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Door installation in Union Park almost always means working through Orange County’s unincorporated permitting process, not a city hall. Most homes in this community sit on septic systems with well setbacks along the SR-50/Colonial Drive corridor, so adding or replacing a door on a rear or side wall can trigger drainfield clearance checks that homeowners in Orlando or Altamonte Springs never deal with. We know that because we’ve pulled those permits many times. If you’re planning an entry door, a storm door, or a set of French doors, call us at (954) 280-4413 and we’ll walk you through what applies to your street before you spend a dollar.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Union Park’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’re not the cheapest bid you’ll find in Union Park, and we won’t pretend to be. What we are is the company that shows up when we say, measures every opening twice, and puts both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. Union Park homeowners call us because they’ve been burned before, by a door that binds in July or a contractor who never pulled the permit. Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a rule that still governs every install: if the pane is not true, the job is not done.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed, and they treat your home the way they’d treat their own mother’s. That matters in Union Park, where a lot of the work we do is on 1970s and 1980s concrete-block homes that need more than a slab swap. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail tree. Not a callback form. When you call about a door that won’t latch or a jamb that’s gone soft from the wet season, a real person picks up.
We’ve been serving local communities since 2008 through a heritage of craft that started with a second-generation glazier and continues with apprentices we train into journeymen. That’s the difference between a company passing through and one that plans to be here in thirty years.
Our Door Installation Services in Union Park
Entry & Swing Doors
A front entry door in Union Park has to do three jobs: hold the line against afternoon downpours, meet Orange County wind-load documentation for your insurance file, and open smoothly in 95-degree heat with 90 percent humidity. Most of the original entry doors on Dean Road, Hiawassee, and Goldenrod are hollow-core or thin wood slabs that have been swelling and shrinking for thirty-plus years. We install fiberglass and steel prehung units with full flashing at the sill and jambs, pulled to permit, and documented so your wind-mitigation inspector signs off.
Double & French Doors
French doors are the ones that stick every August in Union Park. That’s not a door failure; it’s physics. The daily wet-season cycle of torrential afternoon rain followed by rapid drying pushes moisture into wood jambs and the door itself swells. Our fix starts with setting the hinge screws into solid wood or blocking, not hollow block. Then we flash the threshold properly, because a French door on a slab-on-grade home off SR-50 will wick water under the frame for years before you see the first crack in your tile. We quote Andersen and Marvin lines side by side so you see exactly what each costs.
Storm Doors
Storm doors give Union Park homeowners a second skin against UV and afternoon storms without committing to a full exterior door project. The inland Central Florida sun is brutal on vinyl glazing seals and aluminum frames, so we stock storm door models built to take that exposure. Not every storm door on the market is impact-rated, and we’ll tell you straight whether your specific opening actually requires one under current Florida Building Code. No upselling to a rating you don’t need.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold and folding door systems are a growing request on Union Park homes with screened Florida rooms or patios along the Hiawassee/Goldenrod area. These are heavier assemblies than a standard slider, and on concrete-block homes they need proper structural headers and jamb reinforcement to keep operating true beyond the first season. We scope the opening, check the hinge screw depth into block, and quote the manufacturer line that fits your actual wall condition.
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 Union Park
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and in Union Park we most often quote, PGT, and ES Windows for entry and folding doors. Each brand has different lead times and warranty structures, so we put the numbers side by side on paper before you commit. If you already have a brand in mind, we’ll work with it. If you want a comparison, we’ll give you one without a sales pitch attached.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Union Park Homes
- Rotted jambs and sill pans from the wet-dry cycle. Union Park’s inland climate delivers intense afternoon thunderstorms followed by rapid drying, especially on unshaded west-facing walls. Wood door jambs absorb that moisture and soften within a few seasons, which is why we always scope beneath the visible frame before quoting a swap.
- Improperly flashed thresholds on slab-on-grade homes. Concrete-block tract homes from the 1970s through 1990s often have doors set directly on the slab without a proper sill pan or flashing. Water wicks under the threshold and silently rots the subfloor framing for years before the tile cracks.
- DIY door swaps that skip county permitting. Orange County requires permits for exterior door replacements when the opening changes or when wind-load documentation matters for insurance. A door swapped without the permit can leave you unable to claim wind-mitigation credits and stuck with a code lien when you sell.
- Sagging threshold hardware on block walls. Oversized hinged doors installed without checking hinge screw depth into hollow block will sag and throw the striker out of alignment within one wet season. We set hinges into solid blocking and shim every frame to true.
We recently replaced a rotted hollow-core side entry door on a 1984 concrete-block home off Dean Road. Years of wet-season thunderstorms had swollen the original jamb until the deadbolt wouldn’t throw. The owner wanted a simple slab swap, but we scoped the full opening and found sill pan rot running under the wood frame, plus an unflashed gap where the slab met the stucco. We set a new Jeld-Wen fiberglass prehung with flashing tape at the sill and jambs, re-caulked the exterior, and pulled an Orange County permit before starting. That’s the difference between a door that works in July and one that doesn’t in January.
Pricing for Door Installation in Union Park, FL
Here’s what door installation actually costs in Union Park, as of 2026. A standard entry door replacement with a mid-grade fiberglass prehung unit runs $1,400 to $2,800 installed, including the Orange County permit fee. A set of double French doors typically lands between $3,200 and $5,500 depending on the manufacturer line and whether the existing opening needs reframing or new flashing. Storm doors range from $800 to $1,600 installed. Bifold and folding systems start around $4,000 and go up from there based on panel count and structural requirements. Every quote is line-itemed, fixed, and includes the permit pulled by us. Call (954) 280-4413 for a free estimate and we’ll scope the opening, check the county requirements on your specific lot, and give you numbers you can actually compare.
We Also Serve Cities Near Union Park
Our Door Installation team serves the full acreage and tract-home communities around Union Park, including Acacia Villas, Alafaya, Altamonte Springs, and Altoona. If you’re on the county line between two of these communities, call us and we’ll tell you straight which permitting path applies to your address.
Serving Union Park, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Union Park 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 Union Park
You need an Orange County permit any time the door opening changes size, the door assembly is being upgraded for wind-mitigation credit, or the work touches structural framing. A true slab-for-slab swap in the same rough opening may not require a permit, but anything that changes the opening dimensions, adds a side lite, or moves a hinge line will. We pull the permit when one is required and handle the inspection coordination so you don’t have to wait at home for a county inspector. Call (954) 280-4413 and we’ll tell you what applies to your specific street before quoting.
A new door opening on a detached garage or workshop usually does not affect your septic system, but it can if the opening is on a wall that faces your drainfield within the county’s required setback. Orange County’s unincorporated permitting office will flag any new opening within that distance, and the fix is a drainfield clearance letter from a licensed septic inspector, not a redesign. We scope the lot, check the setback on your specific parcel, and tell you before you pay for anything whether the addition is simple or complicated. Call (954) 280-4413 for an exact answer on your property.
Your French doors stick in August because the Central Florida wet-season cycle swells the wood jambs and the door leaf itself. Union Park’s daily pattern of torrential afternoon thunderstorms followed by rapid drying pushes moisture into the framing, and once a jamb is compromised, the door will bind at the striker every summer until the jamb is replaced or reinforced. The real fix is a properly flashed prehung unit with hinges set into solid blocking, plus a sill pan that drains water away from the threshold. Call (954) 280-4413 and we’ll tell you whether your current door can be saved or is past the point of adjustment.
No. Union Park is not in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, so impact-rated storm doors are not automatically required by code. What Union Park homeowners do need is a door assembly that meets Orange County’s design wind-speed requirements for their specific exposure, and that’s a different rating than full impact glass. We’ll tell you exactly which rating your home needs based on your street and orientation, and we won’t sell you an impact-rated door unless your opening actually calls for it. Call (954) 280-4413 for a straight answer.
Jalousie doors on 1970s Florida rooms can’t be repaired to any meaningful wind or energy standard, so we scope a full-frame replacement that fits the existing opening without reframing the whole wall. The old jalousie unit comes out, the rough opening gets checked for square and structural soundness, and a new prehung door goes in with full flashing and shimming to true. We may need to reinforce the header or add jamb blocking depending on what’s under the old aluminum frame. Call (954) 280-4413 and we’ll come measure it for free.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Union Park and the surrounding 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.