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Fast, Reliable Door Installation Across Royal Palm Beach
Door installation in Royal Palm Beach runs anywhere from $650 for a basic storm door up to $6,000+ for a custom arched entry or impact-rated French door set. Most jobs we do in the village sit between $1,200 and $4,200. Your price depends on what’s behind the old door, whether the jamb survived the humidity, and whether the Village’s building department triggers a full impact upgrade when you pull the permit. Call (954) 280-4413 and we’ll come measure, quote the manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before the truck leaves your driveway.
TruePane started installing doors in Royal Palm Beach because the housing stock here demands it. The village’s primary build-out happened between 1975 and 1995, which means thousands of CBS tract homes are still running original aluminum sliders and builder-grade entry doors that were never built for Florida wind loads. We know the subdivisions off Royal Palm Beach Boulevard and Crestwood Boulevard. We know what the Village inspector looks for during a final. And we know how to set a jamb square so a door doesn’t bind in July.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Royal Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Royal Palm Beach has its own building department, separate from unincorporated Palm Beach County. That changes the job. When a homeowner here sells, refinances with a new appraisal, or pulls any renovation permit, the Village triggers mandatory upgrades on original aluminum single-pane windows and non-impact sliding doors to current Florida Building Code wind-load standards. That means a simple door swap turns into a compliance project. We plan for that trigger from the first measurement, so the final inspection passes and the bill doesn’t surprise you.
Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 with a rule that still governs every install: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. We background-check every technician, send them out uniformed, and train our own apprentices into journeymen. We don’t subcontract door work to a crew that disappears after the check clears. Years of community service built this company, and we act like a business that plans to answer the phone in Royal Palm Beach thirty years from now.
Most door jobs in the village are completed in a single visit. We measure every opening twice, quote manufacturer lines on paper so you see exactly what you’re buying, and register both warranty layers in writing under The Keystone Standard before we leave the driveway. If anything isn’t done right, the Done Right Promise means we make it right. No paperwork fights. No arguing.
Our Door Installation Services in Royal Palm Beach
Every door we set in Royal Palm Beach has to handle the same thing: salt-laced humidity, intense UV, and wind-load design pressure that older openings were never framed for. Here’s what we install most often in the village.
Entry & Swing Doors
A front entry door in one of the 1980s subdivisions off Royal Palm Beach Boulevard is usually an original hollow-core unit with a deteriorated threshold. The jamb has shifted, the weatherstripping is gone, and the door rattles in a storm. We replace it with an impact-rated fiberglass or steel door, set the jamb square, and install a composite threshold that won’t rot in the humidity. Prices for a standard entry door replacement in Royal Palm Beach run $1,800 to $3,600 depending on glass, impact rating, and hardware.

Storm Doors
Storm doors protect the main entry door from direct UV and driving rain, which matters here because the summer sun destroys door finishes in three or four years. In Royal Palm Beach, adding a storm door over a well-built entry door is one of the cheapest ways to add cross-ventilation without compromising the impact rating of the door behind it. A quality storm door installed runs $650 to $1,400. The Village does not require a permit for a storm door, but we pull one if the frame needs structural repair.

Double & French Doors
Original aluminum sliding doors in these 1975-1995 CBS homes often have corroded frames from decades of humidity. The jamb loses its seal, the sash binds, and the homeowner assumes the whole wall is the problem. It’s usually the frame. We swap in a new impact-rated French door pair, rebuild the jamb, and set the assembly to the design pressure Palm Beach County requires without the stricter HVHZ testing Miami-Dade demands. A double French door replacement in Royal Palm Beach typically runs $3,200 to $6,000 for impact-rated glass.

Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold doors open a living space to a lanai or patio, and Royal Palm Beach homes with screened enclosures use them heavily. The catch: these openings were often jalousie or original slider openings, so the header span needs verification before we order anything. We’ll check the lintel, tell you honestly if it carries the load, and quote a folding door set only when the structure is right. Bifold installations here run $4,500 to $9,000 depending on width, panel count, and impact rating.

Pivot Doors
A pivot door is a statement piece, usually on one of the larger estate homes built in the 2000s and 2010s where impact glass is already common. The hinge mechanism carries the entire weight of a heavy slab, so the floor structure and header have to be true and solid. We measure, order from manufacturers like Andersen or CGI, and quote the full assembly including the pivot hardware, not just the slab. Pivot door installations in Royal Palm Beach start around $5,000 and go up with size and finish.

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Trusted Brands We Service in Royal Palm Beach
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and for Royal Palm Beach doors we lean on brands that hold Florida Product Approval and stand behind their glaze. PGT makes impact-rated doors we trust for direct exposure on west-facing walls. CGI builds heavy-gauge frames that handle the wind zone without flexing. Ply Gem gives us a solid mid-range option when a homeowner doesn’t need top-tier impact but still wants a properly sealed door. We quote these side by side on paper so the choice is yours, not ours.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Royal Palm Beach Homes
After years of working in this village, these are the problems we see most often when a homeowner calls about a door:
- Corroded aluminum frames on original sliders. The constant humidity in interior South Florida oxidizes builder-grade aluminum, especially in CBS homes from the 1980s. The frame swells, loses square, and the door binds against the sash. A new door can’t fix a bad jamb; the whole assembly has to come out.
- Unpermitted door replacements caught at sale. We regularly get calls from homeowners whose sale is stalled because a previous owner swapped a slider without pulling a Village permit. The Royal Palm Beach building department flags it on final inspection, and the door has to be reinstalled to current wind-load standards. That cost lands on the seller.
- Jalousie windows tied to door openings in Florida rooms. Homes near Crestwood Boulevard still have original louvered glass windows that cannot be retrofitted to any hurricane standard. If the door opening shares that wall assembly, the jalousies have to go with the door replacement. We flag this at the quote stage, not after demo starts.
- UV-damaged door slabs and failed seals. Fifteen miles inland, the sun still works a door finish hard. We see fiberglass and vinyl doors with peeling finishes and failed EPDM seals on insulation glass within ten to twelve years, faster than you’d see in central Florida. A properly installed door with a full manufacturer warranty is the only long-term fix.
Pricing for Door Installation in Royal Palm Beach, FL
Here’s where Royal Palm Beach pricing actually lands, in real numbers:
- Storm door installation: $650-$1,400
- Standard entry door replacement (non-impact): $1,200-$2,800
- Impact-rated entry door: $1,800-$3,600
- Double French door replacement (impact): $3,200-$6,000
- Bifold/folding door set: $4,500-$9,000
- Pivot door installation: $5,000 and up
- Jamb repair or re-framing: $250-$900 added to the base door price
What pushes a Royal Palm Beach door quote higher than a comparable job in Wellington or Greenacres is usually the compliance trigger. If the Village requires impact-rated glass on a replacement opening, that adds $500 to $1,500 versus a non-impact door. If the original frame is corroded and the jamb needs rebuilding, that adds labor and material. We put every line item on paper before we start. Call (954) 280-4413 for a free written estimate, and we’ll explain what your specific opening requires.
We Also Serve Cities Near Royal Palm Beach
Our crews serve Royal Palm Beach and the surrounding communities, including Wellington, Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens, and West Palm Beach. If you’re in one of these areas and need a door replaced, our Door Installation team responds the same way: measure twice, quote on paper, register both warranty layers. Scheduling and dispatch are coordinated from our South Florida office, but the technicians doing the work are local to this service area.
Serving Royal Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Royal 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 Royal Palm Beach
Yes, in most cases. Royal Palm Beach operates its own building department, and when you pull a permit for a door replacement on a home built before the 1994 building code overhaul, the Village requires any replaced opening to meet current Florida Building Code wind-load standards. That means impact-rated glass or an approved shutter system. We’ll confirm the exact requirement for your opening during the free estimate, and we’ll quote impact and non-impact options side by side so you see the real difference. Call (954) 280-4413 and we’ll walk you through what your specific home triggers.
No. Jalousie windows cannot be retrofitted to any hurricane compliance standard, and if the new door shares the same wall assembly or opening, the Village will require the jalousies to go. Leaving them creates a weak point that undermines the impact rating of the door you’re paying for. We’ll scope the entire wall, tell you what has to be replaced together, and quote the full job up front so there’s no surprise mid-project. Call (954) 280-4413 for a no-obligation assessment.
If you see white powder oxidation on the aluminum, hear the sash scraping when it slides, or notice the door no longer sits square in the opening, the frame is likely too far gone to reuse. In Royal Palm Beach’s humidity, original aluminum frames from the 1980s often corrode behind the wall where you can’t see it. We remove the interior trim to inspect the jamb before we quote, and if it’s compromised, we rebuild it. Reusing a bad jamb under a new impact door voids the manufacturer warranty and fails a Village inspection. Call (954) 280-4413 if you suspect frame corrosion, and we’ll check it at no cost.
Royal Palm Beach’s independent building department enforces a compliance trigger Wellington doesn’t apply the same way. When you replace a door here, the Village frequently requires impact-rated glass and a full inspection against current wind-load standards, even if the old door was never impact-rated. That adds material cost and labor for proper jamb reconstruction. Wellington operates under Palm Beach County’s unincorporated rules, which are less aggressive on replacement triggers. It’s not a tax; it’s the cost of a compliant door that passes inspection and holds its warranty. We quote Royal Palm Beach jobs with the compliance requirement built in from the first measurement.
A storm door does not require a permit in Royal Palm Beach as long as the structural opening is not modified. Entry doors, French doors, sliders, bifolds, and pivot doors all require a permit, and the Village building department will inspect the final installation. We handle the permit paperwork for every job that requires it, and we’re present for the inspection. Call (954) 280-4413 for a straight answer on your specific door type before you buy anything.
How Royal Palm Beach’s Building Department Changes What Your Door Costs
Here’s what no generic door company will tell you: Royal Palm Beach’s own building department has an independent trigger mechanism that most homeowners don’t see coming. Whenever a home in the village is sold, refinanced with a new appraisal, or pulled for any renovation permit, the Village mandates that original aluminum single-pane windows and non-impact sliding glass doors be upgraded to current Florida Building Code wind-load standards. That means a door you’ve lived with for thirty years becomes a compliance problem the moment you decide to sell the house or renovate the kitchen.
We saw it firsthand on a CBS ranch near Royal Palm Beach Boulevard. Our crew pulled an original aluminum sliding door that had swollen in the humidity, and the aluminum frame had corroded enough that the jamb was no longer square. We swapped in an impact-rated Andersen 400 Series French door with argon-filled low-E insulated glass, flashing tape at the sill, and a fusion-welded frame, then set the new jamb to handle the wind-load design pressure right there in the village. That’s the difference between a crew that knows the local code and one that slaps a door into an old opening and hopes the inspector doesn’t notice.
This village sits roughly 15 miles inland, outside the strictest High-Velocity Hurricane Zone that governs Miami-Dade and Broward, but still inside Palm Beach County’s high wind-speed design zone. Every replacement opening must carry Florida Product Approval for the local design pressure. We order doors accordingly. The UV exposure and year-round humidity in interior South Florida mean aluminum frames oxidize faster and vinyl or EPDM seals fail sooner than they would in central Florida, so the door you install here needs a frame that won’t corrode and a glaze that won’t fog. That’s why we specify impact-rated or at minimum Florida Product Approved doors for Royal Palm Beach replacements, and why we register the manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves.
If you’re pricing a door replacement in Royal Palm Beach, call (954) 280-4413. We’ll measure the opening, check what the Village will require, and give you a written line-item quote. No surprises. No change orders. A square deal, done right.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Royal Palm Beach 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.



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