Door Installation in Palm Beach - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Salt Air Decides the Materials Before We Even Open the Box

Door installation in Palm Beach is different from any other place in the county, and it starts with the air itself. The island sits between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, so every door on your house gets hit with salt-laden moisture from both sides at once. Aluminum frames pit. Steel hinges seize. Insulated glass units fog from edge-seal failure five to seven years faster than the same door would fail two miles inland. That is not a guess. We see it weekly on doors we did not install, and it is the reason we will not quote you a coastal-spec door and an inland door as if they were the same product.

Call (561) 264-1279

If you need Door Installation on a Palm Beach property, call (561) 264-1279 for a free estimate. We will walk the site, look at your exposure, and tell you exactly which materials will survive the salt and which will not.

What Palm Beach’s Double-Sided Salt Air Does to Doors

Palm Beach is a narrow barrier island, roughly three quarters of a mile wide in places. That means both the ocean-facing side of your house and the Intracoastal side sit in the same corrosive envelope. This is not the same condition you find across the bridge in West Palm Beach or up in Greenacres, where one elevation faces water and the rest face street. Here, every elevation is effectively a waterfront elevation.

Here is the failure pattern we see most often:

• IGU seal failure within five to seven years. Salt aerosol attacks the edge seals on insulated glass units from both sides, so a door that fogged once will fog again unless the unit is marine-spec. A standard sealed unit that lasts fifteen years inland lasts half that on the island.
• Corroded steel and bronze hardware on original casement and French doors. Hinges bind, strikes snap, threshold screws shear off from rust. On Mizner-era and Regency-era homes built between the 1920s and 1950s, this is the single most common reason a door stops latching.
• Rot and swelling from improperly sealed jambs and sill pans. Wind-driven salt spray wicks into unsealed wood and composite frames, and once moisture gets behind the flashing tape, the manufacturer warranty is void before the first summer is over.
• Sagging and misalignment on tall pivot doors. Salt loads the pivot bearing and the floor plate, especially on double French doors with exposed hinges on the Intracoastal side. The door sags, binds at the head, and stops closing square.

The takeaway is simple: a door that is “impact-rated” per Florida Building Code still fails early here if the hardware is not marine-grade and the jamb is not sealed for salt. We specify both, and we do not offer the inland-spec version as a cost-saving option on this island.

ARCOM and the Door That Gets Ripped Out

Here is what makes Palm Beach genuinely different from every other city we serve. Palm Beach Town Code Section 54 requires Architectural Commission, or ARCOM, approval for any door replacement on a contributing or landmarked property. That includes most of the Estate Section, much of the lakefront on the Intracoastal, and a large share of the historic Mediterranean Revival and Regency homes built in the Addison Mizner tradition.

And ARCOM does not care that your new impact door passes Florida Building Code. They care that it matches the original divided-lite profile, the original frame finish, and in many cases the original hardware material. A contractor who shows up with standard white vinyl impact sliders on a Mizner-style home can fail ARCOM review outright. The homeowner then pays to remove the brand-new door and starts over. We have watched it happen to neighbors, and we have been called in afterward to fix it.

Our crew replaced the original salt-corroded steel casement doors on a Mizner-era estate in the Estate Section a few years back. The bronze pivot hinges had seized solid, and the bottom rails were rusted through from decades of Intracoastal spray. We coordinated with ARCOM before ordering anything, spec’d impact-rated casement doors with custom divided lites to match the 1928 profiles, swapped the rusted hardware for marine-grade stainless steel, and used flashing tape and sealed jambs to prevent future salt intrusion. The doors went in once, passed inspection the first time, and they still operate like new.

That is the difference between a crew that knows Palm Beach permit requirements and one that learns about them at the stop-work order.

Door Installation Services in Palm Beach

Entry and Swing Doors

A front door on Palm Beach has to do three jobs at once: hold up to hurricane wind loads, pass ARCOM design review, and survive salt air that eats standard hardware in a few years. We install swing doors with marine-grade hinges, sealed jambs, and impact-rated glass packages sized for the specific exposure on your elevation. On a landmarked property, we coordinate the ARCOM submittal before the frame is ordered.

Double and French Doors

This is the door type we repair and replace most often on the island, particularly on Intracoastal-facing homes where the two leaves take salt spray every afternoon thunderstorm season. The original frames on many older estates are wood, and once the sill pan fails, the rot spreads into the jambs. We replace with rot-resistant materials, fully seal the pans, and use adjustable stainless hinges so the leaf never sags and the astragal always meets. Expect a Palm Beach double French door replacement to run roughly $6,000 to $14,000 depending on width, glass package, and whether ARCOM review applies.

Arched and Custom Doors

The arched openings on Mizner-era homes are not square, and a standard rectangular door cannot be trimmed to fit them without destroying the character of the opening. We build true arched doors to match the radius of the original opening, including custom divided lites and period-appropriate hardware. Many ARCOM decisions hinge on the door profile matching the original. If you live in a contributing structure, we recommend starting with a site measurement and an ARCOM pre-application meeting before any money is spent.

Pivot Doors

Pivot doors are common on newer Palm Beach construction, and they fail here in a specific way: the floor plate corrodes and the bearing grinds, which makes a 300-pound slab door drag and bind. We replace pivot hardware with stainless bearing kits, shim the slab to true, and seal the floor plate pocket so water cannot pool around the bearing. A pivot door done wrong is a permanent annoyance; done right, it swings with one finger for twenty years.

What Palm Beach Door Installation Actually Costs

Here are honest ranges for the island market, including materials, labor, sealing, hardware, and standard permitting. ARCOM submittal fees and any custom hardware mandated by the town are additional line items we show you before you sign.

• Entry and swing door replacement: $4,500 to $11,000 for a premium impact-rated unit with marine-grade hardware, depending on size and glass package.
• Double French door replacement: $6,000 to $14,000, with the higher end reflecting true divided lites, historic profiles, and ARCOM-required hardware.
• Arched or custom door, built to match your opening: $8,000 to $20,000 plus permitting. This includes design, archival matching, and ARCOM submittal coordination if the property is contributing.
• Pivot door installation: $7,000 to $18,000 for a full replacement with stainless pivot hardware and a sealed bearing pocket.
• Hardware-only replacement on an existing door: $600 to $2,200 for marine-grade stainless hinges, strikes, and threshold components.

You will notice these numbers run higher than mainland pricing. That is because we are not quoting you an inland door. Coastal-spec hardware, marine-grade flashing systems, and ARCOM-compliant profiles all cost more up front. The cheap spec costs more within a decade, after the second fogged unit and the second set of corroded hinges. Call (561) 264-1279 and we will give you a written, line-item quote with both warranty layers registered before the truck leaves your driveway.

Why TruePane Windows & Doors Does Palm Beach Work Differently

TruePane Windows & Doors was founded in 2008 by second-generation glazier Dale Kessler. Our company has been serving local communities since 2008 through a craft tradition, not a franchise playbook. We hire local technicians, train apprentices into journeymen, and carry ourselves like a company that plans to be on this island in thirty years. Our background-checked, uniformed technicians measure every opening twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before the job is finished.

Every job is covered by the Done Right Promise. If the door is not done right, we make it right. No paperwork fights, no arguing. That promise is backed by The Keystone Standard: both manufacturer warranty layers registered in writing, with durations stated, before the truck leaves the driveway. If the pane is not true, the job is not done.

Our dispatchers coordinate Palm Beach scheduling from our South Florida metro office, but the crews that show up at your door work on the island every week. They know the difference between a landmarked Estate Section property and a non-contributing 1970s build on the North End, and they know which one needs an ARCOM submittal before demo starts. That local knowledge saves you weeks and protects you from a stop-work order.

Brands We Service and Install in Palm Beach

We are an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and on Palm Beach we most often quote for full door systems. For impact-rated glass packages and coastal hardware, we also work with PGT and CGI. We keep local stock of replacement weatherstripping, marine-grade hardware, and throw plates for the brands we install, which means we are not waiting on a truck from Orlando when your door will not latch on a Friday afternoon. We quote side by side on paper so you see exactly what you are buying, from the glass package to the hinge alloy.

We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach

Our crews cover the island and the mainland communities around it. If you live in West Palm Beach, North Palm Beach, Greenacres, or Palm Beach Gardens, the same coastal-spec standards apply, and the same crews do the work. Call us to schedule a free estimate, and we will be there when we say we will be there.

Common Door Installation Problems We See in Palm Beach Homes

• Fogged insulated glass on Intracoastal-facing French doors. Double-sided salt exposure kills edge seals early. If the fog returns after one replacement, the unit was not marine-spec. We replace with edge seals rated for coastal exposure and register the warranty correctly.
• Seized bronze or steel hinges on original Estate Section casement doors. The hardware predates stainless as a standard material, and decades of salt have done their work. We replace with marine-grade stainless and match the profile to satisfy ARCOM.
• Wood jamb rot from wind-driven spray. The original sill pans on many older homes are nothing but a lead sheet and hope. We rebuild the jamb, install a properly lapped pan, and seal before the trim goes back.
• ARCOM-compliant door installed without ARCOM review. The town can and does issue stop-work orders and mandatory restoration on landmarked properties. We coordinate the submittal before demo, and we have never had a door rejected at final. If you already have a stop-work order, call us. We can help you resolve it.

FAQs - Door Installation in Palm Beach

Call TruePane Windows & Doors for Door Installation in Palm Beach, FL

If you have a door that binds, fogs, sags, or drips, call (561) 264-1279 and we will come look at it. We quote free, on paper, with both warranty layers registered in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No voicemail tree, no callback form, no regional call center. Palm Beach work is what we do every week, and we will be here when you call, next year and in thirty years.

Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Palm Beach with coastal-spec door installation and ARCOM-compliant replacements.