Door Replacement in Lakewood - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Door Replacement Across Lakewood

Replacing a door in Lakewood usually costs between $900 and $3,800 depending on whether you’re swapping an interior slab or rebuilding an exterior entry with a new jamb and impact-rated glass. For windows, see our Window Installation in Lakewood. Most Lakewood jobs we schedule take one day for a standard exterior door and two to four hours for an interior door. We’re the crew that shows up when we say we will, with a written price locked in before a single screw turns. Call (682) 281-2168 to schedule your free estimate.

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Lakewood’s housing stock runs heavily toward 1940s and 1950s ranch homes, which means original frames, settled rough openings, and doors that haven’t latched cleanly since the Reagan administration. We know which neighborhoods have the worst frame rot, which tracts still have their original hollow-core slabs, and which permit counter quirks slow things down. That local knowledge is why we’re the Door Replacement team Lakewood homeowners call when they want the job done right the first time.

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

Homeowners in Lakewood keep calling us because we hand them a written price before any work begins. No estimate that balloons at the door, no “we found something in the wall” upcharge games. That’s the standard Sean Mackey set when he started Juniper Windows & Doors in 2001, and it hasn’t budged since.

Every Lakewood job gets a live arrival time you can track, before-and-after photos, and a digital invoice you can pay from your phone. Our technicians are background-checked and uniformed, so you know exactly who’s walking through your door. And if something isn’t right, the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers it: parts and labor, in writing, for a full year.

We’re part of the Relay Home Co. family, which means we carry eight product lines, including PGT, CGI, CWS, and Therma-Tru. That selection matters in Lakewood because not every impact-rated door meets the city’s specific approval requirements. We’ll walk you through which Florida Product Approval number your door needs before you spend a dime.

Serving Lakewood means understanding its particular mix of original 1950s openings, stucco exteriors, and insurance-driven wind-mitigation paperwork. Our Door Replacement in Lakewood work reflects that. We don’t treat this city like every other stop on a route.

Interior Door Installation in Lakewood

Interior Door Installation in Lakewood typically runs $350 to $900 per door including the slab, hinges, hardware, and labor. The original hollow-core doors in Lakewood’s 1940s and 1950s homes were light, cheap, and loud. When we replace them with solid-core units, the whole house gets quieter. That’s the upgrade most Lakewood homeowners notice immediately.

Most interior door swaps take two to four hours per door. We pull the old slab, check the frame for square, shim where needed, and hang the new door so it latches cleanly. If the jamb is sound, you’re looking at a slab swap. If it’s chewed up from decades of slamming or the house has settled, we’ll recommend replacing the full pre-hung unit.

Solid-Core Upgrades for Older Lakewood Homes

Many Lakewood ranches still have their original hollow-core interior doors. They’re lightweight, they echo, and they do nothing for hallway noise. Swapping to solid-core with modern hinges is one of the most noticeable upgrades you can make without touching a wall. We stock unprimed and pre-finished slabs so the job doesn’t drag into a second day.

Matching Existing Trim and Hardware

Lakewood homes built in the 1950s often have specific trim profiles you’ll want to keep. We match hinge placement, backset, and knob height so the new door looks like it’s always belonged. If you’re replacing multiple doors along a hallway, we’ll map them so the gaps stay consistent door to door.

Door Installers in Lakewood

Door Installers in Lakewood handle everything from a single slab swap to a full exterior entry rebuild with new framing, flashing, and weather seal. On a 1950s ranch off Del Amo Boulevard near Mayfair Park, we replaced a swelling, out-of-square entry door with a Therma-Tru fiberglass slab set in a new jamb. The original frame had dry rot at the sill from sprinkler overspray, so we rebuilt the rough opening before hanging the door. Same visit, we swapped an interior hollow-core door for a solid-core unit the homeowner had wanted for years.

Exterior door replacement in Lakewood is where permits and product approvals come into play. Lakewood sits outside Florida’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which means many door swaps here can use non-HVHZ impact-rated doors with a Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade NOA instead of the large-missile-rated assemblies required east of I-95. That approval type, not the door’s look, is what drives both the permit path and wind-mitigation credit eligibility in this city.

Exterior Entry Door Replacement

A front or back entry replacement in Lakewood typically runs $1,800 to $3,800 for a fiberglass or impact-rated door with new jamb, threshold, and hardware. The wide range depends on whether the existing frame can be saved, whether the door needs a Florida Product Approval number for your insurer, and whether the rough opening needs structural repair. We’ll give you a written quote that breaks down each line item.

Sliding Patio Door Replacement

Lakewood’s 1950s-era sliders were built with single-pane aluminum frames that leak air and stick in their tracks. Upgrading to a modern sliding door or French-style matching unit costs $2,400 to $5,200 depending on size and glass package. Impact-rated glazing is available for patio doors too, and many Lakewood policies reward it with premium credits.

Trusted Brands We Service in Lakewood

We carry and service doors from PGT, CGI, CWS, and Therma-Tru, plus hardware lines that hold up to Lakewood’s salty coastal air. Because we’re part of the Relay Home Co. family, we have access to eight product lines total, which means the right door for your project is never a compromise. We also keep common replacement parts, hinges, thresholds, and weather stripping in local stock for Lakewood customers so warranty follow-ups don’t turn into a two-week wait.

Common Door Replacement Problems We See in Lakewood Homes

• Replacing the slab but not the jamb. On Lakewood’s aging ranch homes, the original frame has shifted out of square after 70 years. Hang a new door on that frame and it’ll never latch cleanly. We almost always recommend a full pre-hung replacement when the jamb shows any twist.
• Skipping the permit or using a non-approved impact door. Lakewood requires product approval documentation on exterior door permits. If the door carries the wrong approval type, the inspection fails and your wind-mitigation credit disappears. We verify the Florida Product Approval number and design pressure rating against your exact opening size before we pull the permit.
• Sprinkler overspray rotted sills. Lakewood’s older homes were landscaped with sprinklers aimed a little too close to the walls. Decades of overspray rots the sill and sometimes the rough opening. A new door on a rotted sill is a waste. We repair or rebuild the rough opening first.
• Hollow-core doors that amplify every sound. Those original 1950s interior slabs are acoustically transparent. Homeowners swapping to solid-core doors in Lakewood consistently tell us it’s the most immediate improvement they feel. And it costs less than most expect.

Pricing for Door Replacement in Lakewood, CA

We Also Serve Cities Near Lakewood

Our door installers cover Lakewood and the surrounding area, including Lomita, Torrance, Carson, and Rancho Palos Verdes. If you’re just outside the city line and need Lakewood quality work, call us. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from the brand’s Los Angeles office, and crews serve these communities locally.

FAQs About Door Replacement in Lakewood