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Door installation in Greenacres runs $800 to $4,200 for a standard entry door replacement, and most jobs wrap up in one day. That range shifts with framing work, impact-rated glass, and hardware choices. We’ve worked on enough Greenacres homes off Jog Road, Melaleuca Lane, and Forest Hill Boulevard to know that the real cost driver is what sits behind the old slab: sagging rough openings, corroded anchors, and framing that dates to the Ford administration. Call (813) 320-9346 for a written quote before you buy anything.
Greenacres is not a new-construction market. It’s a retrofit market. The houses were built between roughly 1960 and 1990, most of them CBS construction with original single-pane aluminum or jalousie openings. What that means for door work is simple: every replacement we quote here has to account for what we’ll find inside the wall. We’ll explain exactly how we handle that below, in plain terms and in writing.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Greenacres’s Preferred Door Installation Company
TruePane has been a family-run glazing and millwork company since 2008, founded in 2008 by second-generation glazier Dale Kessler. We’re not a franchise pulling crews from three counties away. We hire and train local apprentices, run background-checked uniformed technicians, and schedule our Greenacres jobs with the same crews week after week. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a voicemail tree. Not a callback form. Call (813) 320-9346 and a human picks up.
What Greenacres homeowners tell us, repeatedly, is that they’ve been burned by a contractor who hung a door, collected the check, and disappeared when the jamb started binding in July. Dale’s rule on the whiteboard since day one has been: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That’s where the name comes from. And every job we do carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, no paperwork fights and no arguing. Both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing before our truck leaves your driveway. That’s the Keystone Standard, and it’s on every single quote we write in Greenacres.
Our Door Installation Services in Greenacres
Entry & Swing Doors
Most of the entry doors we replace in Greenacres are steel or aluminum slabs that have been in place since the 1980s, with hinges that sag from daily use and thresholds that leak during summer downpours. We measure every rough opening twice, quote the frame condition honestly, and install a door that closes square and locks solid. If your Greenacres home still has an original jalousie side lite next to the front door, we’ll tell you now: it will fail a wind-mitigation inspection. We replace it as part of the entry job, not as a surprise add-on later.
Double & French Doors
Double door systems on Greenacres patios and rear entries take a beating from Atlantic humidity and afternoon thunderstorms. The combination of wet-season moisture and intense UV breaks down weatherstripping fast. We install pre-hung double and French door units with marine-grade hinges and sills, and we bed the threshold on solid, level framing. On a home near Greenacres Elementary off Jog Road, we pulled a corroded 1970s aluminum slider and found the rough opening had sagged 3/4 inch from decades of soil movement. We reframed the jamb, hung an impact-rated fiberglass entry door, and used flashing tape with low-E argon-filled glass before the inspector ever arrived.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold door replacements in Greenacres often come down to original 1970s louvered units in Florida rooms. Those doors offer almost no wind resistance and no insulation. We replace them with modern folding systems that seal tight and meet current Palm Beach County wind-load requirements. Every bifold job includes new top and bottom tracks, a square jamb, and hardware rated for repetitive use in humid, salt-adjacent air.
Pivot Doors
Pivot doors have become a popular upgrade for Greenacres homeowners who want a wider, more secure front entry without the swing clearance of a traditional hinged door. These are heavy units. Installation demands a reinforced jamb, a properly sized top pivot, and a floor-close set that’s adjusted to the slab’s actual level. We’ve seen too many pivot doors hung on original 1960s jambs fail at the top hinge within a year. Ours don’t.
What happens when you call
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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 Greenacres
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including Andersen, Pella, Marvin, Milgard, Jeld-Wen, PGT, CGI, and ES Windows. On our Door Installation services in Greenacres, we quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you see exactly what you’re buying, and what each brand’s warranty covers. We don’t push a single line. We show you the math and let you decide. And because our crews are local to Southern Florida, we can get replacement hardware and glass packages for Greenacres jobs faster than an installer running parts out of another region.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Greenacres Homes
- Out-of-square rough openings from sandy soil movement. Greenacres sits on soil that shifts slowly over time. A door frame installed plumb and square in 1975 is often 1/2 to 3/4 inch out by 2026. Hang a new slab in that opening without correction and the door binds, leaks, or the latch won’t catch. We check and correct the framing before the new door goes in.
- Corroded aluminum frames and failed glazing seals. Salt-laden Atlantic sea breezes reach Greenacres even 15 miles inland. Aluminum door sidelights and sliders oxidize at the seams, and the glazing seals fail early. If the frame shows white corrosion powder or condensation inside the glass, the whole unit needs replacement, not just a new panel.
- Jalousie and single-pane side lites triggering failed wind-mitigation inspections. We see this on nearly every Greenacres home from the 1960s and 70s. The new door passes inspection, but the inspector flags the original jalousie lite next to it. That forces rework after the fact. We address it during the first quote so it doesn’t come back around.
- Non-marine-grade hinges and thresholds failing within a few years. Standard steel hinges rust quickly in Greenacres humidity. We install stainless or brass hardware and composite thresholds that won’t absorb moisture and swell. It costs a little more up front and avoids a callback two summers later.
Pricing for Door Installation in Greenacres, FL
A single entry door replacement in Greenacres typically runs $800 to $2,100 for a standard steel or fiberglass slab with new hardware and weatherstripping. Impact-rated entry systems start around $2,200 and run to $4,200 depending on glass package and frame reinforcement. Double French door replacements usually land between $3,500 and $6,500, and pivot doors start around $4,000 for a properly reinforced opening. Storm doors run $350 to $900 installed. If we find sagging framing or need to reframe a jamb, that gets quoted in writing before any work starts, never as a surprise line item. Call (813) 320-9346 for a free, written, line-item estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Greenacres
Our Door Installation in Greenacres team also handles jobs in West Palm Beach, Wellington, Boynton Beach, and Palm Beach. Same crews, same 90-Day Done Right Promise, same written warranty registration. If you’re just outside Greenacres, call (813) 320-9346 and we’ll tell you honestly whether your job falls in our service area.
Serving Greenacres, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Greenacres 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 Greenacres
Because Palm Beach County building code treats any replacement of an exterior door as a structural opening, and Greenacres homes built in the 1960s through 1980s predate post-Hurricane Andrew impact requirements. A jalousie door offers nearly zero wind resistance. When you pull a permit to replace it, the inspector checks the new opening against current wind-load standards for our wind-speed zone. That means the replacement must be impact-rated or shutter-protected, and any side lites need the same. We handle the permit application and inspection scheduling on every Greenacres job. Call (813) 320-9346 to get a quote that includes permit fees up front.
No. Almost never, and here’s exactly why: the original aluminum slider frames on Greenacres homes are corroded at the seams, out of square from soil movement, and not rated for current wind loads. Sliding a new panel into a 1975 frame leaves you with the same air leaks, the same failed glazing seal issue, and the same failed inspection. The opening has to be reframed for the new unit. We tell every homeowner this on the first visit, not after the old door is already out. Call (813) 320-9346 for an honest assessment of your frame.
It involves your insurer verifying that the new door opening meets current Florida Building Code wind-load requirements for our inland Palm Beach County zone. That means impact-rated glass or a shutter system, proper anchoring of the frame to the CBS wall, and documentation that a licensed contractor did the work. We provide the documentation and register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing on every job. Many Greenacres homeowners use that paperwork to secure a Citizens Insurance wind-mitigation discount or satisfy a policy-renewal condition. Call (813) 320-9346 if you want specifics for your carrier.
Look for condensation or haze between the panes that won’t wipe off. In Greenacres’s humidity, that fog appears first thing in the morning and clears later in the day. If you see it, the seal is shot and the argon has leaked out. Energy performance is gone. The only real fix is replacing the glass unit or the whole door, depending on the frame. We can tell you in one visit whether the glass or the entire door needs to go. Estimates are free.
Because the rough opening has moved. Greenacres sits on sandy soil that settles unevenly over decades. A 3/4-inch sag in the header or a jamb that’s leaned 1/2 inch out of plumb will make any new door bind at the latch or leak at the sill. Reframing corrects the structural opening so the new door actually fits and closes square. We price reframing as a written line item on the front end, not as a change order you find out about after the wall is open. Call (813) 320-9346 and we’ll look at your existing door before you commit to anything.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Greenacres with a second-generation glazier’s standard for every opening.
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.