Door Installation in Fort Myers - Free In-Home Measure, Written Price

Trusted Door Installation for Fort Myers Homeowners

Door installation in Fort Myers comes down to one question: will the door still be square, sealed, and swinging true when the first summer storm hits and the humidity sits at ninety percent for a week straight. We’ve watched too many homeowners in this area pay twice, once for a cheap install and once for the replacement after the frame warped or the seal failed. TruePane Windows & Doors has been doing this work for over 42 years, and Dale Kessler still runs the company by the same rule he wrote on the whiteboard when we started: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. Every install is a craft commitment, not a transaction. If you need a free estimate on a front entry door, a hurricane-rated door, French doors, or a full replacement, call (239) 323-5522 and a live person answers, day or night.

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What Our Door Installation Service Includes

Every door we install in Fort Myers carries the same standard: measured twice, set square, sealed against the weather this coast actually throws at a house. We don’t do partial jobs and we don’t leave a second appointment hanging. Here’s what that means for each type of door.

Entry Doors

Your entry door is the door you use every day, the one guests see first, and the one most likely to bind, sag, or leak air around the jamb. We install wood, fiberglass, and steel entry doors and set them so the reveal is even on all four sides, which is the difference between a door that closes with a solid thunk and one that you have to lift by the handle. In Fort Myers, we see a lot of entry doors that were hung plumb but not square, so the weatherstripping compresses unevenly and the air conditioning leaks out of the top corner. We set the threshold, shim the jamb, and adjust the hinges so the door operates with one finger on the handle, not two hands and a hip.

Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors

A hurricane-rated front entry door in Fort Myers is not optional if you’re replacing a front or side entry in a home built after the updated Florida Building Code. We install impact-rated doors from manufacturers like PGT and CGI that carry a Miami-Dade or Florida Product Approval, and we register both warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway. What we do specifically is make sure the door slab, the frame, the hardware, and the anchoring are all part of the same rated assembly, because an impact door screwed into an unrated frame is not an impact door. We also check that the door swings outward where code calls for it and that the threshold is sealed so wind-driven rain can’t find a path under the door during a storm.

French & Double Doors

French doors look right when the two slabs meet in the middle with an even gap and the active leaf closes without scraping the astragal. That’s harder to achieve in Fort Myers than most people realize, because slab doors expand and contract with humidity and a pair that was set tight in January will bind in July. We set French and double doors with enough clearance for the material to move, then lock the astragal, adjust the flush bolts, and seal the perimeter so the doors meet squarely. When we’re done, both leaves open and close from the inside handles, and the unit drains water away from the threshold instead of under it.

Replacement Doors

Replacing a door means more than unscrewing the old one and hanging a new slab in the same hole. We check the rough opening for rot, the subfloor for soft spots, and the header for sag, because in Fort Myers, a door frame that’s been leaking for a few years often has hidden water damage behind the brickmold. If the opening is out of square, we correct it before the new door goes in, and we don’t charge you for an opening that’s too far gone to flash properly without telling you first. A replacement door should last twenty years or more, but only if the wall behind it is sound.

Storm & Exterior Doors

A storm door gives you ventilation in the dry months and an extra layer of protection when the rain blows sideways, which in Fort Myers is most of the summer. We install storm and exterior doors with full-perimeter weatherstripping, adjustable closers that don’t slam, and thresholds sealed so water can’t wick under the sill. An exterior door with a self-storing glass panel needs to be installed level and plumb or the glass binds in the track, so we take the time to set the frame and test the panel before we call the job done. Done right means the same thing on a $400 storm door as it does on a $4,000 entry door.

Brands We Service for Door Installation

TruePane is an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including Andersen, Pella, Marvin, Milgard, Jeld-Wen, PGT, and CGI. What that means for you is a home that keeps its warranty. Manufacturer warranties are only as good as the installation, and most of them die on the spot if the door is not set square, flashed correctly, and registered by an authorized installer. We register both warranty layers in writing, with durations stated, before the truck leaves your driveway.

We work regularly with PGT and Therma-Tru doors in the Fort Myers market, and we stock their OEM hardware, weatherstripping, and sill components so we’re not improvising with aftermarket parts. A Therma-Tru frame is built to match a Therma-Tru slab, and we don’t mix the systems. Whatever make you have, including Mr-Glass or any other line, we can measure it, quote it side by side on paper, and give you a straight answer about whether it’s worth replacing or repairing.

Signs You Need Door Installation Right Now

• The door binds or scrapes the frame. When a door rubs the jamb or the threshold in one corner, the frame has moved or the hinges have worn. In Fort Myers, the most common cause is humidity cycling: wood and fiberglass move with moisture, and a house that shifts through wet and dry seasons will eventually pull a poorly set door out of square. A door that binds is a door that’s wearing itself out, and it’s usually past the point of a simple hinge adjustment.
• You can see daylight around the edges. Stand inside with the door closed and look at the perimeter. If you see light, you’re paying to cool the backyard and the weatherstrip has failed or the slab was never sealed correctly. Beyond the energy cost, a visible gap means water and bugs have a path inside, which in Lee County means carpenter ants and termites.
• The door is swollen, delaminated, or flaking. A door that absorbs moisture and swells in the rainy season is telling you the finish has failed and the core is exposed. Once water gets behind the surface, the door loses its structural integrity, and in the case of a hurricane-rated door, its impact rating goes with it.
• The door won’t latch or the handle turns without engaging. When the strike plate doesn’t line up or the latch is too short to reach the jamb, the door has dropped. That’s a security issue more than a nuisance, and it means the hinges have sagged or the frame has racked. Repositioning the strike plate is a band-aid; the door itself has moved and will keep moving.
• You see water stains on the interior floor or the drywall around the door. Water inside the house near a door almost always means the flashing or threshold seal has failed. By the time the stain shows, the damage is already underway, and in Fort Myers, that means rot and mold inside the wall cavity. This is the sign we treat as the most urgent, because the door is the visible problem and the wall behind it is the expensive one.

Our Door Installation Process - Step by Step

We work the same way on every door, from a simple storm door in San Carlos Park to a full hurricane-rated entry system on Fort Myers Beach. The process is methodical because done right doesn’t happen by accident.

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   Measure and assess. We measure the opening twice, height and width at three points, and check the floor for level and the jambs for plumb. If the rough opening is out of square by more than a quarter inch, we note it and plan the correction before any door is ordered. We also check for rot, termite damage, and the condition of the existing flashing.
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   Quote side by side on paper. Before you choose a door, we lay out your options from the manufacturers we carry, including PGT, Therma-Tru, and other lines, with the price for each and what’s included. We don’t quote over the phone and surprise you later. The paper quote is the price you pay, and we put that in writing.
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   Prep the opening. On the day of the install, we remove the old door and inspect the rough opening, the header, and the subfloor. Any rot or damaged framing gets cut out and replaced before the new door goes in. We flash the rough opening with the proper tape system so water that gets past the brickmold is redirected back outside, not into the wall.
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   Set and seal the door. We set the new door in the opening, shim it so it’s square and plumb, and secure the frame. We adjust the hinges and the strike plate so the door latches cleanly, then seal the perimeter with exterior-grade caulk and install the threshold. For hurricane-rated doors, we torque the anchors to the manufacturer’s spec and verify the assembly matches the approved drawings.
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   Register the warranty and walk you through the work. Before we leave, we register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing and give you the paperwork with the durations stated. We show you what we did, how the door operates, and how to maintain the weatherstripping and hardware. If anything is not right, it gets fixed under the 90-Day Done Right Promise, no arguing and no paperwork fights.

How Much Does Door Installation Cost in Fort Myers?

Door Installation Near Fort Myers - Our Service Area

TruePane installs doors throughout Lee County, from Fort Myers out to Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, North Fort Myers, Estero, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, San Carlos Park, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, and Cypress Lake. We schedule in half-day blocks and we show up when we say, in a marked truck, with a uniformed technician who’s background-checked and who treats your house like his own mother’s. If you’re looking for Door Installation in Cape Coral or Door Installation in Lehigh Acres, the same crew and the same standard apply. We’re a local company, and we plan to be here in thirty years.

Frequently Asked Questions - Door Installation in Fort Myers

Schedule Your Door Installation Service in Fort Myers Today

A door that’s out of square, leaking air, or binding in the frame will not fix itself, and in Fort Myers weather, the damage only gets more expensive the longer it sits. We’ll measure, quote you a fixed price in writing, and install the door the same way Dale Kessler has done it for over 42 years: done right, the first time. Call (239) 323-5522 for a free, no-obligation estimate, and a live person will answer, 24/7.

Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Fort Myers and Lee County for over 42 years.