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Door installation in Kendall, FL typically runs $1,200 to $4,800 for a standard entry door replacement, and $3,500 to $9,500 for a hurricane-rated impact door system. Most jobs take one to two days on site once your door arrives, though custom fabrication runs four to six weeks. We’re Winslow Windows & Doors, and we’ve been opening up Kendall’s 1960s and 70s CBS homes long enough to know what’s behind that stucco before we cut into it. Call (904) 478-8983 for a free in-home measure and written quote.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Kendall’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Kendall homeowners don’t have time for a voicemail loop at 8 p.m. That’s why a live person answers our phone 24/7. Every technician who shows up at a home near Kendall Drive or Snapper Creek is background-checked and wears a Winslow uniform, so you know exactly who’s at your door before the truck parks. Ed Winslow’s name is on the business, and Ed’s name is on every job we do.
We’re an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, and Therma-Tru, which matters in Kendall because this city sits inside Miami-Dade County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone. Not every door sold at a big-box store is legal to install here. We carry only units with Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance numbers and Florida Product Approvals, so the door we quote is a door that passes a wind mitigation inspection. That’s not true of every contractor working Kendall.
The Door Installation work we do in Kendall comes with the Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. No fine print, no prorating, no argument. That’s a standard of accountability written into every job.
Our Door Installation Services in Kendall
Entry Doors
A new entry door in Kendall does more than change how your house looks from Kendale Lakes Drive. It’s the first line of defense against UV, wind-driven rain, and a burglary attempt. We install fiberglass, steel, and wood entry doors sized correctly for the rough opening, not shimmed to death like we’ve seen in too many original 1970s CBS frames across West Kendall.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
This is the service that matters most south of Kendall Drive. A hurricane-proof entry door in Kendall must carry a Miami-Dade NOA and meet HVHZ design pressure requirements for your specific opening. We install impact-rated doors from PGT, CGI, and Therma-Tru with laminated glass that holds together when a two-by-four hits it at 34 mph in a test lab. Your front door is the weakest opening on most Kendall homes. We fix that permanently.
French & Double Doors
French doors on a Kendall patio or side yard look great and leak air constantly if the original builder cheaped out on flashing. When we pull a set of French doors in a home near The Hammocks, we almost always find no sill pan behind the stucco. We install new units with proper waterproofing at the rough opening, not just caulk along the outside edge. The result is a door that closes square and doesn’t whistle when the wind blows off the Everglades.
Replacement Doors
Kendall’s housing stock is dominated by concrete block and stucco tract homes built between 1968 and 1992. The original aluminum sliding and jalousie doors in those homes are now 35 to 55 years old. The hinge screws snap. The jambs separate from the block. The weatherstripping crumbles. We replace those doors with modern units that meet current HVHZ standards, and we pull the permit every time. If a contractor tells you no permit is needed to replace an exterior door in Kendall, walk away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kendall
We’re an authorized installer for eight premium brands, including PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems. For entry doors specifically, Therma-Tru is the workhorse we recommend most often in Kendall because it accepts impact-rated glass packages and holds its finish in South Florida’s UV. We stock fast-moving parts locally for Kendall jobs, so a broken jamb or failed anchor doesn’t mean waiting two weeks for a shipment from a distributor in another state.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Kendall Homes
- Aluminum frame corrosion along the jamb. Kendall’s humidity and afternoon thunderstorms cause aluminum oxide to build up where the frame meets the CBS wall. We see hinge screws that have snapped off inside the jamb and door corners separating from the block during wind events near the Turnpike.
- Missing sill pans and flashing behind the stucco. Pre-1992 Kendall tract homes were often built with no sill pan at exterior door openings. Water wicks through the stucco, into the slab, and rots the subfloor under the threshold. You can’t see it until the door comes out. We see it on nearly every 1970s house we open in Kendall.
- Non-impact doors failing wind mitigation inspections. A homeowner in The Hammocks calls us with a Citizens Insurance non-renewal letter in hand. The inspector flagged the original aluminum slider or entry door for lacking a Miami-Dade NOA. We replace the door, schedule the re-inspection, and the report moves from fail to pass.
- Undersized framing and anchors behind the jamb. When we open a 1970s door opening in Kendall, the lumber behind the frame is often 2x4s spaced too far apart and anchored with hardware that doesn’t meet current HVHZ uplift tables. The door looked fine from the inside. The engineering was never there. We bring the rough opening up to code before the new door goes in.
Pricing for Door Installation in Kendall, FL
A standard replacement entry door in Kendall runs $1,200 to $2,800 installed, depending on the door’s material and whether the existing jamb can be salvaged. An impact-rated entry door runs $3,500 to $9,500 because the slab, lamination, and hardware all carry Miami-Dade NOAs and the installation triggers permit and inspection items. French or double door replacements run $4,000 to $12,000. These are installed prices, not product-only quotes. The free estimate we give you in writing is the price you pay, with any change orders approved in writing before work proceeds.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall
Our crews serve Door Installation in Kendall daily and also work across the surrounding South Florida metro. If you’re in Coral Gables, Little Gables, Miami, or Miami Beach, we can schedule your door installation with the same local crew and the same live 24/7 phone coverage. The permit and inspection requirements are identical across Miami-Dade County, and we handle all of it.
What Door Installation Costs in Kendall
Impact windows in Kendall generally run $800 to $1,500 per window installed. An impact single-hung runs $900 to $1,800. Large or custom window openings run $2,500 to $5,000. Whole-home packages start around $8,000 and go up from there. For doors specifically, the numbers above in our pricing section reflect the Kendall market. What moves the price: the number of openings, your home’s wind zone (all of Kendall is HVHZ, but specific design pressures vary by location and floor height), the frame material, and what we find behind the stucco when we open the wall. Every Winslow quote includes a free in-home measure and a written line-item estimate.
Florida Pays You Back
Florida incentive programs make impact door installation in Kendall materially cheaper than the sticker price suggests. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades. Florida exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost up to $600 per year on qualifying units. And most windstorm insurance carriers apply a premium credit around 25% to the windstorm portion after a wind-mitigation inspection passes, which typically costs $75 to $150. Programs and carriers set the final numbers. We’ll walk you through what applies to your home, but we’ll never guarantee a dollar figure an insurer hasn’t committed to.
One comparison worth making in Kendall: impact windows and doors versus hurricane shutters. Shutters require you to be home to deploy them, and you’re still sitting behind unprotected openings until they’re up. Impact doors are permanent. No panels to haul out, no tracks to maintain, no risk of being caught off guard when a storm forms in the Gulf and turns east. And insurers treat permanent impact protection differently than shutters now, especially in Miami-Dade County where HVHZ requirements are strictest.
Here’s what opening up an older Kendall home actually turns up. Behind the stucco around a 1970s door opening, our crews routinely find outdated wiring that needs relocating, undersized or rotted framing, and failed waterproofing that’s been letting water into the slab for decades. The minute we pull a permit, the code inspections trigger upgrades the original builder never had to do. This is the single biggest reason a door replacement quote moves once we start work. So we handle it differently. We inspect the rough opening during the estimate. We write allowances into the contract for common code upgrades. And any surprise we find after we open the wall is priced and approved in writing before we touch it. That’s not how every contractor in Kendall works, but it’s how Ed Winslow runs his business.
Every replacement door in Kendall must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance and a Florida Product Approval for HVHZ wind pressures. But the real trigger for most jobs we do here is a Citizens Insurance non-renewal letter citing non-impact doors on the wind mitigation report. Kendall homeowners are insurance-savvy. They know a door without an NOA is a policy cancellation waiting to happen, even if the door physically survived the last hurricane season. So the conversation usually starts with insurance savings math, not storm fear. That dynamic is unique to this market, and we know how to help you navigate it without the call-center double talk.
Serving Kendall, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendall 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 Kendall
Yes, you need a permit to replace an exterior door in Kendall. Miami-Dade County requires a permit for any exterior door replacement, and the inspection process can trigger framing, anchor, and waterproofing upgrades that the original 1970s construction never had to meet. We pull the permit, handle the inspections, and write any code-triggered changes as line items on a change order you approve in writing before we proceed. Call (904) 478-8983 for a quote that accounts for this from the start.
Kendall sits inside Miami-Dade County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, which enforces the strictest wind and impact standards in the United States. The same door sold in Broward County may only carry a Florida Product Approval for lower design pressures, and it won’t pass a Miami-Dade wind mitigation inspection. If a door doesn’t have a Miami-Dade NOA, it can’t legally be installed on an exterior opening in Kendall. We only install doors that carry the correct NOA for your specific opening.
Most Kendall homeowners see a windstorm premium credit around 25% after passing a wind mitigation inspection with impact-rated doors and windows. The exact dollar figure depends on your carrier, the inspection report, and the specific credits your policy qualifies for. We’ll install doors that pass the inspection the first time, schedule the re-inspection, and help you submit the paperwork. Call (904) 478-8983 to start with a free measure.
Almost never in Kendall. Original aluminum frames from the 1970s are typically corroded at the hinge points and no longer meet HVHZ anchor or design pressure requirements. We replace the jamb and the rough opening framing as part of the installation. Reusing a 50-year-old aluminum jamb is a shortcut that fails wind mitigation inspections and voids the manufacturer’s warranty. We won’t do it.
Large-missile impact testing fires a nine-pound two-by-four at a door at 34 mph and checks for penetration. In Miami-Dade’s HVHZ, where Kendall sits, exterior doors must pass this test because they face the direct force of wind-driven debris in a 175+ mph storm scenario. A small-missile rating covers windows in higher floors, but a ground-level entry door in Kendall needs the large-missile certification. We verify this rating on every door we quote.
Call Winslow Windows & Doors for Door Installation in Kendall
If you’re in Kendall and your door is original to the house, failing an insurance inspection, or simply worn past repair, call Winslow Windows & Doors at (904) 478-8983. A live person answers. We’ll schedule a free in-home measure, write you a line-item quote, and walk you through what we’ll find behind the stucco before we open the wall. No pressure, no vague estimates, no surprises on the invoice. Ed’s name is on the door and on every job we do. We’re the one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Kendall and the surrounding South Florida metro.
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.