if we open the wall and find something we predicted, the price is already there in black and white. If we find something we didn’t predict, you approve the change in writing before we touch it. No verbal surprises, no “while we’re in there” upcharges.
Our crew recently replaced a corroded original sliding-glass door on a 1970s CBS ranch in the Rock Island corridor. The aluminum frame had seized from salt-laden humidity and the track was so pitted the door wouldn’t seal. When we pulled it, we found the rough opening undersized and the flashing tape dry-rotted. We reframed the opening, installed a ViewLux impact-rated sliding door with stainless rollers, and closed it up with new flashing tape before the inspector came. The homeowner had lived with that door for twenty years. She didn’t realize how much air and water it was letting through until the new one was in.
That’s what we mean when we say Door Installation done right. Not just a door hung square, but the opening behind it corrected, waterproofed, and inspected. If the pane is not true, the job is not done. And if the flashing isn’t right, the job isn’t done either.
Every TruePane job in North Lauderdale carries the Done Right Promise: if it’s not right, we make it right, no paperwork fights and no arguing. Both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing, with durations stated, before the truck leaves your driveway. You’ll know exactly what’s covered, for how long, and who to call. A live person answers that call, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You’re not shopping for the cheapest bid. You’re looking for a company that will still be in town and still answering the phone when something goes wrong. That’s the company Dale Kessler built. Call (863) 591-8673 to schedule your free estimate for door installation in North Lauderdale.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving North Lauderdale and Broward County with years of glazing craft.
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.