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Fast, Reliable Sliding & Patio Doors Across Sunrise
Sliding patio door replacement in Sunrise, FL typically costs $2,800-$6,500 for a standard impact-rated unit, installed, and most jobs we complete in a single visit once the permit clears. That’s the number homeowners here need to hear first, because Sunrise falls entirely inside Broward County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, and the code requirements drive both the product choice and the price. We’re TruePane Windows & Doors, and we’ve worked these neighborhoods from Pine Island Road to Nob Hill Road long enough to know exactly what a Sunrise inspector will look for when the wall gets opened up.
If your original slider is fogged, dragging, or original to a 1970s CBS home, call (813) 320-9346 for a free estimate. We measure twice, quote side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before our truck leaves your driveway.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Sunrise’s Preferred Sliding & Patio Doors Company
Most of our Sunrise customers are people who’ve lived in the same house for twenty or thirty years. They remember the last contractor who swapped a door and left the flashing wrong. They call us because we’re the same crew that fixed their neighbor’s jamb along Pine Island Road, and because the work holds up. Our Sliding & Patio Doors team carries the same Keystone Standard on every Sunrise job: both manufacturer warranty layers registered in writing, durations stated, before we pack up the tools.
We answer the phone with a live person, 24 hours a day. Not a voicemail tree, not a callback form. When a Sunrise condo board needs documentation for an HVHZ permit, we hand over the NOA paperwork without a runaround. 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. That’s why Sunrise customers keep our number taped inside the kitchen cabinet.
Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed. They work in your home the way they’d work in their own mother’s. And we hire local, train apprentices into journeymen, and plan to be in this town in thirty years. Sunrise is not a territory to us. It’s the next street over.
Our Sliding & Patio Doors Services in Sunrise
Patio Sliding Doors
Standard patio sliders are the backbone of most Sunrise homes, especially the CBS ranchers built between 1965 and 1990. When a Sunrise homeowner calls us about a patio door that binds in July or whistles during a storm, what we usually find is an original aluminum unit with no impact rating and no Miami-Dade NOA. Under Broward’s HVHZ code, that door cannot be repaired. It gets replaced with a NOA-approved impact-rated unit, and we rebuild the jamb and flashing to match what the inspector wants to see.

Panoramic Sliding Systems
Wide, multi-panel glass systems are becoming more common in Sunrise’s newer townhome enclaves and the renovated condo units around the Nob Hill Road corridor. These systems are heavy, and they demand exact framing. An opening that’s off by a quarter inch turns into a panel that won’t seat and a seal that fails in two years. We measure every opening twice and order the system to the manufactured size, not to what the old door happened to be.

Heavy-Duty Sliding Doors
Some Sunrise condo associations specify reinforced sliders for ground-floor units facing the parking lot or a canal. These doors carry thicker glass, heavier frames, and stricter anchoring requirements. Installation is not a one-for-one swap. We pull the old door, inspect the concrete block around the opening, and replace undersized anchors with code-mandated hardware. If the framing behind the stucco has started to rot from years of salt-laden air, we fix that before the new door goes in.

Pocket & Barn Doors
In Sunrise’s older condo floor plans, a pocket slider often separates a galley kitchen from a laundry closet. The problem is the pocket itself: rusted rollers, broken track clips, and wall cavities that were never sealed against humidity. We extract the old door carefully because the drywall around a pocket frame in a 1970s Sunrise unit has often absorbed decades of moisture. Then we replace the hardware and re-insulate the cavity so the next door rolls true.

What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Sunrise
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and for Sunrise work we lean on the brands that have proven themselves in HVHZ conditions: PGT, CGI, and Simonton are the three we quote most often because their impact-rated units hold Miami-Dade NOAs and their parts are readily available in South Florida. When a Sunrise customer needs a replacement roller assembly or a new weatherstripping set, we usually have the part on the truck or can source it from a local distributor within a day. We quote these manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you see exactly what you’re buying, not what we happen to have in the warehouse.
Common Sliding & Patio Doors Problems We See in Sunrise Homes
- Fogged glass and lost argon on original units. Salt-laden humid air from the Atlantic works on older insulated glass units hard. Within 10-15 years of installation, we routinely pull sliders in Sunrise where the seal has failed and the argon is gone, cutting the insulation value of the glass nearly in half.
- Corroded aluminum tracks that seize the rollers. The same salt that fogs the glass pits the aluminum. On a call along Nob Hill Road, our crew pulled an original 1981 aluminum sliding door from a condo unit and found the track so corroded the door hadn’t rolled properly in years.
- Doors with no Miami-Dade NOA that cannot legally be repaired. This is the one that catches Sunrise homeowners off guard. If the door predates Florida’s impact-glazing requirements and carries no NOA, the code does not allow a repair. The door must be replaced with an approved unit. There is no grandfather clause for a fogged 1978 slider.
- Undersized or rotted framing hidden behind the old door. In Sunrise’s older townhome and condo communities, the wood framing around an original slider has often been soaking up humidity for forty years. Once the door comes out and the inspector looks at the opening, rotted jambs or undersized headers become a permit-triggered upgrade, not an option.
Pricing for Sliding & Patio Doors in Sunrise, FL
Here’s what we quote in Sunrise, and these are real numbers from jobs we’ve finished in the last twelve months. A standard 6-foot impact-rated patio slider, installed with permit and flashing, runs $2,800-$4,200. A wider panoramic multi-slide system on a renovated condo can reach $6,500-$12,000 depending on panel count and glass package. Heavy-duty commercial-grade sliders for condo ground units fall between $4,000 and $7,000. Pocket door hardware replacement inside an existing wall cavity usually runs $800-$1,800. Every quote includes the permit fee, the NOA documentation, and both warranty layers registered in writing. No surprise line items on the bill. If the opening hides a framing problem, we write an allowance into the contract and price the change in writing before we touch it. Call (813) 320-9346 for a free estimate on your specific door.
We Also Serve Cities Near Sunrise
Our crews work throughout Sunrise and the surrounding South Florida communities. If you’re in Acacia Villas, Alafaya, Altamonte Springs, or Altoona and dealing with a failed slider or a permit-triggered replacement, we make the drive and bring the same inspection-first process with us. The code doesn’t change much at the county line, but the house details do, and we account for that at the first visit.
Serving Sunrise, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Sunrise 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 - Sliding & Patio Doors in Sunrise
Sunrise is one of only two cities in Florida that lies entirely within Broward County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, so every permitted sliding door replacement must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. Plantation and Tamarac fall under different code maps in parts, so a door that’s legal to install there may not be legal here. We only quote NOA-approved impact-rated product for Sunrise work, and we register the documentation so your HOA and inspector both see it in writing. Call (813) 320-9346 if you want to know whether your existing door passes.
Once the insulated glass unit’s seal fails, the argon gas escapes and humid air gets between the panes, causing the fog. It cannot be resealed. The glass unit must be replaced, and on a 1980s slider with no Miami-Dade NOA, the entire door must be replaced with an impact-rated unit to meet Sunrise’s HVHZ code. We quote the replacement glass and the full-door option side by side on paper. Call (813) 320-9346 for an exact price on your unit.
It can, and that’s exactly why we write allowances into the contract instead of springing a change order on you mid-job. When a Sunrise inspector opens the wall around an original slider, they may flag rotted framing or undersized headers behind the door. If that happens, we show you the finding, price the correction in writing, and get your approval before we do the work. You won’t get a surprise bill. And for the record, a door replacement does not trigger a full electrical upgrade, but if a nearby outlet is found wired improperly, the inspector may tag it. We tell you about that before the inspector even arrives.
Directly, yes, if they’re in the same permit scope. Many 1970s-1980s condo buildings around Pine Island Road and Nob Hill Road still have jalousie windows in secondary bedrooms and baths. Those windows cannot be retrofit or repaired into HVHZ compliance, and in some buildings an inspector will not sign off on a new patio door permit while non-compliant windows remain nearby. We inspect the adjacent openings during the estimate and tell you exactly what the permit will require before you commit. Call (813) 320-9346 to schedule that inspection.
A homeowner replacing a failed single-pane aluminum slider with a properly installed impact-rated unit typically sees a 15-25% reduction in the cooling load for that wall section, which on a Sunrise CBS home translates to roughly $120-$240 per year in air-conditioning savings depending on sun exposure and window count. The bigger savings come from not running the AC against a door that’s already lost its argon and is basically a glass radiator. We can walk you through the numbers at your free estimate.
Call (813) 320-9346 today to schedule your free sliding and patio door estimate anywhere in Sunrise. A live person answers, every time, and we’ll send a background-checked, uniformed technician who measures twice and quotes honestly.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Sunrise and South Florida 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.



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