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Door installation in Lantana runs anywhere from $900 for a basic hollow-core replacement to $6,500+ for a fully engineered impact-rated pivot or French door system on a 1960s CBS home. Most exterior door replacements in this town fall between $2,800 and $4,800 when you factor in Lantana’s municipal permit fees, wind-load anchoring, and marine-grade hardware. We’ve done this work on nearly every street between Dixie Highway and the Intracoastal, and we schedule around Lantana’s own building department so your permit doesn’t stall the job. Call (850) 801-5596 for a free estimate that puts the numbers in writing before you commit.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Lantana’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We work in Lantana the way a local crew should. Our technicians know that a 1958 CBS bungalow off West Pine Street has a different jamb condition than a 1970s two-story near the water off East Ocean Avenue. We’ve seen the salt-air pitting on aluminum thresholds, the rusted hinge screws, the frames that flex under negative pressure because someone anchored them like a drywall job instead of a storm job. That’s why Lantana homeowners call us, and it’s why they stay on the phone when we answer. A live person picks up at (850) 801-5596 every time, 24 hours a day. No voicemail tree.
The Door Installation team at TruePane has been setting doors in coastal South Florida since 2008 under Dale Kessler’s standard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That means we measure every opening twice, quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before the truck leaves your driveway. Our Lantana customers get the same Done Right Promise as everyone else. If something isn’t right, we fix it. No paperwork fights, no arguing.
Our Door Installation Services in Lantana
Entry & Swing Doors
Front entry doors in Lantana take a beating from the Atlantic side. The combination of sun, salt, and summer humidity means a door that isn’t hung with marine-grade hinges and a properly flashed sill pan will bind or corrode within a few seasons. We install fiberglass and steel swing doors rated for Palm Beach County’s wind-borne debris region, always anchored to the CBS substrate with the right fasteners and always flashed so water never sits against the jamb. A typical entry door replacement in Lantana runs $1,800 to $4,200 depending on the product line and whether your existing rough opening needs repair.
Storm Doors
A storm door in Lantana isn’t just a screen door. It’s a sacrificial layer between the Atlantic weather and your primary entry, and it needs to be anchored for 150+ mph gusts. We install vented and full-view storm doors from manufacturers we trust, with closer hardware that holds up to salt air instead of the big-box zinc hardware that rusts in eighteen months. Expect $700 to $1,900 installed for most Lantana homes.
Pivot Doors
Pivot doors are popular in Lantana’s newer Intracostal-facing builds and the occasional full remodel of a 1960s ranch. They’re heavier than a standard hinge door, which means the header and anchoring system matter more than the panel itself. Our crews pre-drill and epoxy the pivot bolts into the CBS header, torque them to spec, and adjust the sweep so the door seats evenly on a marine-grade aluminum threshold. A pivot door system in Lantana runs $4,500 to $9,000 installed, including the structural reinforcing most 1950s-1970s openings need.
Double & French Doors
Double doors on Lantana’s compact lots usually open onto a small patio or a screened enclosure facing the Intracoastal breeze. That south-east exposure is exactly where we see the fastest corrosion on the active leaf’s bottom flush bolt and the sill cap. We set French doors with interlocking astragals rated for the wind loads on your specific elevation, and we specify stainless or marine-grade fasteners so the hardware doesn’t seize shut in July. Double and French door installations in Lantana typically run $2,600 to $5,800 depending on glazing package and anchoring complexity.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold doors that open a kitchen or living room to a Lantana patio need floor tracks that don’t corrode, rollers that don’t bind in humid air, and top-hung or bottom-rolling hardware matched to the wall structure. On CBS homes, that means anchoring into concrete with epoxy-set bolts, not wood screws into the stucco. We’ve corrected enough out-of-towner bifold installs along the water to know exactly where the cheap bids cut corners. Expect $3,800 to $8,500 depending on panel count and product line.
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 Lantana
We install and service doors from PGT, CGI, and Marvin, and we stock common threshold caps, hinges, and weatherstripping for these lines locally so Lantana customers aren’t waiting on a distributor in another county. When we quote a job, we lay out product lines side by side on paper so you can see the difference in glass rating, frame material, and warranty registration. That’s The Keystone Standard. Both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing before our truck leaves your driveway, and the durations are stated on the quote, not buried in a pdf you’ll never open.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Lantana Homes
- Salt-corroded thresholds and hardware. East- and south-facing doors within a mile and a half of the Atlantic show pitting on aluminum thresholds and rust on hinge screws within a decade of installation if the installer used standard hardware. We specify marine-grade stainless fasteners and non-corroding sill pans as baseline, not as an upgrade.
- Wind-load anchoring on CBS homes that was never engineered. A 155 mph design wind speed isn’t a suggestion in Lantana. A door that flexes under negative pressure will lose its impact rating during a real storm, and your insurer will know the difference between a documented compliant install and one that wasn’t.
- County-only permits that stall the job. Lantana runs its own municipal building department. Contractors who file with Palm Beach County and skip the town’s intake process end up with a stop-work order and re-inspection fees that kill the project timeline. We build the Lantana permit timeline into the schedule from day one.
- Door frames set out of square in stucco openings. Lantana’s 1950s-1970s CBS homes have settled. The rough opening we measure today won’t match the original dimensions, and a frame shimmed with cedar scraps will bind in August humidity. We measure, plane, and set to line and level so the door closes true the day we install it and every day after.
Pricing for Door Installation in Lantana, FL
Here’s what Lantana homeowners should expect to pay. A basic storm door installation runs $700 to $1,900. A standard entry door on an existing rough opening runs $1,800 to $4,200. French or double doors run $2,600 to $5,800. A custom pivot door, engineered for the wind loads on your elevation and reinforced for CBS construction, runs $4,500 to $9,000. What moves the number: product line, impact glazing rating, whether we’re replacing rotted jambs or reframing the opening, and whether your lot’s exposure requires additional anchoring beyond the baseline. We give you a written line-item quote before work starts, and the price doesn’t change unless you change the scope. No surprise line items on the bill.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lantana
If you’re in Palm Beach, Lake Worth Beach, Westgate, or Palm Springs, we handle Door Installation in Lantana and the surrounding communities with the same local permit knowledge and the same marine-grade standards. Call (850) 801-5596 and we’ll tell you which municipal building department has jurisdiction over your address and what that means for your timeline.
Serving Lantana, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lantana 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 Lantana
Yes. Lantana operates its own municipal building department with a separate permit intake and inspection queue from Palm Beach County. An exterior door replacement in Lantana requires a Lantana permit, not a county one. Out-of-town contractors routinely miss this, file county paperwork, and get hit with a stop-work order and re-inspection fees. We pull the Lantana permit as part of the job and build the inspection schedule into our timeline so the work isn’t stalled. Call (850) 801-5596 and we’ll walk you through the exact steps for your address.
Lantana sits in Palm Beach County’s wind-borne debris region with a design wind speed of approximately 155 mph. Your exterior door, including the frame, anchoring system, and any glazing, must be rated and documented for that wind load. We pre-load the wind-load calculations and product approvals before we file the permit, which is why Lantana permits on our jobs move through without compliance questions. A cheap quote that skips the anchoring math leaves you with a door that flexes under storm pressure and a paper trail that won’t satisfy your insurer.
Technically yes, if the door opening is protected by an approved shutter system. But that’s the exception, not the rule for most Lantana homes, and the cost difference is smaller than you might think once you factor in the shutter hardware and the operational hassle. Most homeowners in Lantana choose an impact-rated door as the primary line of defense and skip the shutters entirely. It’s a cleaner solution, it meets code, and your insurer sees documented compliance. Call (850) 801-5596 for a side-by-side quote on both paths so you can compare the real numbers.
Salt air from the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic corrodes standard aluminum thresholds and zinc hardware within a few seasons. We’ve pulled thresholds off 1960s CBS homes along Dixie Highway that were pitted through from decades of salt spray. On a Lantana install, we spec marine-grade stainless fasteners, non-corroding sill pans, and hardware finishes matched to coastal exposure. The product lines we quote, including PGT, CGI, and Marvin, have coastal hardware options, and we default to them on every exterior door in this town.
In most cases, yes. Florida insurers offer wind mitigation credits for documented impact-rated openings, and Lantana homes with original 1950s-1970s doors are exactly the properties where those credits add up. The key word is documented. Your insurer needs the permit, the inspection sign-off, and the product approval paperwork. We provide all of it, in writing, including a paper trail showing compliance with the 155 mph wind-borne debris requirement. Call (850) 801-5596 for an exact quote, and bring the documentation to your agent once the job is done.
Call (850) 801-5596 to schedule your free estimate. We’ll measure, quote, and put the numbers in writing before you pay a dollar.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Lantana and coastal South Florida with craft-level door installation 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.