Door Installation in Coral Gables - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Trusted Door Installation for Coral Gables Homeowners

A properly installed entry door in Coral Gables does more than welcome guests. It seals your home against the humidity and storm-driven rain South Florida throws at it, holds your air conditioning in during August, and stands up to the tropical systems that cross the peninsula every season. The reality is that most door failures we see across Coral Gables start with a poor installation, not a poor door. A door that’s out of square, hung without the right flashing, or sealed with the wrong materials will warp, leak, and eventually rot the rough opening behind it. Winslow Windows & Doors has installed or replaced doors in Coral Gables since 2011, and Ed Winslow’s name is on every job we schedule. If you need a door installed, replaced, or upgraded in Coral Gables, call us at (904) 478-8983 for a free, no-pressure estimate with upfront line-item pricing.

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What Our Door Installation Service Includes

Every door installation we perform in Coral Gables starts with a simple question: what does this opening need to do for your home? Is this door your primary barrier against hurricane-force wind, or is it an interior-facing exterior door that primarily manages daily traffic, light, and airflow? The answer drives everything: the door we recommend, the frame and sill system, the flashing, the sealing method, and the hardware. Because we’re a full exterior-protection specialist, we approach door installation the way a roofing contractor approaches a roof deck: the visible surface only matters if what’s underneath it is done right. We install entry doors, hurricane-rated front doors, French and double doors, replacement doors, and storm or exterior doors, and we’ll tell you honestly which product makes sense for your specific Coral Gables home, budget, and exposure. If you’re replacing a door in a 1920s Coral Gables bungalow, the conversation is different than it is for a 1990s ranch in the southern section of the city, and we plan accordingly.

Entry Doors

Your front entry door is the single most-used opening in your home and the first line of defense against wind, water, and unwanted entry. A well-installed entry door in Coral Gables should close square, seal tight against the jamb, and swing freely without dragging or sticking through every season, from the dry winter months to the swampy humidity of September. We install Therma-Tru fiberglass and steel entry systems, which resist warping and swelling far better than solid wood in this climate, and we set every slab, frame, and threshold true to the rough opening before it’s fastened. If your current door rubs the frame, lets daylight bleed around the edges, or won’t latch without a shoulder against it, a professional reinstallation or replacement is the fix, not another layer of weatherstripping. Ed Winslow’s team installs entry doors in Coral Gables with shims behind every hinge point, not just along the latch side, which is the difference between a door that works for five years and one that works for thirty.

Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors

In Coral Gables, a front door that is not impact-rated is a liability during any named storm, and even a strong afternoon squall can send debris through a standard door assembly. Florida building code in Miami-Dade County requires impact-rated openings on new construction and most substantial renovations, and many homeowners in Coral Gables are surprised to learn their existing door does not comply. We install PGT and CGI hurricane-rated entry doors that carry Miami-Dade NOA approvals, meaning they have passed the same missile-impact and pressure-cycling tests as our impact windows. These aren’t residential doors with a sticker; they are engineered door systems with reinforced frames, multi-point locking, and laminated glass that holds its integrity when a 2×4 hits it at 50 feet per second. We pull permits on hurricane door replacements in Coral Gables, schedule the inspection, and stand behind the work with our Done Right Promise, because wind-rated protection only works if every component in the assembly is rated to match.

French & Double Doors

French doors are beautiful and, in Coral Gables, they are also one of the most common points of water intrusion and energy loss we see on older homes. The problem is almost never the door slabs themselves; it’s the inactive panel, the astragal, the threshold, and the rough opening, all of which need to be perfectly aligned and sealed for the door to perform. We install French and double door systems from Therma-Tru, including impact-rated configurations when the opening faces an exterior wall or a pool deck that takes wind. Our crews in Coral Gables pay particular attention to the sill pan and the flashing above the header, because water that gets behind a French door assembly in this climate will rot a subfloor inside of two years. We also check the floor for level before we start, since a settled slab in an older Coral Gables home can make a double door impossible to close properly without addressing the threshold first.

Replacement Doors

Most replacement door projects in Coral Gables are not about swapping one standard slab for another. They’re about fixing the failings of the original installation, whether that’s a rusted-out steel frame on the west side of the house or a wood door that has swollen and shrunken so many times the paint won’t stay on it. We’ll measure the existing rough opening, inspect the condition of the framed wall around it, and tell you whether a direct replacement is feasible or whether the opening needs repair before a new door can be hung correctly. Winslow installs replacement doors as complete systems when the existing frame is compromised, which is common in Coral Gables homes where sprinklers have been hitting a side door for twenty years. The old door comes out, the rough opening gets inspected and repaired as needed, and the new pre-hung unit goes in correctly from the start. If you have a written estimate from another local company, bring it to us for a free second opinion, and we’ll tell you if the scope matches what we see.

Storm & Exterior Doors

A storm door is a second layer of protection in front of your primary entry door, and in Coral Gables it earns its keep by shielding an expensive wood or fiberglass door from direct sun, driven rain, and wind-blown debris. We install storm and exterior doors with full-perimeter weatherstripping and proper closure systems, including closers that are adjustable for wind load so the door doesn’t slam itself off its hinges during a summer thunderstorm. The most common mistake we correct in Coral Gables is a storm door that was surface-mounted onto trim with screws that are too short, which pulls loose within the first year. Our exterior door installations anchor into the rough framing, not just the casing, which keeps the door stable and the seals tight. We also install exterior doors on garage and utility entries, which is where a surprising amount of wind-driven rain enters Miami-Dade homes during heavy weather.

Brands We Service for Door Installation

We are an authorized installer for PGT and CGI impact doors, which means we’ve completed factory training, can order their full product lines, and know exactly how their frame and threshold systems are engineered to mate with Miami-Dade-approved rough openings. PGT has deep roots in Florida and their WinGuard and Premier lines give Coral Gables homeowners a wide range of impact-rated entry and French door configurations. CGI, which is now part of the PGT family, produces heavier-duty commercial-grade and residential impact doors, and we’ve installed their products on everything from modest Coral Gables ranch homes to custom estates in Cocoplum and Hammock Oaks.

Therma-Tru is our go-to for non-impact entry and replacement door systems, and we’ve hung hundreds of their Classic-Craft and Pulse fiberglass lines over the past decade and change. Fiberglass makes particular sense in Coral Gables because it doesn’t absorb the humidity that destroys wood doors, and it doesn’t dent or rust the way steel can near salt-heavy air. We also install ViewLux doors, which are a practical storm-and-security exterior door option that pairs well with older Coral Gables homes where the primary door has character but needs protection from the elements. Whether your home currently has a PGT, CGI, Therma-Tru, or any other make, we can service it, replace it, or upgrade it. If you’re not sure what’s on your house, we’ll identify it during the free estimate.

Signs You Need Door Installation Right Now

• Your door sticks, drags, or won’t latch without lifting the handle. A door that has shifted in its opening is a sign of either a failed hinge system or a rough opening that has moved, which happens as Coral Gables soils expand and contract through wet and dry seasons. Forcing it closed every day is wearing every component faster, and one hard yank during an emergency exit is not the time to test the frame. A professional re-hang or replacement restores the geometry before the frame sustains permanent damage.
• Daylight is visible around the door when it’s closed. Any gap you can see from inside is a gap that’s letting conditioned air out, humidity in, and insects through. In Coral Gables, that gap is also an entry point for wind-driven rain during storms, and a poorly sealed door is one of the first things a hurricane inspection flags in a failed home. New installation with proper flashing and weatherstripping eliminates the gaps that a simple sweep will never fix.
• The door is soft, swollen, or showing rot at the bottom or around the frame. Basswood doors and poorly flashed openings are a known issue in South Florida, and once rot begins, it travels up the stiles and into the subfloor. A door that feels soft at the bottom is past the point of repair, and painting over the problem only masks it. A proper replacement installation with a sill pan and an end-dam seal at the threshold stops the water path for good.
• You can hear more street noise than you used to, or your energy bills have risen steadily. An exterior door that has lost its seal is a direct path for sound and air transfer, and Coral Gables homes near U.S. 1, Bird Road, or the airport approaches will notice it fast. Your AC system shouldn’t be compensating for a leaking door assembly. A new, tight door installation often pays for itself in energy savings, and it makes the entry quieter and more comfortable immediately.
• Your door is old enough to predate current Miami-Dade impact code. Doors installed before the mid-1990s were rarely impact-rated, and many Coral Gables homes still have a non-compliant front door that would fail the windborne-debris test. If you’re replacing windows or doing a roof, that’s the right time to address the door too, and we’ll coordinate the scope so permits, inspections, and scheduling line up. Ed Winslow’s team can tell you during the estimate whether a code upgrade applies to your specific situation.

Our Door Installation Process - Step by Step

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   Free estimate and opening inspection. We come to your Coral Gables home, listen to what’s wrong, and inspect the door, the rough opening, the threshold, the adjacent siding or stucco, and the floor for level. We measure in place, not from a copy of a plan, and we’ll tell you what we find, including whether the rough opening needs repair before a new door can be installed correctly. You get a written, line-item quote with the labor, materials, and permit fee separated out so there are no surprises on the invoice.
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   Product selection and ordering. Based on what we saw in the opening inspection, we’ll walk you through the right door options for your home and your exposure, whether that’s a PGT impact entry system, a Therma-Tru fiberglass door, or a ViewLux storm door paired with your existing primary door. We’ll show you samples, discuss finish options, glass packages, and hardware, and give you honest guidance about where to spend and where to save. Once you approve the quote, we order the exact door system and schedule installation.
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   Removal and rough opening repair. On install day, our background-checked, uniformed crew arrives and removes the old door and frame down to the rough opening. We inspect what’s behind the trim, because what we find there determines whether the new door goes in that day or whether the opening needs repair first, and we’ll talk to you before anything is covered over. Rotted framing gets cut out and replaced, and we check for level, plumb, and square before the new door ever comes near the opening.
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   Setting and sealing the new door. We set the new pre-hung door with composite shims at every hinge and strike point, not just at the bottom, and we fasten through the jambs into the framing so the door can’t sag or shift. The sill gets a pan and the header gets flashing tape before trim goes on, which is the detail that keeps Coral Gables rain out of your wall cavity. We seal the interior and exterior perimeters and adjust the door until the reveals are even and the latch operates smoothly.
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   Inspection, cleanup, and walkthrough. If the job required a permit, we schedule the building inspection and make sure it passes before we call it complete. We remove all old materials, nails, and packing, and then we walk the finished installation with you. If anything isn’t right, we fix it before we leave, and if something fails down the road, our Done Right Promise means we make it right. You can call Ed Winslow directly if anything lands short of what you expected.

How Much Does Door Installation Cost in Coral Gables?

A standard single entry door replacement in Coral Gables typically runs $1,800 to $4,500 installed, depending on whether it’s a flush steel or fiberglass slab in the existing frame or a complete pre-hung unit with new trim. A Therma-Tru fiberglass entry system with decorative glass and upgraded hardware generally falls between $3,500 and $7,500, and a PGT or CGI impact-rated entry door system typically starts around $4,500 and goes up from there based on size, glass package, and finish. French or double door installations in Coral Gables are the widest ranging: a basic replacement pair with new pre-hung frames typically runs $5,000 to $12,000, and an impact-rated French door set on a pool-facing wall or principal elevation can exceed $20,000 when the rough opening, flooring transition, and hardware package are factored in.

What affects the price more than any single line item is what we find inside the wall when the old door comes out. Rotted rough framing, subfloor damage at the threshold, or an out-of-level opening on a settled Coral Gables slab all add cost, and we’d rather tell you that on estimate day than surprise you on install day. You avoid overpaying it by getting a written, line-item quote that separates the door, the hardware, the labor, and the permit fee, and by asking any contractor whether their price includes the rough opening inspection. Ours always does. Every estimate in Coral Gables is free, and we’ll give you a second opinion on any written quote you’ve already received. Call (904) 478-8983 to set one up.

Door Installation Near Coral Gables - Our Service Area

Winslow Windows & Doors installs doors throughout Coral Gables and the surrounding communities. We work regularly in Little Gables, just north of the city line, and in Miami proper, including neighborhoods like Shenandoah and The Roads. We also serve Kendall, Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay, Doral, Miami Springs, Olympia Heights, Cutler Bay, Three Lakes, and Miami Beach. Most Coral Gables door installations are completed in two to three weeks after your estimate, depending on product availability from the manufacturer and permitting. When you’re ready to talk, a live person answers the phone at (904) 478-8983, day or night.

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Schedule Your Door Installation Service in Coral Gables Today

When you’re ready to stop living with a door that drags, leaks, or doesn’t close the way it should, call Winslow Windows & Doors at (904) 478-8983. You’ll get a free estimate, honest advice, and upfront pricing with no surprises on the invoice. Whether you’re in historic Coral Gables, Cocoplum, Hammock Oaks, or anywhere else in the city, Ed Winslow and the crew from Winslow Windows & Doors are ready to make it right. We’re the one down the road.

Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Coral Gables since 2011.