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Door installation in Royal Palm Beach typically runs $800-$4,200 depending on whether you’re replacing a builder-grade entry door or putting in a full impact-rated French unit. Most jobs take one day for a standard slab swap; a complete reframe for an arched or pivot door runs two to three. If you live in one of the original plat sections off Royal Palm Beach Blvd or up toward the newer villages along Crestwood, we know your door openings. Call (561) 264-1279 and a live person answers. Not a voicemail tree, not a callback form.
We’re TruePane Windows & Doors. Dale Kessler founded this company in 2008 on a rule that still governs every install: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. Our Door Installation team serves Royal Palm Beach from our South Florida metro office, and we treat every opening like it’s in our own mother’s house.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Royal Palm Beach’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Royal Palm Beach is a different animal from the barrier islands. We’re roughly 12 miles inland, outside the coastal surge zones but dead center in Palm Beach County’s high-velocity hurricane wind zone. Homeowners here sometimes assume that inland means lower wind risk. That assumption has cost people their insurance. We see it every week along Okeechobee Blvd and down near the Commons at Royal Palm.
Our crews know the housing stock here because it’s not a mystery. The village was one of Palm Beach County’s first master-planned communities west of the Turnpike, and the bulk of the homes went up between the late 1960s and early 1990s. That means CBS block construction, original aluminum frames, and a lot of non-impact sliding glass doors. We’ve measured enough of those openings to know what’s square and what’s not before we ever put a level on it.
Customers in Royal Palm Beach deal directly with Dale and our lead technicians. Background-checked, uniformed, trained as apprentices and brought up as journeymen. We register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. That’s The Keystone Standard. And every job carries the Done Right Promise. No paperwork fights, no arguing. If it’s not done right, we make it right.
Our Door Installation Services in Royal Palm Beach
Entry & Swing Doors
Most Royal Palm Beach homes need an entry door upgrade long before the original finishes. Builder-grade hollow-core slabs swell in our humidity, bind against the jamb, and scrape the threshold within a few seasons. We replace them with solid-core or impact-rated units sized to your existing rough opening. In neighborhoods like Madison Green and Bella Terra, we match architectural styles and HOA color palettes so the door looks like it was always there.
Double & French Doors
French doors facing a screened lanai are the classic Royal Palm Beach setup. The original aluminum units from the 1980s fail at the seals, fog between the panes, and do nothing for wind-borne debris. We install impact-rated French doors with low-E glass and argon fill, reframing the jamb when humidity has pulled the opening out of square. The result holds a straight reveal in August and passes the wind-load test.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold and folding door systems are popular in the newer sections of Royal Palm Beach where floor plans open to pools and outdoor living areas. These need precise header support and floor track alignment. On CBS walls, we anchor into the concrete properly. That’s the difference between a door that glides in year one and a door that binds in year three.
Pivot Doors
Pivot doors are a statement install, and they demand a level of precision most stock slab installs don’t. The hinge system carries the entire weight differently than a traditional side-hinge, and on an older Royal Palm Beach home with a slightly racked opening, the frame has to be corrected first or the door will never sit right. We have done pivot installs on custom homes off Royal Palm Beach Blvd and in the newer villages.
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 Royal Palm Beach
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and for Royal Palm Beach homeowners we commonly quote CGI, PGT, and ES Windows side by side on paper. You see the numbers, the warranty durations, the glass packages, and the lead times before you commit. We keep common parts and hardware in local stock so a service call to a home near H.L. Johnson Elementary or the Royal Palm Beach Recreation Center doesn’t wait on a regional warehouse.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Royal Palm Beach Homes
- Racked aluminum frames from decades of humidity. The original aluminum sliding door frames on 1970s and 80s CBS homes absorb years of moisture and thermal movement. The opening is nominally standard, but the jamb is out of square. You can’t just swap the panel.
- Failed insulated glass units patched with caulk. Homeowners see condensation between the panes and try to stop it with caulk. The seal is gone. Caulk doesn’t fix it, and the door still fails during a windstorm.
- Warped hollow-core entry slabs. These doors were never built for South Florida. They absorb moisture, swell, and scrape. Replacing with a solid-core or impact slab fixes the bind permanently.
- HOA approval problems. Homeowners in newer Royal Palm Beach sections install a door color or style without going to the architectural committee. The association issues a stop-work order. We help you submit the right specs the first time.
Pricing for Door Installation in Royal Palm Beach, FL
Here’s what we quote in Royal Palm Beach, straight numbers. A standard single entry door replacement runs $800-$1,800. A quality impact-rated entry door with the frame runs $2,200-$4,000 installed. Double French doors, impact-rated with low-E glass, run $3,500-$6,500 depending on the opening condition and glass package. Bifold and folding systems run $4,000-$9,000. Pivot doors run $5,000 and up.
What moves the price is the condition of the rough opening. If humidity has racked the frame, there’s reframing labor. If the HOA requires a specific finish or style, that changes the product line. We give you a written line-item quote before any work starts. No change orders, no surprise line items. Call (561) 264-1279 for a free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Royal Palm Beach
Our Royal Palm Beach customers often ask if we work in the surrounding communities. We do. Door Installation crews regularly run to Wellington, Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens, and West Palm Beach. Same crews, same Done Right Promise, same live person on the phone.
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
You need an impact-rated front door. Royal Palm Beach is inside Palm Beach County’s high-velocity hurricane wind zone. The risk isn’t just storm surge, which we’re mostly outside. It’s wind-borne debris and pressure differentials that can breach a non-rated opening. Your insurance company knows this. Florida’s property insurance crisis has forced thousands of Royal Palm Beach homeowners to retrofit impact-rated openings or face non-renewal. Call (561) 264-1279 and we’ll walk you through what your specific home needs.
For homes built before the early 1990s, the original builder warranty expired decades ago. For newer HOA-governed sections, the builder structural warranty typically runs 10 years and covers the CBS shell, not the door components. Replacing your original sliding door won’t void it. What you do need to watch is the HOA’s architectural guidelines. We’ll help you submit the right specs so your install doesn’t trip a stop-work order. Call (561) 264-1279.
Because the village’s original planned community sections were platted by a handful of developers using nearly identical floor plans. The rear sliding glass door rough openings and front entry frames share a small set of standard vintage dimensions. That makes pre-ordering impact units efficient. But decades of South Florida humidity have caused frame movement in the CBS walls, so a nominally standard opening is anything but square. We verify every opening before ordering. Call (561) 264-1279 for a free measurement.
It means the insulated glass unit’s seal has failed. Moisture has gotten between the panes, the argon or krypton fill is gone, and the thermal performance is shot. In Royal Palm Beach’s humidity, this accelerates. The fix is replacing the entire glass unit, and if the frame is original aluminum from before the post-Andrew code updates, you should replace the entire door with an impact-rated unit rather than paying for glass only. Call (561) 264-1279 and we’ll tell you what’s worth fixing and what’s worth replacing.
Yes. Impact-rated doors now come in a wide range of styles, colors, and finishes. We work with HOAs across Royal Palm Beach, including Madison Green, Nautica Lakes, and the newer sections near Royal Palm Beach High School. We’ll pull the architectural guidelines, match the approved color palette, and submit the spec sheet for approval before we order. If the committee has questions, we answer them. Call (561) 264-1279.
Contact TruePane Windows & Doors for Door Installation in Royal Palm Beach
We recently replaced a jalousie-style rear door and adjacent sliding glass unit in the Royal Palm Beach Blvd corridor. Decades of humidity had left the original aluminum frame slightly racked and the insulated glass unit seal failed. Our techs reframed the jamb to bring it back to square, then installed an impact-rated French door with low-E glass and argon fill that matched the neighborhood’s older floor plan without disturbing the CBS wall. That’s the kind of work we do here, and we stand behind it.
Call (561) 264-1279 to schedule your free estimate. A live person answers. You’ll get a straight answer, a written line-item quote, and a door that’s done right.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors. A second-generation glazier serving Royal Palm Beach and South Florida with doors that are installed true and backed in writing.
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.