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A front entry door replacement in Kendall West, FL typically runs $1,800 – $4,200 installed, while sliding glass door replacements land between $2,500 and $6,500 depending on size and impact rating. Most jobs take 2 – 3 days on site once your door arrives, and the units we order are matched to Miami-Dade County’s HVHZ large-missile requirements before we ever schedule the install. Call (682) 281-2168 for a written, line-item quote on your door replacement in Kendall West.
We know the homes here because we work on them constantly. The neighborhoods west of the Turnpike, the villa communities off SW 88th Street, the older single-family streets around Kendale Lakes and West Kendall. A door that swells, binds, or won’t latch in a Kendall West summer isn’t a mystery to us. It’s Tuesday.
Why Juniper Windows & Doors Is Kendall West’s Preferred Door Replacement Company
Juniper Windows & Doors has been installing doors and windows since 2001 as part of the Relay Home Co. family. Dispatch and scheduling for Kendall West run through our Miami (South FL) office, and our crews roll into Kendall West regularly enough to know the difference between a 1990s villa jamb and a 1980s ranch frame before the truck parks.
Sean Mackey, who runs our Kendall West door replacement team, keeps a simple rule: every project gets a written price before a single screw turns. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it means if the door isn’t right after install, we make it right, parts and labor, for a full year. In writing. No vague language. No “we’ll see.”
Kendall West homeowners tell us they chose Juniper because the estimate they got on Tuesday matched the invoice on install day. They also tell us they liked knowing who was walking through the door. Every technician is background-checked and uniformed. You’ll get a live arrival time you can track, before-and-after photos of the work, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone.
Door Frame Repair in Kendall West
Door frame repair in Kendall West is the fix people need when the door itself is fine but the jamb, sill, or threshold has rotted, shifted, or pulled away from the rough opening. We see this constantly in the 1980s and 1990s homes west of the Turnpike, where original wood frames have spent thirty-plus years absorbing South Florida humidity and hurricane-season rain. Expect to pay $350 – $900 for a typical jamb repair or sill-pan replacement in Kendall West, with full frame rebuilds running $1,200 – $2,400 when rot has reached the studs.
The Sill Pan Nobody Installed in 1992
Kendall West homes built before the current codes often have no sill pan under the entry door. That’s a piece of sloped metal or composite flashing that directs wind-driven rain away from the subfloor. Without it, water tracks under the threshold and rots the structural framing below the door. We see it on maybe one in three door frame repairs we open up in this area. The fix is pulling the door, cutting out the rotted section, installing a proper sill pan, and re-setting the frame sealed and flashed.
When a Swollen Frame Means a New Door
Sometimes the frame has swollen and bowed to the point where trimming the door slab won’t save it. If the jamb is out of square by more than 3/8 inch or the hinge-side stud has cracked, you’re looking at a full frame replacement rather than a repair. We’ll tell you which side of that line you’re on after we measure it, and the written quote covers either path before we start.
Interior Door Replacement in Kendall West
Interior door replacement in Kendall West usually means swapping out hollow-core slabs, dated panel doors, or doors that have warped from years of indoor humidity and AC cycling. Most Kendall West homes we work in have builder-grade hollow interior doors from the 1980s and 1990s that rattle, stick, or look tired. A standard interior slab replacement runs $180 – $400 per door installed, including hardware and hinge alignment. Pre-hung interior door replacement with a new frame runs $450 – $900 per opening.
Why the Old Door Won’t Close Anymore
Kendall West homes move. The soil here is limestone-heavy, and concrete slabs shift slightly over decades. A door that closed fine in 1995 but binds now is often a sign the frame has settled out of square. Replacing the slab only leaves the problem in place. A pre-hung replacement gets the jamb back to plumb and square so the door swings true.
Solid Core in a Humid Climate
If you’re replacing interior doors anywhere in Miami-Dade County, solid-core doors hold up better than hollow-core in humidity. They’re heavier, quieter, and they don’t warp the way cheap hollow slabs do after twenty South Florida wet seasons. For laundry rooms, bathrooms, and garage-adjacent doors in Kendall West, it’s the upgrade that actually pays off.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kendall West
Our Door Replacement team installs and services eight product lines: PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, Mr-Glass, Therma-Tru, and ViewLux. For Kendall West specifically, we keep common CGI and CWS impact door components staged at our South FL office so approval paperwork and replacement hardware don’t bog down your timeline. If your existing door came from one of these brands, we can quote the replacement fast. If it’s a no-name builder unit, we’ll match the opening to an impact-rated assembly that meets current Miami-Dade code.
Common Door Replacement Problems We See in Kendall West Homes
- Swollen wood entry doors that bind or won’t latch. The original wood slabs installed in 1980s and 1990s Kendall West homes absorb wet-season humidity and grow out of square. Many of these doors are now candidate replacements rather than repairs.
- Original non-impact sliding glass doors. Homes west of the Turnpike built before the current HVHZ requirements went into effect often have sliding doors that wouldn’t pass a large-missile test today. Window-world folks call these the “first upgrade” door in most Kendall West homes.
- Rot at the threshold and sill from missing flashing. Wind-driven rain plus thirty years of exposure equals subfloor rot under many Kendall West entry doors. This is the concealed damage that turns a simple door swap into a frame repair.
- Out-of-square jambs on older villas and ranches. As concrete slabs settle and shift on Kendall West’s limestone soil, door frames twist. A new slab in an old jamb binds again within a season. The proper fix is a full pre-hung replacement.
Pricing for Door Replacement in Kendall West, FL
A typical front entry door replacement in Kendall West runs $1,800 – $4,200 installed. Basic single entry doors with impact glazing start around $1,800 – $2,400. Larger, custom, or decorative glass entry doors land at $2,800 – $4,200. Sliding glass door replacement in Kendall West runs $2,500 – $6,500 depending on panel count, opening size, and design pressure rating. Interior door slab swaps run $180 – $400 per door, pre-hung interiors $450 – $900 per opening. Every quote we give is in writing before work starts, and the price doesn’t move unless we open the wall and find concealed damage we couldn’t see from the outside. Call (682) 281-2168 for a free in-home measure and a line-item written quote.
What Door Replacement Costs in Kendall West
For full context on the wider Florida market: impact windows generally run $800 – $1,500 per window installed, and impact single-hung windows land at $900 – $1,800. Large or custom openings run $2,500 – $5,000. Whole-home packages, where you’re replacing windows and doors together, typically run $8,000 – $25,000 or more depending on opening count. What moves the price in Kendall West specifically: how many openings you have, whether your home sits in the standard wind zone for most of Kendall West or the higher-wind sections closer to the coast, floor height (second-story installs cost more for lift and safety equipment), and frame material. Aluminum frames cost less than impact-rated vinyl or fiberglass. We measure everything, match design pressures to the opening, and write the quote before any commitment. If you’re anywhere near Kendall West, call (682) 281-2168 to schedule the free measure.
Florida Pays You Back
Kendall West homeowners replacing doors and windows with impact-rated products can stack several financial incentives. First, the My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades on approved homes. Not everyone qualifies, but it’s worth checking before you sign. Second, Florida sales tax is exempt on impact-resistant windows and doors. That’s an immediate 6 – 7% off the product cost. Third, there’s the federal 25C energy credit, which covers 30% of the product cost on qualifying units up to $600 per year. And after a wind-mitigation inspection (which runs $75 – $150 in most of Miami-Dade), many carriers credit roughly 25% off the windstorm portion of your premium. We can’t guarantee program approval or carrier decisions, those numbers come from the programs and your insurance company. But we’ll give you the documentation each incentive requires.
Why Impact Doors Work in Kendall West’s Wind Zone
Kendall West sits inside a Miami-Dade High Velocity Hurricane Zone with large-missile requirements. That means the door assemblies we install here need Florida Product Approval numbers and Miami-Dade NOA ratings per configuration, matched to the design pressure of the specific opening. Design pressure is measured in pounds per square foot (PSF), and we never spec a unit rated above +/-100 PSF for a residential opening. Wind speed ratings, by contrast, are the 140 – 170 mph numbers you’ll see in product catalogs. Those tell you the wind zone the unit is tested for, not its structural rating. In plain terms: an impact door that’s approved for Kendall West is built to take a 2×4 hitting it at 34 mph without breaching. A big-box off-the-shelf door isn’t. We also get asked about impact windows versus hurricane shutters. Shutters work, but someone has to put them up before the storm, take them down after, and store them in between. Impact doors and windows are always there, always protecting. Nothing to hang, nothing to lose.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall West
Our crews handle Door Replacement in Kendall West and the surrounding South Florida communities, including Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, and Pembroke Pines. If you’re in Kendall West proper, we cover every neighborhood from West Kendall to the villa communities along SW 88th Street. One call covers the metro.
Serving Kendall West, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
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FAQs About Door Replacement in Kendall West
Yes, every exterior door replacement in Kendall West requires a permit through Miami-Dade County or the local municipality. The inspection covers the rough opening, the anchoring and fastening schedule, the flashing and sill details, and verification that the installed product matches its Florida Product Approval documentation. We pull the permit, we schedule the inspection, and we don’t close up the wall until it passes. Call (682) 281-2168 with your address and we’ll tell you exactly what your project triggers.
Because the impact doors sold off the shelf at national retailers rarely carry Miami-Dade NOA or Florida Product Approval numbers that match the large-missile wind zone Kendall West falls under. The unit has to be approved for the specific opening size, glass configuration, and design pressure of your home. A catalog number from a warehouse in another state doesn’t help when the inspector checks the label against the permit. We spec units matched to the opening before ordering, which is why our installs pass inspection the first time. Call (682) 281-2168 and we’ll walk you through what an approval number actually tells you.
A typical single door replacement takes 2 – 3 days on site once the unit arrives. Custom impact doors take 4 – 6 weeks from order to delivery, because they’re fabricated to your opening’s exact size and design pressure requirements. Standard-size impact doors we stock through our South FL office can often be installed in as fast as a single day once the units arrive and the permit is approved. The inspection follows within a few days of install. We’ll give you the full calendar in writing before any deposit. Call (682) 281-2168 for a timeline specific to your door.
The price on your written quote doesn’t change unless we find concealed damage we couldn’t see from the outside. In Kendall West, that usually means rotted framing behind the jamb, a missing sill pan on an older home, termite damage at the threshold, or an out-of-square rough opening that needs correction. Anything we uncover, we photograph, show you, and re-quote before moving forward. You approve the additional work. Nothing gets added to your invoice without your sign-off. We’ve replaced enough doors in Kendall West to know where to look before we even pull the old frame. Call (682) 281-2168 and we’ll do a proper opening inspection during the free measure.
Impact-rated doors and windows can lower your windstorm premium after a wind-mitigation inspection, and many Kendall West homeowners report meaningful savings on the windstorm portion of the policy. The door also seals better than a 1990s builder unit, which cuts air infiltration and reduces the load on your AC. The exact insurance credit depends on your carrier, your home’s other mitigation features, and the inspection report. We document everything your insurer needs: the Florida Product Approval numbers, the Miami-Dade NOA, and the design pressure ratings. Call (682) 281-2168 for a free measure and an honest read on whether your particular doors are candidates for the credit.
Written by Sean Mackey, Owner at Juniper Windows & Doors, serving Kendall West and South Florida.