What hurricane impact French doors cost installed in South Florida: singles, pairs, and pairs with sidelites, plus the hardware details that set the price.
A door's DP rating is a structural wind number, tested at 1.5x the label, cycled 9,000 times after a missile strike. Here is what the numbers mean on doors specifically, the recommended minimums by Florida zone, and the real size limits by door type.
Five impact door types compete for every Florida opening, and each carries a different trade: clear opening, water resistance, wind rating, and price per square foot. Here is the honest comparison, by opening and by budget.
A sticking slider is usually a $150-$350 roller job; a leaking or racked one is often the end of the repair conversation. Here is the honest decision line between repairing and replacing a sliding glass door in Florida, with real prices on both sides.
