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Door installation in Richmond Heights is not a pick-any-door job. This is a planned community of 1950s and 1960s concrete block homes, and nearly every original exterior opening was built for hollow-core aluminum sliders or jalousie panels that were never flashed, never sealed, and never meant to hold a modern impact-rated unit. At TruePane Windows & Doors, we’ve worked these blocks long enough to know what’s behind the stucco before we cut into it. Our crews serve Richmond Heights daily, and a live person answers our phone 24 hours a day at (754) 238-2201 when you’re ready to talk about your door.
You’ll get a square deal from us. Upfront pricing, written line items, both warranty layers registered in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. No surprises on the bill, no second appointment left hanging.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Richmond Heights’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’re not the cheapest bid in Richmond Heights, and we won’t pretend to be. We’re the company homeowners call after the cheap bid fails. Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a principle that out-of-true installs and voided warranties were problems worth fixing permanently, and we’ve spent the years since earning a reputation in Richmond Heights as the crew that measures twice, quotes manufacturer lines side by side on paper, and stands behind the work in writing.
Every technician who steps onto a Richmond Heights porch is background-checked, uniformed, and trained in Miami-Dade HVHZ code requirements. That matters here more than almost anywhere else in Florida. The product approval on your door has to match your address, and we’ve watched inspectors reject doors that were bought in good faith but never belonged on a Richmond Heights block.
Our Done Right Promise means what it says: if it’s not done right, we make it right. No paperwork fights, no arguing, no fine print that covers neither. And The Keystone Standard means both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing, durations stated, before we leave your driveway. We stand behind it.
If the pane is not true, the job is not done. That’s the rule on Dale’s whiteboard, and it governs every entry door, French door, and storm door we hang in Richmond Heights.
Our Door Installation Services in Richmond Heights
TruePane’s Door Installation team handles the full range of exterior and interior door work for Richmond Heights homes. Four of the services we do most often here are below. Each one starts the same way: a free estimate, a written quote with allowances, and an honest conversation about what your 1960s opening can actually hold.
Entry & Swing Doors
A front entry door in Richmond Heights is doing two jobs at once. It’s the first thing you see from the street, and it’s your first line of defense against a 180 mph wind-borne debris field. We regularly replace original aluminum swing doors on 1950s CBS ranchers with NOA-certified impact entry units. That means a reinforced jamb, a proper sill pan, flashing tape in the rough opening, and a door that actually seals. Not a hollow-core slab hung on old nails.
Double & French Doors
Double French doors are common in Richmond Heights dining rooms and rear walls, and they fail in predictable ways. The original units were thin-framed and poorly anchored, and after sixty years of summer humidity and tropical downpours, they bind in July and leak in August. When we swap them, we fur out the opening, add impact-rated glazing with argon fill, and waterproof the opening from inside the wall before the new frame goes in. We write all of that into the contract before we start, not after.
Storm Doors
Storm doors in Richmond Heights protect your primary entry door from UV and rain, but an out-of-true storm door will take the finish off a good front door or trap moisture and rust out the hinges. We install storm doors with proper clearance, square mounting, and weatherstripping that closes the gap the way the manufacturer intended. We also check the primary door behind it. If it’s out of compliance, we’ll tell you plainly.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold and folding doors in Richmond Heights split into two categories: interior closet and pantry doors, and exterior folding glass walls. The interior units are straightforward but the exterior ones are not. An exterior folding door in Miami-Dade has to be NOA-certified, impact-rated, and structurally anchored to a foundation that was built before folding glass existed. We’ve done enough of these on mid-century CBS homes to know how to frame it right, and we’ll pull the permit on it every time.
Pivot Doors
A pivot door is a statement piece, and Richmond Heights has the lot sizes and the mid-century lines to carry one. But a heavy pivot door mounted into a 1960s concrete block wall needs a structural header, not a standard jamb. We measure the opening, check what’s behind the stucco, and give you a written quote for the pivot hardware, the framing upgrade, and the NOA-rated glass if the door is exterior. No guesswork and no change orders that show up unannounced.
What happens when you call
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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.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Richmond Heights Homes
- Water intrusion behind the jamb. Most original Richmond Heights homes were built without flashing tape or sill pans, so heavy summer downpours track water behind the door and into the concrete block. A new impact door won’t fix that. The opening has to be waterproofed before the new unit goes in.
- Non-NOA doors rejected at inspection. We’ve watched homeowners buy a beautiful door online or from a big-box store, only to have the Miami-Dade inspector reject it at rough inspection. The product approval has to match the address. A Broward-approved door will not pass in Richmond Heights.
- Undersized framing that won’t hold a modern door. The rough openings on 1950s and 60s CBS homes were framed for thin aluminum sliders. A modern NOA-rated double French door or pivot door needs a bigger, stronger opening. We fur out and reinforce before we hang the new unit.
- Jalousie door panels with no retrofit path. Original jalousie door panels cannot be brought into HVHZ compliance through film, shutters, or any retrofit method. Miami-Dade code requires full removal and replacement with an NOA-certified impact unit. There is no shortcut.
Pricing for Door Installation in Richmond Heights, FL
A standard entry door replacement in Richmond Heights typically runs $1,800 to $4,200 installed, depending on material and whether the opening needs reinforcing. A single impact-rated entry door with NOA certification usually lands between $3,200 and $6,800. Double French doors in an original 1960s opening run $4,500 to $9,500 once you account for the framing work and waterproofing those openings almost always need. Storm doors run $600 to $1,500 installed. Pivot doors with structural framing start around $5,500 and go up from there.
What moves the price in Richmond Heights is what’s behind the stucco. An original opening that needs furring out, new flashing tape, a sill pan, or a subframing repair adds real cost. We write allowances into the contract for exactly that, and any surprise gets priced and approved in writing before we touch it. Call (754) 238-2201 to schedule your free estimate. You’ll get a line-item written quote, not a number out of the air.
Trusted Brands We Service in Richmond Heights
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and for Richmond Heights homes we most often quote PGT, CGI, and Ply Gem. Each of those brands carries Miami-Dade NOA-certified impact door lines, which is the threshold that matters here. We quote manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you can see exactly what you’re buying, and because we’re local to the area, we can usually source replacement parts and warranty service without a long wait. If you have an existing PGT or CGI door that’s binding or leaking, we service those too.
We Also Serve Cities Near Richmond Heights
Richmond Heights is our home turf, but our crews also serve homes in Anna Maria, Acacia Villas, Alafaya, and Altamonte Springs. If you have a door that needs replacing in one of those neighborhoods, the same inspection-first process and written warranties apply. We’ll be there when we say.
Serving Richmond Heights, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Richmond Heights 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 Richmond Heights
Because Miami-Dade’s HVHZ code does not recognize film, shutters, or any retrofit method as a compliance path for jalousie door panels. The code requires full removal and replacement with an NOA-certified impact unit. A jalousie door, no matter what you put over it, will not pass a Miami-Dade inspection. On original 1950s and 60s Richmond Heights homes, this means nearly every jalousie door call turns into a full replacement project. Call (754) 238-2201 and we’ll walk you through what the inspector is going to require.
It means the specific door product you’re installing has been tested and approved by Miami-Dade County for use in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone. The NOA number has to match the product, the manufacturer, and the address. If you buy a door without an NOA, or with an approval from a different county, your rough inspection will fail. For Richmond Heights homeowners, checking the NOA is the single most important step in choosing a door. We verify every NOA in writing before we order the unit.
Usually yes, but it takes preparation. Most original Richmond Heights openings are framed too small and too weak for a modern impact door, but we can usually fur out and reinforce from inside the opening without demolishing the surrounding wall. We’ll need to remove the old frame, waterproof the rough opening, and sometimes add a structural header. The wall itself stays intact. On a job just off Killian Parkway, we pulled an original hollow-core aluminum sliding door from a 1961 CBS rancher and found the jamb and rough opening had no flashing tape, the seal failure in the adjacent jalousie unit had migrated moisture into the concrete block, and the undersized framing couldn’t hold a modern NOA-rated double French door. We stopped work, documented the missing sill pan and corroded anchors, and wrote a change order for furring out the opening, adding impact-rated glazing with argon fill and a fusion-welded frame, and waterproofing the opening from inside the wall before the new unit went in. The customer signed off before we cut another piece.
A standard non-impact entry door in Richmond Heights runs about $1,800 to $2,800 installed. A NOA-certified impact entry door runs $3,200 to $6,800 installed. The difference is the tested laminated glass or door slab, the reinforced frame, and the anchoring hardware. You can’t legally put a standard door on an exterior opening in the HVHZ, so the lower number is mostly irrelevant here. Call (754) 238-2201 for an exact quote on your specific opening. Estimates are free.
We’ll stop, document it, and bring you a written change order before we do anything else. Older Richmond Heights doors sometimes disturb subframing that’s been sun-rotted, or poor flashing jobs that let moisture into the block for decades. Once the opening is exposed, permit-mandated upgrades like bringing old wiring up to code can also come into play. We write allowances into the contract for exactly this, so you’re never surprised by a line item you didn’t approve. Everything is priced and signed before we continue.
If your Richmond Heights home still has its original doors, plan on an inspection-first conversation. Call (754) 238-2201 to schedule your free estimate. We’ll walk the property with you, check the openings, and give you a written quote that covers the door, the framing, the waterproofing, and the permit. Done right, in writing, with a company that plans to be here in thirty years.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Richmond Heights and the surrounding South Florida communities.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose TruePane 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.