French & Double Doors

French & Double Doors in West Palm Beach, FL | TruePane Windows & Doors

French and double doors are the most architectural way to connect a Florida interior to a patio, courtyard, or pool deck. They open wide, flood rooms with light, and when they’re impact-rated, they hold the building envelope closed against windborne debris. TruePane Windows & Doors supplies and installs paired, impact-rated French and double doors across West Palm Beach, FL, with laminated glass in every lite, symmetrical sightlines, and multi-point locking hardware. We handle the full scope: measuring, ordering, permitting paperwork, and HVHZ-compliant installation. If you’re pricing a door replacement, a new opening, or a remodel in West Palm Beach, call (561) 264-1279 for a free, line-item quote.

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Product Overview - French & Double Doors

French doors are the classic paired-door configuration: two door panels that swing from the jambs and meet in the center. Double doors share the same paired format but often lean more contemporary in styling. Our impact series builds both around the same core engineering: paired impact-rated panels with laminated glass in every lite, so there’s no weak pane in the assembly. The result is a door system with symmetrical sightlines, meaning the rails, stiles, and glass proportions mirror from left to right, and multi-point locking hardware that secures the active and passive panels together at several points along the frame, not just at the handle.

In West Palm Beach, these doors are spec’d constantly for covered lanais, pool access, and great-room openings that face the Intracoastal or Atlantic side. The profile works architecturally across a wide range of Florida styles: Mediterranean elevations with stucco walls, Key West-style raised homes, mid-century ranch layouts, and newer coastal-modern construction. The frame materials we offer, aluminum and vinyl, handle South Florida humidity without warping or rotting. Aluminum gives you narrower sightlines for maximum glass. Vinyl gives you a lower-maintenance finish at a friendlier price point. Both perform in the same HVHZ testing environment, and both are available through TruePane Windows & Doors across our PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO, and Mr-Glass lines.

What separates a properly built Florida French door from a decorative one is what you can’t see from the curb: the interlayer in the glass, the anchoring in the frame, and the hardware that keeps the panels from twisting under cyclic wind pressure. We’ll cover each of those below.

Technical Specifications

Here’s how the French & Double Doors impact series configures, in plain terms. Exact panel sizes, glass packages, and hardware selections are finalized at quote, but these are the working parameters:

• Frame materials: Extruded aluminum or multi-chamber vinyl, both engineered for coastal exposure and HVHZ structural loading.
• Maximum overall width: Up to 96 inches across the paired opening.
• Glass options: Laminated impact glass with a PVB interlayer, Low-E insulated glass, tinted glass, and clear glass.
• Finish options: White, Almond, Bronze, Black, and Tan, in standard or custom powder-coat on aluminum lines.
• Hardware: Multi-point locking, active and passive panel bolts, corrosion-resistant hardware for coastal air.
• Sill options: Low-profile sills for accessible transitions, raised sills for exposed elevations that need more water defense.
• Design pressure: Matched to your wind zone, up to +/-100, never higher.
• Compliance: Miami-Dade NOA and Florida Product Approval numbers available per configuration, verified on your specific quote.

Hurricane & Compliance Performance

Laminated Impact Glass

Every lite in these doors carries a PVB (polyvinyl butyral) interlayer sandwiched between the glass panes. Under impact, the glass cracks but the interlayer holds the fractured pane in the frame, keeping wind, rain, and debris from entering the home. It’s the same protective principle used in automotive windshields, engineered here for residential door panels in West Palm Beach’s wind zones.

Miami-Dade NOA / Florida Product Approval

This door system carries Miami-Dade NOA (Notice of Acceptance) and Florida Product Approval numbers, issued per configuration. That means the specific door assembly, frame, glass package, and hardware combination has been evaluated and accepted for use in HVHZ jurisdictions. When we quote your project, we verify the NOA or FL approval number that applies to your exact size and configuration.

FBC / HVHZ Compliance

The product is engineered to Florida Building Code (FBC) High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ) requirements. That’s the stricter standard that applies to West Palm Beach and the rest of Palm Beach County. A door that’s only rated for non-HVHZ parts of the state won’t pass plan review here.

TAS 201 / TAS 202 / TAS 203 Testing Context

The protocol family these doors are tested under includes TAS 201, a large-missile impact test that fires a lumber member into the glass and frame. TAS 202 subjects the assembly to cyclic wind-pressure loading that mimics hurricane gusts. TAS 203 evaluates forced-entry resistance. Together, they’re the standard test battery for HVHZ-rated products in Florida.

Design Pressure for Your Wind Zone

Design pressure, often called DP, measures the structural load a door can take in pounds per square foot. We spec design pressures matched to your wind zone, up to +/-100, never higher. Higher DP numbers cost more without adding real-world protection if your site doesn’t require them. We size the door to your actual site conditions, not a generic maximum.

Energy Performance

For projects that face afternoon sun or maintain strict indoor temperatures, Low-E insulated glass options are available. Low-E coatings reduce solar heat gain through the glass without blocking the view or the light. We’ll help you decide whether a clear laminated lite or a Low-E insulated lite makes more sense for the orientation of your West Palm Beach home.

Color & Glass Options

The finish conversation in West Palm Beach usually starts with the home’s existing window frames and exterior trim. White and Almond remain the most common choices because they work with nearly every stucco or siding color and keep the door’s sightlines clean. Bronze and Black have gained real traction on newer coastal-modern builds, where darker frames frame the view like a picture mat. Tan works especially well on Mediterranean-style homes with beige or sand-toned walls, blending the door into the elevation rather than contrasting with it. On aluminum lines, we can also quote custom powder-coat colors when an architect or homeowner wants a specific shade.

Glass selection is about how the door performs, not just how it looks. Clear laminated impact glass gives you the truest color rendition and the brightest view across a pool or garden. Tinted glass trims glare and heat gain on fully exposed western walls. Low-E insulated glass adds an insulating air space and a low-emissivity coating that reflects heat, which matters when your door faces the afternoon sun in West Palm Beach. For a door that opens onto a covered lanai, clear laminated is often the right call. For a door that takes direct sun, we usually recommend Low-E insulated. We’ll walk you through the tradeoffs at your free estimate.

Installation by TruePane Windows & Doors in West Palm Beach

A rated door is only as good as its installation. We’ve torn out enough contractor-grade door installs in West Palm Beach to know what a shortcut looks like: shims stacked to compensate for an out-of-square rough opening, perimeter gaps filled with generic caulk that cracks in two seasons, and anchoring that was never checked against the NOA’s installation drawings. Any one of those compromises the entire assembly. The NOA rating assumes the door is installed to the manufacturer’s tested installation method, not just screwed into place.

Our process starts with a pre-install inspection. We measure the rough opening at multiple points, check the condition of the existing header and sill, and verify the substrate we’re anchoring into. If the opening isn’t ready, we tell you before the door arrives, not after the old one is out. We set every door level, plumb, and square, because a French door that’s racked even slightly will bind at the top or leak at the sill. We follow AAMA 2400/2410 installation practice for fenestration products, and we use AAMA 812 low-expansion foam to seal the perimeter so the sealant expands without bowing the jamb. We finish with a water test at the sill and threshold so the door leaves us ready for the next storm season. We’re also familiar with the permitting path in West Palm Beach and the surrounding Palm Beach County municipalities, so we can help you through the HVHZ submittal paperwork the plan reviewer will ask for.

Crew quality matters here. A door that opens onto a West Palm Beach patio faces salt air, humidity, afternoon thunderstorms, and hurricane-driven rain. The right materials and the right install are both non-negotiable. We install across our PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO, and Mr-Glass lines with the same standard: no compromise at the rough opening.

Frequently Asked Questions - French & Double Doors

Get a Quote - French & Double Doors in West Palm Beach

If you’re pricing French or double doors in West Palm Beach, let’s get specific. Call (561) 264-1279 and we’ll set up a free on-site measurement, review your opening and wind zone, and give you a written, line-item quote for the door, the glass, the hardware, and the install. No pressure, no vague numbers. Just a real quote from a local crew that does this every week.

Written by the team at TruePane Windows & Doors, installing impact-rated French and double doors across West Palm Beach, FL and the surrounding Palm Beach County communities.