Door Replacement in Lighthouse Point - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Fast, Reliable Door Replacement Across Lighthouse Point

Door replacement in Lighthouse Point is rarely a simple slab swap. Most homes here are single-story ranches built between the 1950s and 1970s, with original concrete-block openings that have shifted, settled, and gone out of square over six decades of coastal weather. That means a door replacement in Lighthouse Point typically involves reworking the rough opening, rebuilding a rotted or rusted jamb, and pulling a permit that meets High Velocity Hurricane Zone code. We walk you through every step of that sequence, give you a written price before anything starts, and install a door that closes properly the first time. Call (682) 281-2168 to have our Door Replacement team scope your home.

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

Juniper Windows & Doors was founded in 2001 and operates inside the Relay Home Co. family, but the work in Lighthouse Point is done by local crews who know these homes. We send background-checked, uniformed technicians to every job, and each one understands what a 1960s concrete-block opening does to a modern pre-hung door. The Relay Visibility Guarantee applies on every Lighthouse Point project: a live arrival time you can track, before-and-after photos, and a written price before any work begins.

Homeowners on NE 27th Street, NE 23rd Avenue, and around Lighthouse Point Park have called us for failing original wood jambs, salt-air rust on steel frames, and doors that have not sealed right in years. Our 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every completed installation in writing: parts and labor, for a full year. If something is not correct, we make it right, and a second visit to fix a repair failure costs you nothing. Dispatch and scheduling run through our Miami office, but the crews working Door Replacement in Lighthouse Point are minutes from your front door.

Door Frame Repair in Lighthouse Point

Door Frame Repair in Lighthouse Point usually starts with removing a warped or water-damaged jamb and resetting the assembly inside the original concrete-block rough opening. Most homes in this city were framed out with wood jambs set directly against block, and after 50 or 60 years of humidity and salt exposure, the bottom corners rot out and the door drops. The fix involves pulling the casing, cutting out the damaged section, shimming and anchoring a new jamb, and re-hanging the slab so the weatherstrip compresses evenly on all four sides. Expect to pay $350 to $900 for a typical jamb repair on a single exterior door in Lighthouse Point, depending on how much of the frame has to be rebuilt.

When Salt Air and Concrete Block Meet Wood

Near Lighthouse Point’s canals and the surrounding coastal air, we see the same thing over and over: the bottom 6 to 12 inches of a jamb turn soft, the screws holding the hinge plate strip out, and the deadbolt no longer lines up with the strike. Replacing only the slab while leaving that jamb in place is a short-term fix that fails again. A proper repair treats the jamb as the structural piece it is, anchoring it to the block with corrosion-resistant fasteners and sealing the sill pan so water never pools at the threshold.

Sill Pan and Threshold Work

Many original Lighthouse Point homes never had a proper sill pan under the door. Water that blows in off the Atlantic side or runs down the slab finds its way under the threshold and wicks into the jamb. We fabricate and install a sill pan that directs water outward, then set the new threshold with a continuous seal. This is a $150 to $400 add-on when done as part of a jamb repair, and it prevents the exact rot that caused the original failure.

Interior Door Replacement in Lighthouse Point

Interior Door Replacement in Lighthouse Point covers everything from a hollow-core slab that has warped in the humidity to a full upgrade to solid-core doors that actually block sound between bedrooms and living space. The original interior doors in these 1950s and 1960s ranches are typically lightweight, painted-over hollow cores with original brass hardware that has been painted shut more times than anyone can count. Replacing one with a pre-primed solid-core door and new hardware runs $280 to $600 per opening in Lighthouse Point, including removal and haul-away of the old slab.

Solid-Core Upgrades for Older Ranches

If you live in one of the original ranch homes near Lighthouse Drive or around McDonough Park, you know how much sound travels down a hallway. Upgrading three or four interior doors to solid-core MDF units with modern ball-bearing hinges changes the feel of the whole house. The doors weigh more and do not rattle when the AC kicks on. At $300 to $550 per door installed, it is one of the least expensive ways to make an older Lighthouse Point home feel substantially more substantial.

Hardware and Pre-Hung Sets

We also supply and install the hardware: hinges, passage sets, privacy sets for baths, and matching strikes. For homeowners replacing an entire hallway of doors, we recommend pre-hung sets that include the jamb, stops, and casing, which lets us correct any framing drift in the wall. Pre-hung interior door packages in Lighthouse Point typically run $450 to $850 per opening depending on door style and trim profile.

Trusted Brands We Service in Lighthouse Point

We stock and install Therma-Tru, PGT, CGI, and ES Windows product lines, and in Lighthouse Point specifically, Therma-Tru and CGI are the two most requested exterior door brands because they carry the Miami-Dade NOA and Florida Product Approval numbers required in Broward County’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone. For interior door replacements, we bring in CWS and ES Windows products when a client wants a specific finish or glass configuration. Having local parts access for Lighthouse Point means we can order hard-to-match thresholds, astragals, and weatherstrip kits without sending a homeowner to a big-box aisle that does not carry what an HVHZ permit needs. Tell us what is failing and we will spec the right product for the opening and the code reviewer.

Common Door Replacement Problems We See in Lighthouse Point Homes

• Original wood jambs rotting at the bottom corners. Six decades of canal air and rain-driven moisture softens the lower jamb, and the door sags until the latch no longer engages the strike. This requires a jamb rebuild, not a slab swap.
• Non-standard rough openings in 1950s concrete-block walls. Original openings were often framed to old door sizes that are no longer produced. We shim, fill, and re-fit the rough opening to a standard pre-hung unit rather than forcing a door into an opening three-quarters of an inch out of square.
• Big-box exterior doors that cannot close a Miami-Dade permit. A door bought at a retail warehouse may have no Florida Product Approval number and no NOA listing, which kills the permit in Lighthouse Point’s HVHZ jurisdiction and leaves the homeowner with an unpermitted door.
• Rusted steel jambs on canal-side rear doors. Salt in the air attacks steel frames at the threshold. Once the steel rusts through, the door can no longer be properly anchored, and the whole assembly has to be replaced.

Pricing for Door Replacement in Lighthouse Point, FL

What Door Replacement Costs in Lighthouse Point

Impact-rated exterior doors in Lighthouse Point, the only kind that close a permit here, run $1,800 to $4,200 for a typical single opening. That is the installed price including frame, hardware, weather seal, and product approval paperwork. A pre-hung interior door runs $300 to $850. Whole-home packages, meaning every exterior door on a 3-bedroom ranch plus a few interior slabs, land between $8,000 and $18,000. What moves the number in Lighthouse Point: whether the original jamb is salvageable or has to be rebuilt, how far out of square the 60-year-old rough opening is, whether the door sits on the windward elevation requiring a higher design pressure, and what finish package you choose. We give you a written quote after measuring, not a range that morphs at the end of the job.

Florida Pays You Back

The incentive stack for a Lighthouse Point homeowner replacing exterior doors is real. My Safe Florida Home offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and impact-rated doors count. Florida also exempts impact-resistant doors and windows from sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit can return 30% of the product cost up to $600 per year on qualifying units. After installation, a wind-mitigation inspection ($75 to $150) typically documents the improvement, and many carriers credit roughly 25% on the windstorm portion of the premium. Juniper does not set grant amounts or insurance credits. We do hand you the closing documents, the NOA numbers, and the wind mitigation form your inspector and insurer need.

We Also Serve Cities Near Lighthouse Point

We regularly send crews to Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, and Pembroke Pines for door replacement work, including the same HVHZ-compliant exterior units and same written-pricing standard we use in Lighthouse Point. If you are in a nearby city and want a conversation about what your door actually needs, call (682) 281-2168.

FAQs About Door Replacement in Lighthouse Point

Start with the Opening, Not the Door

A door is only as good as the opening it sits in. That is the lesson Lighthouse Point teaches every contractor eventually, and the one we have built our process around. We measure the existing slab, check how square the rough opening actually is, look at the jamb for rot or rust, and then give you a written price for the complete sequence: tear-out, frame correction, door, hardware, sealants, permit, inspection. You will see the number before any work starts and it will not change after the wall is opened. Call (682) 281-2168 to schedule a free in-home measure and get your written quote from Sean Mackey’s team at Juniper Windows & Doors.

Written by Sean Mackey, Owner at Juniper Windows & Doors, coordinating door replacement for Lighthouse Point homeowners from the South FL office.