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Door installation in Tamarac usually runs between $1,200 and $4,800 for a standard entry door, and $3,500 to $9,000 for a hurricane-rated front door with full frame replacement. Most Tamarac jobs take one full day once your door arrives at our warehouse, though custom orders from PGT or CGI run four to six weeks. If your door is sagging, hard to lock, leaking air around the frame, or simply looks like 1978, call us at (904) 893-3309. Ed Winslow and our crews work Tamarac weekly and know exactly what Broward County’s HVHZ code requires before we even show up.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Tamarac’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’ve been at this since 2011, and Ed Winslow’s name is on the business, not a franchise agreement. When you call (904) 893-3309, a live person answers. Not a voicemail tree. Not a call center in another state. That matters at 7 a.m. when your front door won’t seal and it’s raining sideways.
Tamarac is a city where the housing stock has a very specific rhythm. Built out heavily from the mid-1960s through the late 1980s, most of the concrete-block ranch homes and low-rise condos near Commercial Boulevard and McNab Road still carry their original thin aluminum frames and jalousie windows. Our crews know these buildings. We’ve replaced doors in the Woodlands, in the lakeside condo clusters off Nob Hill Road, and along the 55+ communities that run east toward the Turnpike. That repetition means we can look at a door, tell you what code says, what your HOA will likely require, and what the install will actually cost before we quote it.
Every technician we send is background-checked, uniformed, and knows the job before they park. Tamarac isn’t a city where you want a stranger with a pickup and a handshake. You want the one down the road.
Our Door Installation Services in Tamarac
Entry Doors
A front door in Tamarac takes abuse from humidity, UV, and afternoon thunderstorms nearly every day from June through October. We install Therma-Tru and other fiberglass and steel entry systems that don’t swell, warp, or delaminate like the old wood doors we pull out of 1970s condos around the Woodlands and Westwood communities. Most entry door replacements in Tamarac run $1,200 to $3,200 depending on sidelights, transom, and how far the old frame has rotted.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
This is the one that trips up out-of-town installers. Tamarac sits inside Florida’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which means your front door is tested to the same large-missile impact standards as your windows. A hurricane-rated front door installed in Tamarac typically costs $3,500 to $9,000, and every unit must carry a Florida Product Approval number specific to its size and design pressure. We install PGT and CGI impact doors almost weekly here because those two brands maintain the widest approvals for the odd-sized openings common in 1970s Tamarac condos.
French & Double Doors
Tamarac’s ranch homes and villa-style condos often have rear French doors opening onto a small patio or a lakeside lanai. These are high-failure points because the active door sags over time and the passive door’s astragal loses its seal. We replace both active and passive panels as a matched set, and in Tamarac those slabs usually need HVHZ-rated laminated glass. Expect $2,800 to $7,500 installed for a full French or double door replacement, including new threshold to stop the water that creeps in during a bad storm.
Replacement Doors
Many Tamarac homeowners assume they only need a slab swap. What we usually find is a frame with rot at the sill, a hinge-side jamb that’s drifted out of square, and weatherstripping that’s compressed to nothing. A proper replacement door in Tamarac includes setting the new pre-hung unit plumb and square, insulating the rough opening, and flashing the pan to code. Figure $1,500 to $4,000 for a standard replacement, more if the rough opening needs reframing.
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Trusted Brands We Service in Tamarac
We’re an authorized installer for eight manufacturers, and in Tamarac the two you’ll hear from us most are PGT and CGI. Both build impact-rated entry doors with Florida Product Approvals that actually hold up on Broward County permit desks. We also regularly install Therma-Tru entry systems for homeowners whose buildings aren’t under stricter impact rules. Because we keep fasteners, shims, and hinge reinforcements stocked for these brands, we don’t have to chase parts from a distributor in Pompano Beach when a door shows up short a screw pack. More on our full Door Installation lineup is on the main service page.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Tamarac Homes
- HOA finish and profile mismatches. Tamarac’s lakeside condo communities from the 1970s enforce strict facade rules. A door ordered without HOA approval of the frame color and panel profile can sit in the box for three or four weeks while the board reviews it. We file the approval package before we place the order.
- Non-impact-rated hardware slips through. A door is only as strong as its hinges and anchors. We’ve seen inspectors fail a final because someone used standard fasteners instead of the HVHZ-specified anchor schedule. We match the hardware to the same design pressure the door carries.
- Rotted rough openings hidden behind trim. Tamarac’s humidity eats the bottom of wood subjambs from the inside out. By the time a door sticks, the rough sill often needs reframing. We price for that possibility upfront, not as a change order.
- Staging problems on narrow lots. Many Tamarac homes sit on tight lots with shallow swales and shared driveways. Materials staged on a neighbor’s carport or across a walkway leads to code complaints that stop work mid-day. We stage within a single parking space and keep every surface protected.
Pricing for Door Installation in Tamarac, FL
Here’s where your money goes. A basic fiberglass entry door in Tamarac starts around $1,200 installed. A hurricane-rated replacement on a standard 36-by-80 opening in a Tamarac ranch home runs $3,500 to $6,000. French doors and double door sets land between $2,800 and $7,500. Custom or oversized openings, the kind found on some of the older model homes near the Colony West area, push toward $9,000 and beyond. The price is driven by opening count, floor height, wind zone, frame material, and whether the old jamb can be saved. We don’t bid low to win your job and then hand you a change order. Ed Winslow’s name is on the door and on every job we do. Call (904) 893-3309 for a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote.
What Door Installation Costs in Tamarac
Within the broader South Florida market, impact windows generally run $800 to $1,500 per opening installed, with impact single-hung units at $900 to $1,800 and large or custom openings from $2,500 to $5,000. Whole-home packages start around $8,000 and climb past $25,000 on larger custom work. Door work follows the same logic but with wider per-unit ranges because doors carry more structural and hardware demands. In Tamarac specifically, the floor for a code-compliant impact door runs higher than in non-HVHZ counties because every unit needs a Florida Product Approval number and an anchor schedule that matches the opening’s design pressure. We’ll walk the house, measure every opening, and give you a written quote that stands. No trip charge inside the county.
Florida Pays You Back
There’s real state and federal money available for Tamarac homeowners replacing old doors with impact-rated units, but the programs are specific. My Safe Florida Home 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 once you pass a wind-mitigation inspection (usually $75 to $150), most carriers cut the windstorm portion of your premium by around 25%. We don’t control the programs or your carrier’s math, but we’ll point you to the inspections and documentation you need. One more thing worth knowing: we install impact doors, not shutters. A shutter system only helps if you’re home to hang the panels before the storm. An impact door works every day, no setup, no storage, no panels cluttering the garage.
We Also Serve Cities Near Tamarac
Our crews also run door installation jobs in Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, and Coconut Creek. If you’re just over the line, we’ll still give you the same written quote and local accountability. This page is about Door Installation in Tamarac, but the same standard follows us into every neighboring city.
Serving Tamarac, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tamarac 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 Tamarac
Yes, in most of Tamarac’s 1970s-era condominium communities you need written approval from the association before ordering any exterior door. These boards regulate frame color, panel profile, and sometimes even the hinge finish. We’ve seen approvals take three to four weeks when a homeowner skips this step and orders first. We file the package before we ask you to spend a cent on product, and we match the original sightline so the board sees no change to the building’s facade. Call (904) 893-3309 and we’ll tell you what your board likely requires before we even visit.
In most cases, yes, provided the door carries a Florida Product Approval number and the installation includes an HVHZ-compliant anchor schedule. For Tamarac homeowners the key is pairing the new door with a wind-mitigation inspection, which documents the upgrade for your carrier. The credits average around 25% on the windstorm portion of the premium, though your carrier makes the final call. We’ll give you every document your inspector needs.
The answer is the HOA overlay. Coral Springs has plenty of new construction and fewer 1970s condo boards with dual-compliance requirements. In Tamarac, almost every lakeside condo community demands that your replacement door match the original building aesthetic while also holding a valid HVHZ Florida Product Approval. That narrows the product field and adds an approval step before we order, which extends the process and adds administrative work. The material cost is similar; the process is not.
You can absolutely start with just the front door. Florida code doesn’t require every opening in the house to match at once, and many Tamarac homeowners do the entry first, then work around the rest of the condo or home over a couple of seasons. What matters is that the door you install now meets the HVHZ requirements for its opening and carries its own Florida Product Approval. We’ll note the other openings for later and build a plan so nothing gets re-done.
We stage inside a single parking space, protect the walkway with drop cloths, and cut the old jamb with dust control in place. On a door replacement in the Woodlands section, our crew staged the old Therma-Tru entry door and new PGT impact-rated door entirely within one parking space, laid drop cloths across the walkway, and notified the condo board before cutting the old jamb. That kept the neighbors informed through every step and the board off our back. We treat every Tamarac lot the same way. Tight streets, shared driveways, and HOA rules are simply part of doing business here.
Working on a Tight Tamarac Lot
Tamarac was built dense on purpose. The subdivisions off McNab Road and Commercial Boulevard often have homes on 55-foot lots with two carports, a thin swale, and a neighbor’s wall eight feet from yours. Door installation in that footprint isn’t glamorous, but it’s what we do all week. Staging goes in one parking space. Tools go inside the house, not on the lawn. We knock on the neighbor’s door before we start cutting. If the property has shared walls, like most of the villa-style condos along the lakes, we use vibration-limited cutting and hand tools where the wall is common to both units. It takes longer. It’s the right way to do it. And if your community has work-hour ordinances, which many Tamarac HOAs enforce, we schedule around them rather than argue with them.
The other constraint on a tight lot is access to the opening itself. A rear French door on a zero-lot-line home can’t be reached with a truck. Materials get walked through the house. We protect the tile, the carpet, and the corners. All of that is factored into your quote, because we’ve done enough Tamarac doors to know what the site will actually demand. If you’re in one of the older condo clusters near the Woodlands, the HOA approval is Step One. The install is usually the easy part.
If you want a door installed in Tamarac by a company that knows the buildings, the boards, and the code, call (904) 893-3309. Estimates are free, the quote is written, and Ed’s name is on every job we do.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Tamarac and South Florida 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.