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Kendall homeowners replacing a front door, storm door, or full entry system need an installer who understands Miami-Dade County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone the same way a code inspector does. Door installation in Kendall typically runs $900 to $3,800 for a single entry unit, with hurricane-rated fiberglass and steel doors occupying the higher end of that range, and most standard replacements installed inside a day once the door arrives. We coordinate every Kendall job from our Miami (South FL) office, with crews serving the Kendall area daily, and you can reach a live person anytime at (727) 291-4678.
We’re Winslow Windows & Doors, and we’ve been doing this work since 2011. Ed Winslow’s name is on the business, which means we answer for every jamb we set, every sill we flash, and every permit we pull in Kendall. Here’s what Kendall homeowners should know before any door project starts.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Kendall’s Preferred Door Installation Company
When we install a door in Kendall, we’re not applying a generic Florida code checklist to it. We’re applying Miami-Dade County’s NOA requirements, which are stricter than anywhere else in the state, and we’ve spent years getting familiar with the specific inspection points that Kendall’s local building department enforces. That matters when the difference between a passing final inspection and a failed one is whether the product’s Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance matches the exact configuration we hung.
Kendall customers regularly mention two things in their reviews: how clear our line-item quotes are before any work starts, and how the installer who showed up was the same person we said would show up, in uniform and background-checked. Kendall spans a lot of ground, from The Hammocks in the west to the neighborhoods along Snapper Creek, and our scheduling is built around covering that spread without making you wait around in half-day windows. You get a written scope of work, an exact install date, and Ed’s Done Right Promise behind every hinge.
We also answer the phone 24/7 with a live person. Not a service. Not a callback queue. A human who can pull up your Kendall address and talk through what’s happening with your door. That’s the difference between a company that takes your money and a company that lives with its reputation in the same communities you do.
Our Door Installation Services in Kendall
Our Door Installation team handles the full range of entry and exterior door work across Kendall, with a particular focus on units that have to survive hurricane season and hold up to South Florida humidity. Four services cover most of what Kendall homeowners call us for.
Entry Doors
A front door in Kendall is doing three jobs at once: securing your home, standing up to wind-driven rain, and being the first thing you see when you pull into the driveway. We install Energy-Efficient Windows - Kendall-grade Therma-Tru fiberglass entry systems with composite frames and stainless steel hardware, which resist the corrosion and jamb sag we see on older wood and aluminum units built during Kendall’s post-Andrew rebuild years. Fiberglass gives you the look of wood without the swelling, warping, and re-staining cycle that Kendall’s humidity makes worse every summer.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
In Kendall’s HVHZ, a front door is more than an entrance: it’s a structural opening that has to pass the large-missile impact test. We install PGT and CGI units engineered for Miami-Dade wind loads, with flanged frames, heavy-gauge steel or reinforced fiberglass cores, and multipoint locking systems. These doors carry Miami-Dade NOA certification, which is mandatory here and not something you can substitute with a Florida Product Approval alone. If you’re replacing a door in Kendall without an NOA, you’re setting yourself up for a failed inspection and a re-pulled permit.
French & Double Doors
French doors in Kendall homes often lead from family rooms or breakfast nooks out to a canal-side patio or screened lanai. The humidity and afternoon storms off the bay reward wide-panel impact units with reinforced stiles and thermal gasketing. We hang these as true swing pairs with active locking on both leaves, not just a false fixed panel. Kendall’s older ranch homes, especially in Kendall Lakes, frequently have double-door openings in their original layouts, and upgrading them is one of the more visible value adds a homeowner can make.
Replacement Doors
Replacement door work in Kendall usually falls into two buckets: swapping out a functioning-but-outdated unit, or rehabbing a door that has already failed from corrosion or improper flashing. The second one is more common in Kendall than people realize. Doors installed cheaply after Hurricane Andrew, or during the fast residential boom of the 1980s, often have no sill pan, no waterproof membrane at the threshold, and zinc hardware that salts have chewed through. We rehang those with proper flashing, stainless fasteners, and new weatherstripping so the same problem doesn’t come back in three years.
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 Kendall
We’re authorized installers for Therma-Tru, and PGT, three names that show up on Kendall HOA approval lists and Miami-Dade NOA product rosters more often than anything else. Having factory certification with these brands means we can pull the right NOA documentation for the exact glass package, panel configuration, and frame finish your project requires. It also means warranty support that runs through the manufacturer and our own labor commitment, not a third-party middleman. Kendall homeowners don’t have time to chase down a big-box installer’s subcontractor when a threshold leaks. With us, the person who sold the door is the person who stands behind it.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Kendall Homes
- NOA mismatch on replacement doors. The door may have Florida Product Approval, but no Miami-Dade NOA. The final county inspection fails, the permit gets flagged, and the homeowner pays twice to fix what a code-literate installer would have caught up front.
- Corroded aluminum frames and jambs. Kendall’s salt air and canal humidity eat standard aluminum frames within a few seasons. Hinges bind, doors stick, and air leaks open up at the threshold. We see it regularly in The Hammocks and Country Walk, especially on homes within a mile of open water.
- HOA architectural review violations. Kendall’s master-planned communities, including The Hammocks and Kendall Lakes, enforce color palettes and style guidelines. Replace a door with an unapproved color and the HOA can require you to remove it. We check that before we order the slab.
- Sagging door slabs on older CBS homes. Concrete block construction doesn’t move much, but the wood and aluminum openings set into it absolutely do. Years of humidity swings shift the frame, and the door starts rubbing at the latch side. A proper rehang is cheap compared to what a forced door frame does to the locking hardware.
Pricing for Door Installation in Kendall, FL
What you’ll pay for Door Installation in Kendall depends on the opening size, the impact rating, the frame material, and whether the opening needs to be reframed or re-flashed. A standard builder-grade fiberglass entry door with basic hardware starts around $900 to $1,500 installed. A hurricane-rated Therma-Tru or PGT entry system with Miami-Dade NOA, large-missile certification, and multipoint hardware lands between $1,800 and $3,200. A wide double door, which runs 72 to 96 inches across in many Kendall homes, typically runs $2,800 to $4,500 per opening depending on the panel construction and finish. Storm and exterior doors start around $600 and top out near $1,800 for heavy impact-rated units. These numbers are real Kendall market prices, not bait. You get a written, line-item quote before we touch a saw.
What Door Installation Costs in Kendall
A full entry system replacement in Kendall usually sits between $1,800 and $3,200 for a standard 36-inch single opening, while a double French door project spans $2,800 to $4,500. The variables that push price within those bands are pretty specific here. A home in the HVHZ needs a large-missile rating, which adds roughly $400 to $900 per door compared to a standard wind-rated unit. Frame material matters too: composite and stainless steel hardware cost more upfront, but aluminum frames in Kendall corrode fast enough that you’ll pay someone to replace them again before the door slab itself wears out. If we’re pulling the permit with Kendall’s building department, you’ll get a written quote that includes the county fees and inspection line items. Estimates are free, and the quote we give is the quote you pay. Call (727) 291-4678 to schedule a free in-home measure and written quote.
Florida Pays You Back
Kendall homeowners have several programs available to offset the cost of impact-rated doors. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation improvements, including impact-rated entry doors. Florida currently exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which knocks a meaningful percentage off a multi-thousand-dollar project. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost, up to $600 per year, on qualifying doors with appropriate ratings. And once the installation is done, a wind-mitigation inspection, which runs $75 to $150, can bump the windstorm-portion premium credit on your homeowners policy to around 25%. We won’t promise you’ll hit every number: the programs and carriers set their own final figures. But the stack is real, and faster, cheaper alternatives don’t exist inside Kendall’s HVHZ. Impact-rated doors also beat hurricane shutters on one specific point: permanent protection. No panels to haul out of the garage at 2 a.m. while a storm is already turning toward Kendall Drive. If you’re weighing big-box retail installation against a licensed impact specialist, remember that Kendall’s county inspections don’t care where you bought the door. They care whether the NOA matches the unit hung. We make sure it does before we ever load the truck.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall
Our Kendall crews regularly handle door installation work in Little Gables, Miami, Miami Beach, and Hialeah. If you’re just outside Kendall’s borders but inside Miami-Dade’s HVHZ, the same code requirements and NOA rules apply, and the same quoting discipline comes with it. Call (727) 291-4678 and we’ll confirm coverage and schedule a measure.
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
Kendall sits inside Miami-Dade County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, and Miami-Dade maintains its own product approval list, the Notice of Acceptance, which is entirely separate from Florida’s statewide product approval database. A door that carries Florida Product Approval but no Miami-Dade NOA is not code-compliant in Kendall, and the final county inspection will fail on it. That’s why we verify the NOA for the exact configuration before any door goes on the schedule. Call (727) 291-4678 for a quote on an NOA-carrying, large-missile-rated entry door.
The answer is no in almost every case. The Hammocks and Kendall Lakes both have architectural review committees that govern exterior colors, door styles, and sometimes even the finish of your hardware. Kendall’s master-planned communities were built with uniform design standards, and enforcing them is how those neighborhoods preserve their look and property values. We handle the paperwork review before ordering the door so the unit we hang matches the HOA’s approved palette. If your community’s rules need a variance for a modern fiberglass door, we tell you that before you spend a dollar.
In Kendall’s wind zone, you need a door that carries a Miami-Dade NOA for the specific configuration installed, with a large-missile designation that means it was tested against a nine-pound two-by-four fired at the design impact speed. PGT, CGI, and Therma-Tru all make doors engineered to those test standards, with fiberglass or steel cores, reinforced stiles, and frames built for structural attachment to CBS block. In our experience, the frame is where installers cut corners and the door fails the inspection: a flanged, structurally screwed frame in a concrete opening is the difference between a door that survives a storm and one that becomes a projectile.
A wind-mitigation inspection after a hurricane-rated door is installed can earn you a discount of around 25% on the windstorm portion of your premium with many carriers, including Citizens. In Kendall, where windstorm is a heavy line item on nearly every policy, that’s real money each year. The inspection generally costs $75 to $150, and the inspector will verify that the door’s NOA matches what’s actually hung in the opening. That’s exactly why we handle the documentation and the matching correctly the first time: a mismatch gets you a discount denial, not a credit. Call (727) 291-4678 for the exact quote on your Kendall home.
Kendall’s location at the southern end of Miami-Dade puts your home in direct contact with salt air moving inland from Biscayne Bay and the canal systems that weave through The Hammocks, Kendall Lakes, and Country Walk. Combine that with year-round humidity and the aluminum frames, hinges, and thresholds that were standard on post-Andrew rebuilds just dissolve, sometimes inside ten years. The fix is moving to stainless steel hardware, composite-frame doors, and proper sill flashing, which is exactly what we spec on every Kendall installation. A free in-home measure will show you precisely where your current door is failing.
Get Your Kendall Door Installation Project Started
Our crew recently replaced a corroded aluminum entry door in The Hammocks with a Therma-Tru fiberglass unit carrying Miami-Dade NOA and a large-missile rating. The original jamb had sagged from years of humidity and salt air, causing the door to stick; we rehung it with new stainless steel hinges and a composite frame, then matched the HOA’s approved color palette for the exterior. That’s what we do in Kendall: code-first, HOA-aware, and built to last longer than the original. If your front door is sticking, corroding, or just looks tired against your house, call (727) 291-4678 and schedule a free estimate. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Kendall 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.