Door Installation in West Palm Beach - Free Measure, Exact Written Quote

Trusted Door Installation for West Palm Beach Homeowners

Our Door Installation in West Palm Beach typically costs between $900 and $4,200 per opening depending on the door type, material, and whether the frame needs work, with most standard exterior door replacements landing between $1,400 and $2,800. We’re Lightwell Windows West Palm Beach, an independently owned Cedarwell doors-and-windows company operating to the Cedarwell Care Promise since 2010. Our crews handle everything from a single front door replacement in Westgate to full sliding glass door installations in The Acreage, with a written price in your hand before any work begins. A live person answers our phone at (728) 203-1160 whenever you call, day or night, and every job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not right, we make it right, no debate and no countdown.

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Key Takeaways:

• Door installation in West Palm Beach runs roughly $900 to $4,200 per opening, with most jobs falling between $1,400 and $2,800.
• Every job starts with a written, line-item price. No invoice surprises.
• We carry Therma-Tru, PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, Mr-Glass, and ViewLux so the recommendation fits your home, not our inventory.
• Shoe covers and drop cloths on every visit. A photo of the cleanup before the crew leaves.
• Background-checked, uniformed technicians who follow the C.A.R.E. values: Clean up, Ask, Respect, Explain.

A light well is what brings daylight deep into a building. A well-installed door should do the same for your home: open cleanly, seal tightly against West Palm Beach humidity, and hold up through hurricane season. That’s the standard we work to on every install. If you’re weighing front door replacement, a sliding glass door, or a full exterior upgrade, call (728) 203-1160 and we’ll talk through what makes sense for your house, your budget, and your family’s routine.

Front Door Replacement

Front Door Replacement is the process of removing your existing entry door and frame, addressing any rot or settling issues in the rough opening, and installing a new door system that seals, locks, and swings exactly as it should. In West Palm Beach, we see entry doors fail differently than in cooler climates: the constant humidity and salt air from the Intracoastal cause wood frames to swell and steel thresholds to corrode, which means a door that stuck slightly last year may not latch at all by August. Most front door replacements through Lightwell run between $1,600 and $3,800 installed, depending on whether you choose a fiberglass Therma-Tru, a steel PGT impact-rated unit, or a solid wood door.

Impact-Rated Entry Doors

For homes east of I-95 in West Palm Beach, an impact-rated front door is a practical choice, not an upsell. PGT and CGI both make entry doors tested to withstand wind-borne debris, and our installers set them into reinforced frames with proper anchoring so the whole assembly works as one unit. If your current door is original to a home built before the 2001 Florida Building Code update, it very likely does not meet current wind-load requirements.

What We Protect During the Install

We lay drop cloths from the exterior entry point all the way through the hallway to the door location, and our technicians wear shoe covers the entire time they are inside your home. If the install runs near nap time for a little one, we use hand tools where practical to keep noise down. Pets are never shooed or startled; we ask before we touch their water bowls or move a gate.

Door Replacement

Door Replacement covers any door in your home that has reached the end of its usable life, whether that’s an interior door with a cracked panel or an exterior door that no longer seals against West Palm Beach’s wet season. Lightwell Windows West Palm Beach handles both, though our focus and deepest parts inventory sit with exterior work. A typical door replacement in this market runs between $900 and $4,200, with the spread driven by whether we are swapping a slab into an existing frame or doing a full tear-out with new framing, trim, and hardware. You get a written, line-item quote before we touch anything, so the number you approve is the number you pay.

Full Tear-Out vs. Slab Swap

When the frame is still square and solid, we can often replace just the door slab and hinges, which keeps the price low and the job to half a day. When we find rot at the sill or the rough opening has drifted out of square, we recommend a full tear-out. In neighborhoods like Lake Park, Palm Springs, and North Palm Beach where homes sit on older slabs, we see sill rot more often than homeowners expect.

When Your Frame Is the Problem

A door that binds at the top or leaves a visible gap at the threshold usually has a frame issue, not a door issue. We inspect the rough opening with a level and moisture meter before recommending anything. If the frame is failing, replacing only the slab would be wasted money, and we will tell you that plainly.

Sliding Glass Door Replacement

Sliding Glass Door Replacement involves removing an existing patio or balcony slider, including its track and frame, and installing a new unit that glides smoothly and seals tightly. In West Palm Beach, sliders face two enemies: salt air corroding aluminum tracks and humidity swelling the surrounding framing, which is why we commonly see sliders in Riviera Beach and along the Lake Worth waterfront failing years before interior doors do. Most sliding glass door replacements run between $1,800 and $4,200, with the final figure depending on panel count, glass type, and whether the opening needs structural repair before the new unit goes in.

Salt Air and Track Corrosion

If you live within a mile of the Intracoastal, your slider tracks are inhaling salt every day. We stock replacement rollers and tracks for CWS and ES Windows sliders, two brands we carry specifically because their hardware holds up better in coastal conditions. When we install, we clean the drainage channels and verify weep holes are clear so water exits the way the manufacturer designed.

Kid and Pet Traffic

Families in Greenacres and Lantana tell us the same thing: the back slider is the busiest door in the house. Dogs scratch at it, kids lean on it, and after a few years the rollers flatten and the door drags. We can replace your slider with low-maintenance vinyl or impact-rated aluminum, and we set the track height so little fingers and paws don’t catch on a raised lip.

Storm Door Installation

Storm Door Installation adds a secondary exterior door in front of your main entry, giving you cross-ventilation, an extra layer of weather protection, and a buffer against West Palm Beach rain that drives sideways during summer storms. Most storm door installations run between $500 and $1,200 including the door, hardware, and labor. Lightwell installs storm doors from Therma-Tru and ViewLux, and we take the time to color-match the door to your existing entry so the final look is intentional, not patchwork.

Ventilation Without Bugs

A storm door with a full-view retractable screen lets you keep the front door open on mild winter days without inviting mosquitoes, which in West Palm Beach are present basically year-round. We set the closer speed gently so the door doesn’t slam, which matters when you have a sleeping toddler or a nervous dog who bolts at sudden noises.

Protecting Your Main Door Investment

If you have already spent real money on a wood or fiberglass entry door, a storm door is the cheapest insurance policy available against sun and driven rain. West Palm Beach afternoon thunderstorms pound east-facing entries, and a storm door takes that abuse so your main door doesn’t have to.

Sliding Glass Door Installation

Sliding Glass Door Installation covers first-time slider placement as well as replacing a window or French door with a new sliding unit, and in West Palm Beach this often connects a living room or kitchen to a patio, pool deck, or lanai. Depending on panel configuration and glass package, most sliding glass door installations run between $1,800 and $4,200. We carry sliders from ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, and CWS, which means you are choosing from brands selected for performance in South Florida’s heat and humidity rather than whatever happens to be sitting in a warehouse.

Connecting Indoor and Outdoor Living

A slider changes the way a home breathes. When you open up six feet of glass to a screened patio in Westgate, the kitchen stops feeling like a closed box and the afternoon light moves through the house the same way a light well pulls daylight deep into a building. We frame the rough opening carefully because sliders are less forgiving than swinging doors; a quarter-inch of out-of-square translates to a door that fights you at year three.

Low-E Glass and Energy Behavior

West facing sliders in Lantana and Lake Worth take brutal afternoon heat. We recommend low-E glass on those exposures almost every time. The upgrade adds roughly $150 to $450 per panel depending on the brand, and it meaningfully reduces the heat load on the room during May through October.

Door Repair

Door Repair addresses a door that sticks, drags, rattles, leaks, or refuses to latch, and in West Palm Beach the most common culprits are humidity-driven frame movement, corroded hinges and rollers, and worn weatherstripping. Lightwell Windows West Palm Beach offers door repair as a standalone service, and we price it by the hour plus materials unless the problem is simple enough to quote flat. Most repair visits fall between $150 and $500 before parts, and we will always give you a written price for the repair before we start turning screws.

Sticking and Sagging Doors

A door that scrapes the floor or won’t close without a hip-check usually has hinge wear or frame movement behind it. We adjust or replace hinges, shave the bottom of the slab where appropriate, and tighten the strike plate so the latch seats cleanly. In older Boynton Beach and Palm Springs homes, we often find the jamb has been out of square for years and the previous owner simply learned to live with it.

Leaks and Drafts

If you can see daylight around your door or feel warm air sneaking in during July, the weatherstripping has failed or the threshold has dropped. We replace compressed seals, reset thresholds, and in coastal areas we use corrosion-resistant hardware so the fix lasts more than one wet season.

Exterior Door Installation

Exterior Door Installation covers any door that separates conditioned space from the outdoors, including front entries, side entries, garage-to-home doors, and rear patio doors, and it is the service where the stakes are highest in Palm Beach because these doors face sun, salt, and storm-driven rain every day of the year. Most exterior door installations run between $1,400 and $4,200 depending on material, size, and whether we are working with an existing frame or rebuilding the opening. We carry PGT and CGI impact-rated doors, Therma-Tru fiberglass, and Mr-Glass for specialty glass panels, and we recommend based on your home’s wind zone and exposure, not on what’s easiest for us to order.

Impact Requirements by Zone

If your home sits east of I-95 or near the coastline in Riviera Beach, your exterior doors should meet current Florida impact standards. We check the existing opening against code requirements and give you a straight answer about whether your replacement door needs an impact rating or whether a standard unit with storm shutters is acceptable. No pressure, just the facts for your specific street.

Sealing Against Humidity

West Palm Beach humidity works its way into every unsealed gap. During exterior door installation, we apply closed-cell foam around the rough opening, flash the sill properly, and use a high-quality caulk bead at the exterior trim. These are the details that keep your air conditioning inside and your energy bill from climbing every August.

French Door Installation

French Door Installation places a pair of hinged doors, often with divided glass lites, into an exterior wall or interior doorway, and in West Palm Beach it is most popular for patio access, dining room entries, and home offices. Most French door installations run between $1,800 and $4,200 for an exterior unit with full weather sealing and hardware, with interior French doors typically landing between $900 and $2,200. Lightwell installs French doors from Therma-Tru, Mr-Glass, and ES Windows, and we take the time to get both panels aligned so they meet at the center with a clean, even reveal.

Exterior French Doors and Water Management

Exterior French doors have a weak point: the center seam where both active panels meet. If the astragal or threshold is installed even slightly off, wind-driven rain from a West Palm Beach summer storm will find its way through. We set thresholds with proper slope, install interlocking astragals, and test the seam with a water spray before we call the job done.

Interior French Doors as Architectural Light

Interior French doors in a home office or living room do for a hallway what a light well does for the center of a building: they borrow light from adjoining rooms and make the whole space feel larger. We carry Mr-Glass divided lites in several patterns, and we can match the glass style to existing windows so the house feels cohesive rather than pieced together.

Brands We Service

We carry a curated lineup of eight manufacturer brands because recommending a door that fits your home beats pushing a preferred vendor. If you have a Therma-Tru entry door, we know its fiberglass construction and finishing systems inside and out, including how to correct the common threshold failures we see in West Palm Beach’s wet climate. For impact-rated protection, PGT and CGI both produce doors engineered for South Florida wind zones, and our crews are experienced with their anchoring and sealing requirements.

On the sliding glass side, ES Windows and ECO Window Systems make the rollers, tracks, and interlocking panels we install most often in coastal neighborhoods, and we stock replacement hardware for both. CWS and Mr-Glass round out the lineup with specialty glass options and custom configurations, and ViewLux gives us a storm door with a full-view screen that actually feels substantial. Whether you have one of these brands or something else entirely, we can service it and find the right replacement when it’s time.

Signs You Need a Pro Right Now

• Visible daylight around the door. If you can see light through the gap between the door slab and the frame, your weather seal has failed. In West Palm Beach that means conditioned air is escaping constantly, and your AC is working harder than it should.
• Water staining at the threshold or baseboards. Stains near an exterior door indicate water is getting through or under the threshold. Left alone in our climate, that moisture feeds rot and mold inside the wall cavity.
• A door that sticks or needs a hard push. Humidity-driven frame movement is normal here, but a door that sticks suddenly often means water has swollen the frame. That is a fixable problem now and a structural one if ignored.
• Rust on hinges, tracks, or the door bottom. Coastal air corrodes metal fast. Surface rust is cosmetic; rust at the hinge or threshold attachment point is a structural concern that will only get worse.
• A slider that grinds or drags. Flat rollers or a damaged track won’t heal themselves; they’ll wear the door panel faster every time you use it. Most slider issues are repairable without replacing the whole unit if addressed early.

Our Process, Step by Step

1. 1
   Call and talk to a person. You call (728) 203-1160, and a real human answers, 24/7. We ask about the door, the symptoms, and your timeline, then schedule a time that respects your family’s routine.
2. 2
   On-site measurement and inspection. A uniformed, background-checked technician arrives with shoe covers on before stepping inside. We measure the opening, check the frame with a level and moisture meter, and look at the surrounding trim and threshold.
3. 3
   Written, line-item price. Before any work starts, you get a written quote that names the door, the hardware, the labor, and any structural work needed. The price you approve is the price you pay. No change orders, no end-of-day surprises.
4. 4
   The install, done carefully. Drop cloths go down on every surface between the entry and the work area. We keep noise low during quiet hours, ask before moving anything, and use pet-safe sealants and caulks wherever a choice exists.
5. 5
   Cleanup and photo. Before the crew leaves, we clean up like it’s our own home and take a photo of the finished job with the work area clear. You see the result, and we walk you through what was installed and how to care for it.

How Much Does Door Installation Cost in West Palm Beach?

Our Service Area Near West Palm Beach

Lightwell Windows West Palm Beach serves homeowners across Palm Beach County, from Door Installation in Boynton Beach to Door Installation in Palm Beach, plus Jupiter, Greenacres, Palm Springs, Lantana, Westgate, The Acreage, Riviera Beach, Lake Park, and Lake Worth. If you’re searching for Door Installation in West Palm Beach, we are your local crew, and our home page has more about the full Cedarwell Care Promise backing every job. Typical scheduling runs within the same week for most zip codes, with faster turnaround for straightforward repairs.

Frequently Asked Questions About Door Installation in West Palm Beach

Schedule Your Door Installation Service in West Palm Beach Today

A door that works right changes how a house feels every single day. Call (728) 203-1160 to schedule your free, no-obligation estimate. We’ll measure, inspect, and hand you a written price before any work starts. One call, one quote, and a door that seals, swings, and locks the way it should.

Written by Keith Yamada, Owner at Lightwell Windows West Palm Beach, serving West Palm Beach since 2010.