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Fast, Reliable Door Installation Across North Key Largo
Door installation in North Key Largo, FL typically runs $1,200-$4,800 for a standard entry or French door replacement and $6,000-$18,000+ for custom pivot or arched doors with impact-rated glass. Most jobs take one to three days on site once the door arrives, but lead times on custom work stretch six to fourteen weeks. If you’re inside Ocean Reef Club, the real first step is contractor credentialing through property management, and we handle that paperwork for you. Call (448) 428-7290 and we’ll walk you through the whole process, from access approval to the final shim and seal.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is North Key Largo’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a simple rule he still keeps on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. We’re a second-generation glazier’s shop, not a franchise, and our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and trained to work in a customer’s home the way they’d work in their own mother’s. North Key Largo homeowners call us because we understand what this barrier island does to a door. Salt air from Card Sound and the Atlantic corrodes cheap hardware within two seasons. Monroe County code demands impact certification on every replacement opening. Ocean Reef Club demands pre-approved access credentials before a single tool comes off the truck. We’ve navigated all of it, for years, without cutting corners.
Our crews serve North Key Largo directly, with scheduling coordinated from our Miami office. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When a seasonal homeowner flies in during November and finds a door that won’t close square, they don’t get a voicemail tree. They get a real person, and a real appointment.
Our Door Installation Services in North Key Largo
We install, replace, and service every type of residential door in North Key Largo, from entry doors on a 1970s CBS ranch to custom pivots on a new Ocean Reef Club build. Here’s what we handle most often.
Entry & Swing Doors
A front door in North Key Largo takes abuse year-round: salt spray, summer humidity, and hurricane-driven rain. Standard steel doors rust at the bottom rail within a few seasons if they’re not marine-grade. We install fiberglass and clad entry doors with stainless hinges, compression weatherstripping, and thresholds that actually seal against wind-driven water. If your current door binds in July, it’s likely the slab has swollen or the frame has shifted on its stem wall. We measure every opening twice and shim to true, not to close-enough.

Double & French Doors
French doors facing the water are the most common failure point we see in North Key Largo. The original single-pane aluminum units from the 1970s and 80s lose their seals, fog between the panes, and seize at the hinges. We replace them with impact-rated French doors carrying laminated glass, marine-grade stainless hardware, and multipoint locking systems. In Ocean Reef Club, these doors must meet Monroe County’s 150+ mph wind load certification. Ours do, and we register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves the driveway.

Bifold & Folding Doors
Folding door systems are common on newer Ocean Reef Club homes where the whole back wall opens to a patio or pool deck. These are heavy, track-driven installations that punish sloppy work. If the header isn’t dead level, the panels drag. If the track isn’t anchored into CBS block correctly, the whole system sags within a year. We’ve installed and recalibrated enough bifold systems in North Key Largo to know exactly what the salt air does to rollers and flashing, and we spec accordingly.

Pivot Doors
Pivot doors are the signature entry statement on high-end North Key Largo homes, and they’re the most demanding door to install correctly. A pivot door carries its entire weight on a top and bottom pivot point instead of traditional hinges, which means the framing, floor anchoring, and alignment all have to be perfect. We coordinate with your architect or designer on slab size, pivot placement, and hardware finish, then order through manufacturers like Marvin or CGI with the precise specs locked before anything is cut. A pivot door that drags or swings on its own is a pivot door that was installed out of true. We don’t do that.

Storm Doors
A storm door in North Key Largo serves a different purpose than it does inland. Here, it’s not just about ventilation. It’s about protecting your primary entry door from direct salt exposure and wind-driven rain. We install storm doors with reinforced frames, stainless hardware, and screens rated for oceanfront use. For seasonal homes that sit empty from May through October, a properly installed storm door can be the difference between a primary door that lasts fifteen years and one that needs replacing in five.

Arched & Custom Doors
Ocean Reef Club has a lot of arched openings, and not every door company wants to touch them. We do. Arched doors require templating the exact radius of the opening, then ordering a door that matches it within an eighth of an inch. We’ve matched arched mahogany doors on 1970s originals and built fully custom units for new construction. If your home has a distinctive arch, a radiused transom, or an unusual opening size, call us before you assume it can’t be replaced. It can. It just needs to be done right.

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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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.
Trusted Brands We Service in North Key Largo
TruePane is an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and for North Key Largo work we particularly lean on CGI and ES Windows for their impact-rated product lines, along with for custom architectural doors. We stock common hardware, seals, and threshold components locally so a straightforward replacement doesn’t wait on a parts shipment. You’ll see side-by-side quotes on paper before you commit, not a verbal price and a surprise later. Brands like CGI, CWS, ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems each have strengths and limitations; we’ll tell you which one fits your opening, your elevation, and your budget.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in North Key Largo Homes
- Non-compliant single-pane aluminum doors. Many original Ocean Reef Club homes still carry doors that don’t meet current Monroe County impact standards. When owners try to sell or pull a remodel permit, the doors get flagged. Replacement isn’t optional at that point; it’s a code requirement.
- Marine corrosion seizing hardware. Salt-laden air from Card Sound and Biscayne Bay pits aluminum frames, rots EPDM seals, and freezes hinges within a few seasons. By the time a door won’t latch, the corrosion has usually spread into the frame channel. Marine-grade stainless fasteners and anodized or PVC-clad frames aren’t upgrades here; they’re the baseline.
- Undiscovered storm damage on seasonal homes. A large share of Ocean Reef Club homes sit empty from May through October, which is exactly when hurricane season peaks. A door breached or warped in September can go unnoticed until Thanksgiving, with water intrusion and mold building the entire time. We see this every single year.
- Fogged glass on original French doors. Failed seals between double or triple panes are the most visible symptom of age on North Key Largo’s original doors. The glass unit can sometimes be replaced without replacing the entire door, but if the frame is also corroded, patching it is a short-term fix on a long-term problem.
Pricing for Door Installation in North Key Largo, FL
Here’s what you can expect to pay in the North Key Largo market, including Ocean Reef Club homes:
- Standard entry door replacement: $1,200-$3,400 installed
- Impact-rated entry door: $2,800-$5,500 installed
- Double French door replacement (impact-rated): $4,500-$9,000 installed
- Pivot door (custom, impact-rated): $8,000-$18,000+ installed
- Arched or fully custom door: $6,000-$15,000+ installed
- Bifold/folding door system: $7,000-$20,000+ installed
What moves the number is the door size, the impact rating, the hardware finish, and whether the opening needs re-framing. CBS block construction often requires specialized anchoring and buck framing on retrofit work, which adds labor. Lead times on custom doors run six to fourteen weeks once the order is placed; the price is fixed in writing before anything gets ordered, so the number you approve is the number you pay. Call (448) 428-7290 for a free, itemized estimate.
We Also Serve Cities Near North Key Largo
TruePane’s Door Installation team works throughout the upper Keys and southern Miami-Dade. If you’re in Homestead, Key Largo, Florida City, or Homestead Base, we can schedule the same crews and the same standard of work. The drive is short. The standard doesn’t change.
Serving North Key Largo, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the North Key Largo 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 North Key Largo
It adds a credentialing step that typically takes five to ten business days before work can begin. Every contractor working inside Ocean Reef Club must obtain pre-approved access credentials through the community’s property management. We handle the paperwork, submit the required documentation, and coordinate scheduling around the club’s access windows. Call (448) 428-7290 and we’ll start the process on our first call.
Yes. Monroe County’s building code requires impact-rated doors and glass certified to withstand 150+ mph wind loads on all replacement openings, regardless of whether the home sits inside a gated community. Ocean Reef Club’s own standards often exceed the county minimum. Non-compliant doors get flagged during sales and renovation permits, so replacing them with anything less than impact-rated means doing the job twice.
Fogging between panes means the seal on the insulated glass unit has failed, allowing humid air inside. The glass unit can sometimes be replaced without replacing the entire door, but on North Key Largo’s older aluminum doors, seal failure is usually accompanied by frame corrosion and seized hardware. We’ll tell you honestly whether replacement makes more sense than repair. Call (448) 428-7290 and we’ll come look before you spend money on either path.
Yes. We template every arched opening to the exact radius and coordinate with your designer or architect on pivot door slab dimensions, hardware finish, and sight lines. Whether you have a 1970s original with a mahogany arch or a recent build with a steel pivot, we match the door to the house, not the other way around. Bring us the plans, a photo, or just the opening itself, and we’ll take it from there.
Custom doors from manufacturers like Marvin, CGI, or ES Windows typically run six to fourteen weeks from order to delivery. The price is fixed in writing before we place the order, including the door, hardware, glass package, and installation labor. There are no change orders after the fact unless you change the spec. That’s the deal. Call (448) 428-7290 for a written, line-item quote on your specific opening.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving North Key Largo and the surrounding 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.



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