Door Replacement in Kendale Lakes - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Door Replacement Across Kendale Lakes

Replacing interior doors in Kendale Lakes typically runs $380 – $720 per door, installed, for a pre-hung or slab replacement with standard trim. Exterior impact-rated doors in Kendale Lakes are a different job entirely: $1,800 – $4,200 installed, depending on opening size and Miami-Dade NOA requirements. Most interior door work here is permit-free finish carpentry, while exterior openings in Kendale Lakes carry real paperwork. Call (682) 281-2168 and we’ll scope it correctly the first time.

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Why Juniper Windows & Doors Is Kendale Lakes’s Preferred Door Replacement Company

Kendale Lakes homes were largely built out in the 1970s and 80s as a planned community, and that means we know exactly what’s behind the drywall: slab-hung jambs, out-of-square rough openings, and original hollow-core doors that have been fighting Florida humidity for four decades. Our technicians work in Kendale Lakes weekly, from the neighborhoods off SW 137th Avenue to the streets around Kendale Lakes Park and the Greenery Mall area. When a homeowner near SW 147th Avenue calls about a swollen closet door that won’t latch, we don’t have to ask what year the house was built. We already know.

Sean Mackey leads our Door Replacement team with the same standard on every job: a written price before any work starts, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If the work isn’t right, we make it right for a full year, parts and labor. Kendale Lakes homeowners tell us the same thing: they want the number locked in before a single hinge comes off. We do that.

Every Juniper technician is background-checked and uniformed. Every call is answered by a live person, 24/7, because nobody in Kendale Lakes should have to leave a voicemail when a door won’t close. And every job gets real-time visibility: a live arrival time you can track, before-and-after photos, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone. That’s the Relay Visibility Guarantee, and it applies to every project in Kendale Lakes.

Interior Door Replacement in Kendale Lakes

Interior Door Replacement in Kendale Lakes means pulling the old slab or pre-hung unit, checking the rough opening and jamb for plumb and square, shimming where needed, and hanging the new door so it actually latches, swings true, and stays that way through humidity swings. Because interior doors are not part of the building envelope, they fall outside Florida Product Approval and Miami-Dade NOA requirements entirely. No permit, no product approval paperwork, no wind-load documentation. It’s finish carpentry, and the quality comes down to the person measuring and hanging.

What this job typically costs in Kendale Lakes: a slab-only replacement runs $380 – $520 per door with new hinges and hardware. A full pre-hung unit, including new jamb and casing, runs $520 – $720 per door. Solid-core upgrades, which we strongly recommend for bedrooms and anywhere you want sound deadening, add $60 – $120 per door depending on width and panel style. Original 30-to-36-inch hollow-core doors from the 1970s and 80s are usually not worth re-hanging once they’ve swollen, split, or delaminated.

When Slab-Only Makes Sense

If the existing jamb is square, sound, and still firmly anchored to the slab, a slab replacement is the cheaper call. We match hinge mortises to the existing frame, mortise in new hinges and a strike plate, and the old jamb stays. This is common in Kendale Lakes bedrooms and hallways where the only issue is a swollen or warped slab, not the framing behind it.

When You Need a Full Pre-Hung Unit

Racked jambs are a real thing in Kendale Lakes. Decades of slab settling and humidity cycles leave openings out of square by a quarter inch or more. When that’s what we find, a new slab alone won’t fix the latching problem. We pull the whole unit, re-set the jamb shimmed plumb and square, and hang a new pre-hung door that closes properly.

Interior Door Installation in Kendale Lakes

Interior Door Installation in Kendale Lakes is a separate scope from simple replacement: new opening, new framing, or finishing a rough opening that never had a properly hung door. That could be converting a cased opening into a real door, replacing a pocket door track, or adding a door to a room that was originally open. The work starts with measuring the header height and floor thickness, because original openings in 1970s and 80s Kendale Lakes slab homes are rarely close to today’s standard 80-inch rough height once tile, thinset, and laminate have been layered on over the years.

Installation pricing in Kendale Lakes runs slightly higher than simple replacement, typically $450 – $700 per opening, because the work includes adjusting or rebuilding the opening itself, not just hanging a slab in an existing jamb. New framing, trim, and paint-matched casing add $80 – $150 per door depending on how much patching and finish work the drywall needs after the fact.

Converting Cased Openings

A lot of Kendale Lakes floor plans have open cased entries between living and dining areas, or from a hallway into a den. Adding a door means pulling the casing, framing for a pre-hung unit, then trimming and painting to match. It’s straightforward for us because we do it regularly in this specific housing stock, but it’s more than a slab swap. Expect one day per opening, plus drywall and paint touch-up time if you’re matching existing trim profiles.

Pocket Door Track Work

Original pocket doors in Kendale Lakes homes from the 1980s often have worn rollers, bent tracks, or doors that have come off the rail entirely. Sometimes the right fix is a new slab and hardware; other times the track behind the wall has failed and the wall needs to be opened for proper access. We’ll tell you which situation you have before quoting, not after the drywall comes off.

Trusted Brands We Service in Kendale Lakes

Juniper Windows & Doors carries ViewLux, PGT, and Therma-Tru products for Kendale Lakes homeowners, which means you’re not limited to whatever a big-box shelf has in stock that week. For interior work, we order slabs and pre-hung units to your exact measurements and finish out hinges, strike plates, and hardware to match. For exterior impact doors in Kendale Lakes, PGT and CGI units carry the Miami-Dade NOA documentation this area requires for building envelope openings. When you need a patio slider or entry door that faces open exposure, we quote the right wind zone and design pressure ratings, never above +/‐100 PSF, and we never guess at the number.

Common Door Replacement Problems We See in Kendale Lakes Homes

• Swollen and delaminated original slabs. Four decades of AC-condensation and South Florida humidity swings take apart hollow-core doors from the 1970s and 80s. Once the fiberboard core has swollen, the slab won’t hold screws and won’t stay flat. Replacement beats repair.
• Racked jambs from slab settling. Kendale Lakes homes sit on concrete slabs, and slabs move over time. A door that used to latch and now won’t usually means the jamb has racked out of square. The fix is re-setting the jamb, not shaving the door edge.
• Standard-height slabs that don’t fit the rough opening. Years of added tile, thinset, and laminate floor layers can shave an inch or more off the actual rough height. Ordering an 80-inch slab without verifying the opening is a recipe for a door that drags. We verify header height and floor thickness on every measure.
• Interior doors quoted like exterior impact units. The biggest pricing mistake in Kendale Lakes is treating every door like it carries a Miami-Dade NOA. A hallway linen closet does not need an impact-rated unit, and an exterior patio door absolutely does. Knowing which half of the job needs paperwork is what separates a real local contractor from a generic installer.

Pricing for Door Replacement in Kendale Lakes, FL

What Door Replacement Costs in Kendale Lakes

For interior work, the range is $380 – $720 per opening as covered above. For exterior impact units in Kendale Lakes, the picture shifts into Florida-specific territory: impact windows generally run $800 – $1,500 per window installed, and impact-rated entry and patio doors follow a parallel range of $1,800 – $4,200 depending on configuration. Laminated or energy-efficient glass upgrades land between the low and high ends depending on size and glass pack. Large or custom openings, like a wide double door or a sliding glass door with side lites, can run $2,500 – $5,000. Whole-home packages in Kendale Lakes, combining multiple openings or a full set of interior doors, run $8,000 – $25,000 or more depending on scope.

What drives the price in Kendale Lakes specifically: opening size, wind zone exposure, floor height, and frame material. A west-facing patio slider with open exposure needs a large-missile-rated PGT or CGI unit with a Miami-Dade NOA, and that costs more than a protected north-facing entry door. Second-floor openings in two-story Kendale Lakes homes add some labor but rarely change the unit price. We provide a free in-home measure and a written quote before any work starts, so you see the exact number for your exact openings, not a brochure range.

Florida Pays You Back

Kendale Lakes homeowners replacing impact-rated exterior doors may stack several incentives. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, subject to funding cycles and eligibility. Florida’s sales-tax exemption applies to impact-resistant windows and doors, meaning the state does not collect sales tax on qualifying units. The federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost, up to $600 per year, on qualifying energy-efficient exterior doors. Windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of your policy are common after a wind-mitigation inspection, which runs $75 – $150. We don’t control program availability or your carrier’s final numbers, but we’ll tell you what your project may qualify for and leave the confirmations to the people who issue the checks.

One comparison worth making in Kendale Lakes: impact doors versus hurricane shutters. Shutters only protect what’s behind them when someone has time to hang and secure panels before a storm. Impact-rated units are permanent protection, built into the opening with no panels to store, carry, or forget. The trade-off is real money, but in a wind zone like Kendale Lakes, it’s a decision worth making with eyes open. We install impact doors. We don’t sell or install shutters.

We Also Serve Cities Near Kendale Lakes

Juniper Windows & Doors works throughout South Florida. The Door Replacement in Kendale Lakes team also covers Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, and Pembroke Pines. If you’re just outside Kendale Lakes proper, call (682) 281-2168 and we’ll confirm coverage and schedule a measure.

FAQs About Door Replacement in Kendale Lakes

Contact Juniper Windows & Doors in Kendale Lakes

Get a free in-home measure and a written quote in Kendale Lakes. Call (682) 281-2168 to speak with a live person, or request a measure online and we’ll call you back with a confirmed arrival time. Every Kendale Lakes project gets a written price before any work starts, real-time photo updates, and the 365-Day Done Right Promise in writing.

Written by Sean Mackey, Owner of Juniper Windows & Doors, serving Kendale Lakes and South Florida.