Impact Doors in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale homes

We know Fort Lauderdale homes

We've completed more than 1,100 jobs in Fort Lauderdale, all products, not only doors. The office is here, at 2901 SW 3rd Ave, STE 1B.

All of Broward County is in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (FBC 2023 §1620). Each door needs a Miami-Dade NOA or an HVHZ-rated Florida Product Approval.

Neighborhoods

Where the door goes

• Sailboat Bend

  Historic district, 1992

  The city designated the Sailboat Bend Historic District in 1992, under Ordinance No. C-92-49. It sits south of Broward Boulevard, west of SW 4 Avenue, and north of the New River.

  For your doors: On a contributing house, we confirm the historic review before an exterior door is changed.

  Sailboat Bend Historic District updates

• Las Olas Isles

  Finger isles, 1920s

  The homeowners association dates the isles to the 1920s, when the land was dredged by finger islanding, on the model of the canals of Venice.

  For your doors: Canal lots stay Exposure C; we check threshold height at the seawall side.

  Las Olas Isles Homeowners Association, history

• Rio Vista

  City survey, 2023

  The city's survey bounds Rio Vista by US-1 on the west, the Intracoastal on the east, the New River on the north, and SE 12th Street on the south.

  For your doors: Intracoastal-side lots stay Exposure C; we check the threshold height on the dock side.

  Rio Vista area survey

• Victoria Park

  Northeast Fort Lauderdale

  The city's 2020 survey places Victoria Park between North Federal Highway and the Karen Canal, from East Broward Boulevard north to NE 10th Street.

  For your doors: The city's survey dates most historic buildings from the early 1920s through the 1960s and names Spanish Revival, noted for decorative door surrounds and arcading, so we measure those openings and fit the impact door to them.

  Victoria Park architectural resource survey

• Harbor Beach

  Recognized association

  The city lists the Harbor Beach Property Homeowners Association among its recognized associations. The association meets at Church By The Sea, 2700 Mayan Drive.

  For your doors: Oceanfront lots may be Exposure D; we confirm it before sizing the door.

  Neighborhood associations

Before you sign

Choosing an impact door company in Fort Lauderdale

Ask whether they file through LauderBuild and handle the historic review when the house is in Sailboat Bend.

• State license

  Certified general contractor CGC-1533058. You can look it up on the Florida DBPR site.

• Permit in our name

  We file with Building Services in LauderBuild and stay with it until inspection approval closes the permit.

• Lifetime labor, original owner

  The lifetime labor warranty covers you, the original owner. It doesn't pass to a new owner if you sell.

• Insured and bonded

  General liability, workers' comp, and a bond. Condo boards often ask for the certificate, and we send it.

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Permits in Fort Lauderdale

Building Services issues the permit. The counter is at the Greg Brewton Center, Development Services Department, 700 NW 19th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311. New applications go in through LauderBuild, and the inspector visits are booked there too.

Jobs over $5,000 need a recorded notice of commencement (Fla. Stat. §713.135). You sign; we record it.

Wind code for doors

All of Broward County is in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone (FBC 2023 §1620). The engineer or the county wind load chart sets each wall's design pressure, and the door's approval has to meet it.

Doors up to 30 feet are tested with the large missile, a 9-pound 2x4. Above 30 feet, the small-missile test (steel balls) applies (FBC 2023 §1626).

Canal, lake and golf-course lots stay Exposure C. Oceanfront sites with a long open-water fetch may be Exposure D; we confirm the exposure for each address.

Under BORA Formal Interpretation #24, a house or townhouse under 30 feet can use a sealed site plan, a sealed worst-case chart, or Broward's voluntary wind-load chart. At 30 feet or more, the interpretation requires a sealed site-specific design, and generic charts are not accepted. The full county explanation is on the Broward impact-doors page.

Condos and HOAs

Under §718.113(5) the board sets hurricane-protection specs and can't refuse a unit that follows them, though it can require the building's existing look.

Under §720.3035(6) an HOA can't deny impact windows or doors that meet the specs it adopted.

Installed estimates

Prices by size and door type

Impact doors

Installed estimates that vary with size, glass, and options. Every home gets its own written quote.

Grants and insurance

My Safe Florida Home and your wind-mitigation form

If you qualify for My Safe Florida Home, the state pays $2 for every $1 you pay, up to $10,000, after the program's free wind-mitigation visit (Fla. Stat. §215.5586). How the program works.

Impact doors count toward opening protection, Question 9 on Florida's wind-mitigation form OIR-B1-1802 (Rev. 04/26). OIR-B1-1802. A licensed inspector fills it out after the work, and your insurer sets the discount.

Questions

Fort Lauderdale impact door questions