Door Replacement in Fort Lauderdale - Written Price Before Anything Is Ordered

Fast, Reliable Door Replacement Across Fort Lauderdale

Door replacement in Fort Lauderdale runs $1,200 – $7,500 for a standard exterior door including installation, while impact-rated entry systems typically land between $3,800 – $9,500 depending on size, glass package, and frame material. Those are real numbers for this market, not ballparks stretched across South Florida. We work throughout Fort Lauderdale weekly, from the condos lining Galt Ocean Drive to the 1960s ranches in Coral Ridge, and we know which doors actually hold up here. Salt air, hurricane code, and humidity decide what belongs on your home. If you need a straight answer and a written price before any work starts, call us at (754) 354-1396.

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Why Juniper Windows Fort Lauderdale Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Door Replacement Company

Juniper Windows & Doors has been installing doors across South Florida since 2001. Sean Mackey leads the Fort Lauderdale team, and every job we take in this city gets the same treatment: background-checked, uniformed technicians, a written price before work begins, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise covering parts and labor for a full year. No voicemail mazes either. A live person answers our phone 24/7, which matters when a patio door won’t close after a storm.

What sets us apart locally is that we actually know Fort Lauderdale’s housing stock. The mid-century homes in Sailboat Bend and Coral Ridge present different problems than the high-rise condos along Las Olas Boulevard. We carry product lines built for both, including PGT, CGI in Fort Lauderdale, and Therma-Tru. When you book, you get a live arrival time you can track, before-and-after photos of the work, and a digital invoice you can pay from a link. That’s the Relay Standard, and it operates at every Fort Lauderdale address we touch.

Interior Door Installation in Fort Lauderdale

Interior Door Installation in Fort Lauderdale typically costs $250 – $700 per door including the slab, hardware, and labor, with higher-end solid-core or custom millwork doors pushing toward $900. Older Fort Lauderdale homes, especially the 1950s-70s single-family stock in neighborhoods like Imperial Point and Rio Vista, often have hollow-core doors that have warped in the humidity. Swollen door edges scrape against jambs. Hinges sag. The door won’t latch without a shoulder bump. Replacing them with solid-core or moisture-resistant composite doors fixes the problem permanently, and it also quiets air movement between rooms, which your AC system notices.

We install pre-hung units and slab replacements, match existing trim profiles, and handle the full old-door haul-away. No extra trip for disposal. If you’re updating several rooms at once, we’ll price the entire interior package in writing before a single screw turns.

What Affects Interior Door Cost in Fort Lauderdale

The biggest cost variable is the slab itself. Hollow-core doors are cheapest but sound like drums in a hallway. Solid-core MDF doors run about 30% more and block far more noise. Custom sizes, which are common in older Fort Lauderdale homes with non-standard rough openings, add to the labor side because the jamb gets built out or trimmed back. Hardware is the other variable. Budget for $40 – $180 per door for hinges, handles, and latches depending on finish.

When Fort Lauderdale Homeowners Replace Interior Doors

We see it most often during pre-sale prep. Homeowners in neighborhoods like Victoria Park list a home and realize warped, sticky doors become a negotiation point during inspection. The second trigger is seasonal. After a wet summer, swelling peaks and doors that barely closed in January stop closing entirely by September. A pre-hung replacement with proper reveal gaps solves both problems at once.

Door Installers in Fort Lauderdale

Door Installers in Fort Lauderdale handle everything from single entry door swaps to full patio slider replacements, with typical labor rates of $300 – $650 per door depending on whether it’s a straight slab swap or a full rough-opening rebuild. The distinction matters here. In a 1970s concrete block ranch, removing an old door often exposes corroded anchors and a jamb that’s been wicking salt air for decades. A straight swap turns into a rebuild. We quote the real job, including the rebuild, before we start. No change orders at the door.

Every installer we send is background-checked and uniformed, and they’ve worked on Fort Lauderdale homes long enough to know what’s behind the trim. They also carry moisture meters and leveling lasers on every job. The written quote includes the old door removal, the new door, all hardware, trim, caulking, and cleanup. That’s the number you pay, and it’s covered under the 365-Day Done Right Promise.

What a Fort Lauderdale Door Install Includes

We remove the existing slab, jamb, and threshold, then inspect the rough opening. If the framing is compromised, we address it. The new door goes in shimmed and plumb, insulated around the jamb, and sealed against moisture intrusion. Exterior doors get a full perimeter silicone seal. Hardware is torqued to spec. The door swings and latches correctly before we leave.

Signs Your Installer Knows Fort Lauderdale

Watch how they handle the threshold. In Fort Lauderdale, a poorly flashed threshold is the number one source of hidden rot and termite entry on exterior doors. We set thresholds in a marine-grade sealant bed and wrap the rough opening with flashing tape. Those are small steps, and they’re the difference between a door that works for five years and one that works for twenty.

Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale

We install and service PGT, CGI, CWS, and Therma-Tru doors across Fort Lauderdale, and we keep the common replacement parts for these lines on our trucks and in our local stock. When a PGT impact slider needs a new roller assembly in Coral Ridge or a Therma-Tru entry door requires a specific hinge configuration in Victoria Park, we don’t wait on a distributor. Parts are in hand, which means faster turnaround and fewer return visits. If you already have a door from one of these brands and it’s failing, we’ll service it. If you want to replace it, we’ll give you a written quote with the upgrade options explained in plain language.

Common Door Replacement Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes

• Salt-corroded hinges and screws. Standard galvanized door hardware starts showing rust within three to five years near the Intracoastal and along beachfront corridors. The door sags, drags on the threshold, and eventually binds against the jamb. We specify stainless steel hinges and coated fasteners on every exterior door within a mile of salt water.
• Swollen, binding sliding glass doors. Aluminum jambs on original sliders from the 1960s and 70s oxidize and swell from constant humidity and salt exposure. The door gets stiff, then won’t close without a shoulder. On homes in Coral Ridge and Sailboat Bend, this is often the final symptom before the track cracks.
• Non-impact doors that fail during wind-borne debris events. A standard tempered glass door shatters on impact, and once the opening is breached, wind pressure inside the home escalates rapidly. In Fort Lauderdale, that pressure differential is what peels roofs and blows out walls. Impact-rated doors with laminated glass stay intact.
• Water and air infiltration around poorly sealed jambs. We frequently pull trim off older Fort Lauderdale exterior doors and find black mold behind the jamb. The original installers used plain caulk that dried and cracked within two summers. We reflash the entire rough opening with marine-grade tape and seal the perimeter with a commercial-grade silicone before reinstalling.

Pricing for Door Replacement in Fort Lauderdale, FL

The Coastal Spec vs. the Inland Spec

Fort Lauderdale’s coastal high-rises and waterfront homes are governed by Miami-Dade County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone code. That means every exterior door must carry a Florida Product Approval and a Miami-Dade NOA for large-missile impact resistance. This standard does not apply to inland Broward cities like Plantation or Sunrise. A door that’s perfectly legal ten miles west is not legal on Las Olas Isles. The price gap is real and worth understanding. An inland-spec fiberglass entry door might run $1,800 installed. The same design with a Miami-Dade NOA, stainless hardware, and marine-grade seals runs $4,200 – $6,500. It’s not a markup. It’s a different product built to different physics.

We replaced a corroded sliding glass door in a 1960s Coral Ridge ranch with a PGT impact-rated unit after the original aluminum jamb had swollen from salt air, causing the door to bind. Our techs installed a Therma-Tru fiberglass entry door with stainless steel hinges and a Miami-Dade NOA, then sealed the rough opening with marine-grade flashing tape. The homeowner now has a large-missile rated door that closes smoothly and cuts air leakage from the old jamb. Buy the cheap spec and you’ll replace hinges within five years and the whole door within ten. Buy the coastal spec once.

We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale

Our Door Replacement team works daily across Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding area, including Coconut Creek. If you’re just north of the city and need a door priced or replaced, you’re in our service area. The same written pricing and 365-Day Done Right Promise apply anywhere our crews drive. For full details on what we offer in the area, see our Door Replacement in Fort Lauderdale page.

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