Free in-home measure and quote - PGT, CGI and CWS impact lines compared on your actual openings, style by style
Fast, Reliable Door Installation Across Union Park
Door installation in Union Park usually runs $1,200 to $4,800 for a standard exterior door, and $3,500 to $11,000 for French or folding doors, depending on whether the opening is CBS block, what wind-load documentation Orange County wants on file, and what condition the original jamb is in when we open the wall. We work Union Park every week, and our crews know the ranch-block floor plans, the Dean Road corridor, the neighborhoods off Rouse Road, and the older additions that still carry jalousie frames. If you need a door set plumb and sealed right in Union Park, call (813) 320-9346 and a live person answers, day or night.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Union Park’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We have been setting doors and windows long enough to know that Union Park work is different from city work. The permitting runs through Orange County Building Division, not a city hall, and the inspectors look at product approvals more closely than most homeowners expect. We prepare for that before we quote. Our technicians measure every rough opening twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves the driveway. That is The Keystone Standard, and it applies to every door we hang in Union Park.
Dale Kessler founded this company in 2008 out of a simple rule: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That governs how we set doors, too. A door that binds in July or lets humidity through the threshold was never set right in the first place. We would rather take the extra hour to shim the jamb true, flash the rough opening with butyl tape, and document the wind-load compliance on the county paperwork than come back and argue about why the door swelled shut. Our crews are background-checked, uniformed, and local, and they work in a Union Park home the way they would work in their own mother’s house.
Our Door Installation Services in Union Park
Our Door Installation team handles every door, every opening, and every county requirement in Union Park. Here is what we do most often in your neighborhoods.
Entry & Swing Doors
Most Union Park homes were built between the late 1960s and mid-1980s, and the original entry doors on those CBS ranches are usually hollow steel or thin wood with a frame that has been repainted four times. We replace them with a properly set inswing or outswing door, and we handle the structural header modification when the rough opening is undersized. If the block was cut tight decades ago, we do not force a wider door into it. We reframe it, get the county approval, and set the door true.

Double & French Doors
French doors in Union Park fail two ways. The wood jambs rot from the inside because the original deck drainage was pitched toward the house on an open lot, or the aluminum frame loses its seal and the glass fogs permanently. We replace both conditions. Last fall we replaced a rear jalousie door on a 1970s CBS ranch off Dean Road with an Andersen 400 Series French door. The original aluminum frame had so much seal failure the argon was long gone, and the county required us to submit updated wind-load calcs before we could set the new jamb and flash it with butyl tape. That is Union Park work. We know how it goes.

Storm Doors
A storm door on an inland Orlando-area home is not for hurricanes. It is for cross-ventilation, for keeping the afternoon heat off the main door, and for a budget way to stop air moving through a worn entry. We install storm doors on Union Park homes where the main entry is serviceable but the homeowner wants airflow and a better seal, and we advise honestly on whether the existing jamb can carry the added weight. Some of the thinner older frames off Rouse Road cannot, and we will tell you that before we sell you anything.

Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold and folding doors are growing on Union Park lots where a converted Florida room or a rear addition opens onto a patio. The issue on a 1970s block home is almost always the structural header. The original opening was framed for a jalousie unit, not for a multi-panel folding door, and the lintel was never sized for that span. Our crews will pull the county permit, reframe the opening properly, and submit the FBC wind-load documentation at permit time. That is not extras on the bill. That is the job, done right, priced up front.

Pivot Doors
We set pivot doors in Union Park where a homeowner wants a statement entry, but pivot hardware is unforgiving on a CBS wall. The side jamb carries weight differently than a hinged door, and the floor pivot needs a solid footer under it, not an old floating slab that cracked when the orange tree roots pushed through. We check the slab, check the header, and tell you straight if your 1978 ranch can carry a pivot door without a structural change. If it cannot, we scope the change before the quote, not after the wall is open.

What happens when you call
- 1
A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
- 2
You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
- 3
A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
- 4
You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Union Park
We install and service doors from Simonton, PGT, and CGI, among more than a dozen lines we carry. For Union Park, the PGT and CGI impact-rated options matter because the county asks for wind-load documentation on replacement doors even though you are inland. We stock the local parts those brands need, so a door set off Alafaya Trail or around the Blanchard Park side does not wait on a part from out of state. We register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before our truck leaves your driveway, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the workmanship with no paperwork fights.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Union Park Homes
Union Park is a late-1960s through 1980s unincorporated Orange County community dominated by concrete block ranch homes. That housing stock creates a specific set of door problems, and we see them all.
- Rotted wood jambs from decades of humidity and poor deck drainage on open lots. The original framing around a rear door draws moisture from the slab and the Florida air, and by year forty the jamb is soft enough to flex when the door swings. We replace the jamb, not just the slab, and address the drainage.
- Non-compliant jalousie or non-impact doors that fail Orange County wind-load review and stall the permit. If your rear door is the original jalousie unit, the county will not pass it under current Florida Building Code. We submit the approved product specs at permit time so the job does not stall at inspection.
- Undersized rough openings in CBS block that require structural header modifications before a wider swing door can be set. A 32-inch door cannot be stretched to 36 inches by trimming block. We reframe the header, document the span, and pull the permit Orange County expects.
- Seal failure on single-pane aluminum doors that makes the glass fog permanently. Once the argon is gone and the seal has let Central Florida humidity in, the door is a thermal liability. We replace it with a properly rated unit and register the warranty at installation.
Pricing for Door Installation in Union Park, FL
A standard entry door replacement in Union Park typically runs $1,200 to $2,800 installed, including the door, labor, and basic weatherproofing. Storm doors run $650 to $1,500 installed. Double and French doors run $3,500 to $7,500 for most block openings. Folding or pivot doors run $5,000 to $11,000 because the structural work and wind-load documentation are bigger jobs, and the hardware is unforgiving on older block homes. What moves the price in Union Park is almost always the condition of the original opening and whether the county wants structural calcs before the permit clears. We scope both before we quote. You will see the line items before you sign, and the number on the quote is the number on the bill. No change orders, no surprise line items. Call (813) 320-9346 to schedule your free estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near Union Park
We work throughout unincorporated Orange County and the neighboring communities, including Acacia Villas, Alafaya, Altamonte Springs, and Altoona. If you are looking for Door Installation in Union Park or in the surrounding area, call and we’ll put it on the schedule. Union Park is our local home base for this county permitting workflow, but the same crews cover the nearby cities with the same standard.
Serving Union Park, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Union Park 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 Union Park
Because Union Park is unincorporated, there is no city hall to pull a permit from. Every structural door replacement, which means anything wider than a simple slab swap, must route through Orange County Building Division. We submit the product approval documentation for your door at the same time we pull the permit, so the county has what it needs before the inspector asks. That single step keeps your job from stalling at final inspection, and it is built into our Union Park process. Call (813) 320-9346 for an exact quote on your opening, and estimates are free.
No, not under current Florida Building Code. The original jalousie units in Union Park’s converted Florida rooms and rear additions do not meet current energy or wind-load minimums, and Orange County will not approve a like-for-like swap when the permit is pulled. A simple exchange becomes a permitted replacement with approved product specs and updated wind-load calcs. We handle that on your behalf, and we quote you the compliant option up front so you are not surprised by a county stop-work order later. Call (813) 320-9346 and we will walk you through what your specific opening needs.
On a Union Park acreage lot, the septic drain field and well head carry county-mandated setback distances, and those setbacks apply to any structural addition or change to the home envelope. If your planned door opening or new French door swing would land too close to the drain field, Orange County will require a variance or a revised location. We check setback distances during the estimate, because we would rather tell you on day one than on the day the inspector arrives. Call (813) 320-9346 to get a free estimate that includes setback review.
Not for storm zone, but Orange County still enforces Florida Building Code wind-load compliance on all replacement doors, even inland. That means the door and frame must show approved product documentation meeting the design wind speed for your location. An impact-rated PGT or CGI unit is the surest way to satisfy the reviewer, but it is not always the cheapest compliant option. We quote both lines side by side on paper so you see exactly what you are buying and why. Call (813) 320-9346 for a straight answer on your specific door.
Expect two visits from Orange County on a typical structural door replacement: one after the rough opening is framed and flashed, and one after the door is set and the final trim is on. We coordinate both, and we do not ask you to meet an inspector or interpret a correction notice. If the county flags something on an older block home, we fix it under the original quote when it is within the scope we identified up front. The 90-Day Done Right Promise covers the workmanship after you move back into the room, and we stand behind it in writing. Call (813) 320-9346 to schedule your free estimate and get your job on the county schedule without the guesswork.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Union Park and Orange County with a standard that has stood since 2008.
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.



Before
After
Before
After
Before
After