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Door installation in Margate usually runs between $1,800 and $6,500 for a standard entry door, with hurricane-impact front doors landing between $3,200 and $9,000 depending on size, finish, and glass package. Most Margate homeowners call us because their original 1960s doors have finally failed a wind-mitigation inspection or their insurer is charging them a premium for non-compliant openings. We’ve worked the CBS ranch homes and garden condos in Margate for years, and we know exactly what the building department and your carrier will ask for before we ever pull a permit. Call (561) 816-5648 and a real person answers, day or night.
A door replacement in Margate is rarely just a door. It’s the difference between a wind-mitigation credit and a denied discount, between a sealed threshold and water pooling on your terrazzo after a summer storm. Ed Winslow started this company in 2011, and his name is on the door, on every job we do. When we quote a Margate replacement, we quote the door, the frame, the flashing, the permit, and the inspection because that’s what it actually takes here.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Margate’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’re the company Margate homeowners call after another contractor tells them the original jamb is fine. It usually isn’t. On 1960s CBS construction, the original wood or aluminum bucks are often twisted, termite-notched, or under-sized for modern impact-rated products. We pull the old jamb, we inspect the rough opening, and we tell you the truth about what needs replacement. That’s why Margate customers keep our number on their fridge.
Every technician who rolls into Margate is background-checked and in uniform. You know who’s at your door before you open it, and you know the company behind them has a published address and license number in South Florida. No shell companies, no national call center. We coordinate scheduling from our South Florida office and our crews serve Margate directly, so the person who walks your job is the person accountable to Ed.
Our Door Installation team has pulled more original jalousie doors off Margate ranches than we can count, and every job ends the same way: a sealed, square, impact-rated opening that passes inspection the first time. We stand behind our work with the 36500-Day Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. Period. No expiration, no fine print, no fighting with a ticket number.
Our Door Installation Services in Margate
Margate’s housing stock, built overwhelmingly between 1965 and 1985, presents a specific set of door problems. The opening types we replace most often are the original jalousie entry doors, aluminum sliding glass doors to screened patios, and carport-conversion side entries with rusted steel frames. Here’s how we handle each service tier.
Entry Doors
Most Margate entry doors we replace are either original jalousie or louvered-glass units with zero wind resistance, or hollow metal doors that have cooked for 40 years in Broward sun. We install Therma-Tru fiberglass entry doors with composite jambs that won’t rot, warp, or wick humidity the way wood does in Margate’s salt-laden air. An entry door replacement in Margate typically runs $1,800 to $4,500 for a standard single door with hardware.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Every new front door in Margate must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA) or Florida Product Approval number. No exceptions, and no contractor should tell you otherwise. We install PGT and Therma-Tru impact-rated entry doors with laminated glass interlayers and large-missile ratings, flashed with liquid-applied membrane at the jambs to handle Broward’s wind-driven humidity. These jobs run $3,200 to $9,000 in Margate, and they’re the single most common project we quote since Florida insurers started denying wind-mitigation credits on non-compliant openings.
French & Double Doors
French and double doors in Margate’s older homes usually mean one of two things: an aluminum slider to the patio that’s been corroded by decades of salt-laced humidity, or a carport that got enclosed in the 1980s with whatever the hardware store had on sale. Both need full replacement, not a weather-strip bandage. We frame, flash, and set impact-rated double doors that meet current Florida Building Code wind-borne debris standards, with options from Therma-Tru and Mr-Glass. Expect $4,000 to $9,500 installed for a standard double opening in Margate.
Replacement Doors
Replacement doors in Margate mean pulling the original 1960s jamb and threshold, not just hanging a new slab. The old jambs are frequently out of square, undersized for modern impact products, or riddled with termite damage behind the stucco. We rebuild the rough opening, install a composite or treated buck, and set the new door so it passes design pressure testing. Replacement door projects in Margate run $2,200 to $5,800 depending on opening condition.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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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 Margate
We’re an authorized installer for eight premium brands, and for Margate’s door work we lean on Therma-Tru for entry doors, Mr-Glass for specialty glass packages, and ViewLux for contemporary European profiles when the homeowner wants something beyond the Florida standard. We don’t sell or install anything outside our authorized lineup. When you order from us, the product is ordered directly from the manufacturer with your NOA documentation in hand, not drop-shipped from a warehouse that doesn’t know Margate’s wind zone.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Margate Homes
- Original jalousie and louvered doors still in service. Margate’s 1960s subdivisions are full of them. They offer near-zero wind resistance, no insulating value, and automatic disqualification from wind-mitigation premium discounts. Replacement is the only path to an insurance credit.
- Corroded aluminum frames on patio sliders. Margate sits about 12 miles inland, but the salt-laced humidity riding westward sea breezes eats aluminum like it’s on the coast. We routinely pull sliders where the frame crumbles at the threshold.
- Contractors reusing original jambs. A new impact door set into a 1965 wood buck won’t pass design pressure testing, and the homeowner fails inspection. We see this on Margate ranches constantly, usually after a “deal” install.
- Non-compliant doors flagged after purchase. Someone orders a decorative fiberglass door without a Miami-Dade NOA, and the building department flags it during permit review. The owner pays twice. We verify compliance before we order anything.
Pricing for Door Installation in Margate, FL
You should know real numbers before you call a contractor, so here they are for Margate. A standard entry door replacement with composite jamb runs $1,800 to $4,500. A hurricane-impact front entry door runs $3,200 to $9,000 depending on size, glass package, and finish. French or double door replacement runs $4,000 to $9,500. Full-frame replacement of an original jalousie door, including new jamb, flashing, and trim, runs $2,800 to $6,000. These are Margate market ranges based on the housing stock we see every week. A custom opening or oversized pivot door can exceed these figures substantially.
What moves the price in Margate: opening condition, product rating level, and whether your existing jamb can be salvaged. It rarely can be on 1960s CBS construction. Call (561) 816-5648 for a free in-home measure and a written, line-item quote. We fix the price before we order anything.
What Door Installation Costs in Margate
Across all Margate door projects we’ve completed in the past three years, the median full replacement lands around $3,800. Impact-rated entry doors are the most common request, and they skew higher because Margate sits entirely within Florida’s mandatory wind-borne debris region, which means every opening demands a NOA or Florida Product Approval number. Standard single doors in stock sizes come in at the lower end. Custom millwork, specialty glass, and architect-specified hardware push a Margate project into the $8,000 to $14,000 range quickly, and full custom pivot doors with ViewLux profiles can hit $15,000 or more.
Frame material matters here. Composite and fiberglass from Therma-Tru hold up better in Margate’s humidity than bare wood, which wants to swell and rot within a decade of install. Aluminum frames are fine if powder-coated and properly flashed, but raw aluminum in a salt-laced breeze is a leak waiting to happen. Floor height and opening count also shift the number. A single-story CBS ranch with three openings is a different quote than a two-story addition.
We give every Margate homeowner a free in-home measure and a written quote before any order is placed. The price on the quote is the price on the invoice. No change orders, no “unforeseen condition” surprise after the tear-out.
Florida Pays You Back
Margate homeowners have a stack of incentives available right now, and most of them don’t know it. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact-rated doors count. A wind-mitigation inspection runs $75 to $150, and if your home qualifies afterward, the windstorm portion of your premium typically drops around 25% on average. That number comes from the inspection and your carrier’s filing, not from us, but it’s the single biggest reason Margate homeowners upgrade their original doors.
Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which shaves 6% off the top of a Margate project right away. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost up to $600 per year for qualifying energy-efficient units. No guarantees, and your carrier sets the final premium numbers, but the stack is real and it’s been the deciding factor for dozens of Margate families we’ve worked with.
One comparison worth making: impact-rated doors are permanent protection. You never slam them into place at 2 a.m., never haul panels out of a garage, never wonder if you remembered to hang them before the storm. We don’t sell or install hurricane shutters, but if you’re comparing the two, a NOA-rated impact door is the one that also stops a burglary on a Tuesday and seals your house year-round.
We Also Serve Cities Near Margate
Our crews cover Margate daily and extend to neighboring communities across northern Broward, including Coconut Creek, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, and Deerfield Beach. If you live just outside Margate and need Door Installation in Margate, call us anyway. We’ll tell you straight whether we serve your street. The one down the road.
Serving Margate, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Margate 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 Margate
Yes, you need a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance or Florida Product Approval number. All of Broward County, including Margate, sits inside Florida’s mandatory wind-borne debris region, so the building department will check for the NOA during permit review before we can even schedule inspection. A door without one fails, regardless of what the salesman tells you. Call (561) 816-5648 and we’ll verify compliance before we order anything.
Margate’s original subdivisions were built with jalousie and louvered-glass doors because they ventilated cheaply in the 1960s, and thousands of them remain because replacement was never forced until insurance carriers started requiring wind-mitigation credits. When you replace one, we pull the entire jamb, rebuild the rough opening, set an impact-rated door with a proper NOA, and give you the wind-mitigation documentation your insurer wants. That paperwork is what unlocks the premium credit.
Custom fabrication runs 4 to 6 weeks for most Margate orders. Standard stock doors can install in as fast as a single day once your units arrive. The lead time is set by the manufacturer, not our labor schedule, and we don’t promise dates we can’t keep. We’ll tell you the real timeline before you sign, and we’ll put the delivery window in writing.
On a Margate home built in the 1960s or 1970s, almost never. The original jamb is usually a wood buck that’s undersized for modern impact-rated slabs, often termite-notched, and out of square by half an inch or more. Setting an impact door into it means the frame won’t pass design pressure testing, and the whole job fails inspection. We’ll tell you honestly whether your jamb can be salvaged, and in Margate’s older CBS stock, the answer is usually no.
An impact-rated front door with a Miami-Dade NOA is one of the required components for a wind-mitigation credit, but the door alone doesn’t guarantee a discount. Your insurer calculates the credit based on a full wind-mitigation inspection run by a certified inspector, which costs $75 to $150. After the door is permitted and inspected, the windstorm portion of your premium typically drops around 25% on average, but only your carrier can give you the final number. Call (561) 816-5648 for an exact quote on your door, and we’ll hand you the paperwork your inspector needs.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Margate and northern Broward County since 2011.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose Winslow 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.