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Door installation in Palm Beach, FL comes with a specific burden most door companies never mention: many homes on the island need both a Miami-Dade NOA impact rating and a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Architectural Commission before a single hinge is hung. For owner Dale Kessler and our crew, that dual path is standard practice, not an exception. We have worked estate-side openings from Worth Avenue to the lakefront since the company was founded, and we know which submittals are required before the permit is even pulled. If you need someone who will show up on time, measure twice, and handle the historic review and hurricane code from the first visit, call (772) 794-8169.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We are a second-generation glazier’s company, run by Dale Kessler, and we have built our Palm Beach reputation on the kind of work that clears ARCOM review the first time. Homeowners on the island have told us repeatedly that other contractors quoted a standard impact door for an arched 1930s opening and then vanished when the permit stalled. We don’t do that. Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and trained to measure every opening twice before a quote is written, because a quarter-inch error on a Mizner-era jamb is a failed inspection six weeks later.
The Keystone Standard governs every job we run in Palm Beach: both manufacturer warranty layers are registered in writing, durations stated, before the truck leaves the driveway. Add the Done Right Promise on top, and you have a paper trail that does not depend on a salesman’s memory. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That matters when a salt-corroded hinge finally gives out on a Saturday morning before a storm, and you need to talk to a human who knows your street, not a call center in another state.
Our Door Installation Services in Palm Beach
Entry & Swing Doors
Entry doors on the island carry the highest ARCOM scrutiny, because they face the street and set the architectural tone for the entire elevation. We handle the full replacement path: documenting the existing door’s profile, photographing the opening, preparing elevation drawings, and submitting the package with manufacturer data sheets and finish samples already included. A typical entry door replacement in a non-landmarked Palm Beach home runs from $3,800 to $8,500 installed. On a landmarked Venetian-style house off South County Road, expect $9,000 to $18,000 once custom fabrication and historic review are factored in. No one should quote you a number before seeing the opening, but those ranges are what island homeowners actually pay.
Arched & Custom Doors
Arched openings are the defining feature of Palm Beach’s 1920s and 1930s Mediterranean Revival stock, and they are the single largest reason off-the-shelf doors fail here. A standard rectangular impact-rated door installed into an arched opening leaves gaps at the head that will fail wind-mitigation inspection and void the manufacturer’s NOA listing. We fabricate arched doors to match the existing radius, muntin pattern, and sightlines the ARCOM board expects. Custom arched door fabrication and installation on the island runs $7,500 to $22,000 depending on radius, material, and finish, with historic-profile homes at the top of that range. We quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, so you see exactly what each option costs before you commit.
Storm Doors
Storm doors in Palm Beach serve double duty: they protect against afternoon squalls rolling off the Atlantic and they buy time for the primary door’s weatherstripping against salt air exposure. We sell and install storm doors built with stainless fasteners and marine-grade aluminum frames as standard, because galvanized hardware corrodes within two years on the barrier island. Basic storm door installation runs $900 to $2,200. A full-view impact-rated storm door with no-sag hinges runs $2,500 to $5,500 installed, and it will still be square five years from now.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold openings have become common on newer infill construction along the Intracoastal side of the island, where homes are built to maximize water views. These systems carry a lot of glass and a lot of weight, and a failing track or undermounted roller will bind the door in exactly one season of salt exposure. We install and service bifold and folding doors from authorized manufacturer lines, with an emphasis on track systems rated for coastal exposure. Bifold door installation runs $5,000 to $15,000 depending on panel count and glass rating. When existing bifold doors start sticking or drifting off the track, we repair before we replace, whenever the hardware is salvageable.
For a full picture of our services, visit our Door Installation page. And if you are checking whether we cover all of Palm Beach, the answer is yes; from Phipps Plaza up through the Estate Section and across the bridges to the mainland, this is our territory.
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 Palm Beach
We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including, and ES Windows. In Palm Beach specifically, most of our door work involves impact-rated product lines from PGT, CGI, and CWS, because those manufacturers carry the Miami-Dade NOA listings the island’s building department requires. Because we are local, we can source parts and warranty components fast when a door needs service; you aren’t waiting on a warehouse in Ohio. We stock replacement hinges, weatherstripping, thresholds, and roller kits that fit the door systems most common across Palm Beach’s housing stock.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Palm Beach Homes
These are the failure patterns we find on island door openings, and they repeat across every year we have worked here:
- ARCOM compliance gaps. Installers skip the Certificate of Appropriateness on a landmarked or contributing property, hang the door, and then the project stalls 6-8 weeks while the board requests elevation drawings, product data sheets, and finish samples. We prepare that package before the permit is pulled.
- Salt air corrosion of hardware. Standard galvanized hinges and weatherstripping degrade within two years on a barrier island bracketed by the Atlantic and the Intracoastal, leaving doors that sag, bind, and let in driving rain. Marine-grade aluminum alloys, stainless fasteners, and UV-stable seals are not upgrades here; they are the baseline.
- Off-the-shelf doors in custom openings. Non-standard arched or oversized apertures, common to the island’s 1920s-1950s era housing stock, get filled with a standard rectangular unit that leaves gaps at the head. Those gaps fail wind-mitigation inspection and void the NOA listing.
- Failed flashing and undersized jambs hidden behind old trim. We tear off the old door on a 1930s Mediterranean Revival estate off South Ocean Boulevard and find the original jamb was undersized and the flashing tape failed decades ago. That’s not a surprise we spring on a homeowner; it’s a reframing allowance written into the approved change order before we ever pull the permit.
Pricing for Door Installation in Palm Beach, FL
What you pay for door installation in Palm Beach depends on three things: whether the home is landmarked or contributing under ARCOM, whether the opening is standard or custom (arched, oversized, or period-specific), and whether the unit must carry a Miami-Dade NOA impact rating. Standard entry door replacement on a non-landmarked island home runs $3,800 to $8,500. Arched or custom doors run $7,500 to $22,000. Storm doors run $900 to $5,500. Bifold or folding door systems run $5,000 to $15,000. The ARCOM submittal packet and extended permit timeline add $800 to $1,500 in documentation and project management on historic-profile homes, and we build that line item into the contract rather than surprising you mid-project. Our estimates are free, written out line by line, and fixed once approved. We do not issue change orders after work starts unless a hidden condition is uncovered, and every change order is priced and signed by you before a single tool is picked up. Call (772) 794-8169 for an exact quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach
In addition to the island itself, our crews install and service doors in West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, and Royal Palm Beach. If you are across the bridge and wondering whether anyone actually knows the ARCOM-versus-NOA difference on both sides of the Intracoastal, we do. The requirements change by jurisdiction, and we quote accordingly.
Serving Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach
Only exterior, street-facing door changes on landmarked or contributing properties, which describes much of the island’s 1920s-1940s Mizner-era housing stock, require the Certificate of Appropriateness. If your home is designated or within a historic district, plan on an ARCOM submittal with elevation drawings, product data sheets, and finish samples before any permit is pulled. If your home is non-landmarked, the normal building permit applies. We check the designation status of every address before writing a quote, so you won’t hear about an ARCOM roadblock six weeks into the project. Call (772) 794-8169 with your address and we will tell you where you stand.
No. A standard rectangular unit will never fit an arched opening correctly, and the resulting gaps at the head will fail wind-mitigation inspection and void the manufacturer’s NOA listing. Arched openings require a custom-fabricated door whose radius, muntin pattern, and profile match the existing opening and the ARCOM board’s expectations. We fabricate these doors in-house, with marine-grade aluminum frames, and they clear historic review and hurricane code in one pass. Ask for a drawn quote before you buy anything off the floor.
We check the jamb dimensions, the flashing condition, any existing termite damage at the sill, the anchor locations, and whether the original opening is actually square. In Palm Beach’s older estate stock, undersized jambs and failed flashing are the rule, not the exception. We also check whether the surrounding masonry or stucco has salt-spalled and whether the threshold requires a marine-grade upgrade. All of it goes into the written quote before you sign, along with any reframing allowance. No discovery pricing after the fact.
We write a change-order allowance into the original contract for exactly these conditions, and every change order is priced in writing and approved by you before we touch the opening. On a 1930s Mediterranean Revival estate off South Ocean Boulevard, we found the original jamb undersized and the flashing tape failed; we wrote the reframing into the approved change order and pulled the permit with the full scope documented. No surprise invoices, just a code-compliant door that passed historic review and hurricane code the first time. Call (772) 794-8169 and ask us to explain the allowance process up front.
Palm Beach sits on a narrow barrier island bracketed by the open Atlantic to the east and the Intracoastal Waterway to the west, which means every elevation of every home takes salt air exposure simultaneously. Galvanized hinges and standard weatherstripping corrode within two years here, causing door sag, seal failure, and rainwater infiltration from the Atlantic side during storms. Marine-grade aluminum alloys, stainless fasteners, and UV-stable glazing seals are not upgrades; they are what a Palm Beach door requires to stay square and sealed past the warranty period. We spec these materials on every island door job by default.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Palm Beach and surrounding communities 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.