Impact entry doors
The front and back doors, with laminated impact glass, in fibreglass, steel or wood.
Specifications
How it works
- Fibreglass
- The most popular choice
- Best insulation of the three, a wood grain appearance, and the least maintenance. It is the one we supply most often.
- Steel
- Strong, and viable inland
- Heavier and solid to the touch. Within about three miles of the ocean it needs annual inspection and periodic refinishing; ten miles inland, in Doral, it is a sensible option.
- Wood
- Beautiful, and demanding
- The best looking and the least suited to coastal Florida without special treatment: it takes up moisture and needs frequent maintenance.
- Glass inserts
- Laminated impact glass
- The decorative panel in the door is glass like any other, and it has to be laminated and approved or the door is not.
What to ask for
- Impact rating
- Large Missile — TAS 201, 202 and 203
- The Miami-Dade test protocol.
- Design pressure (DP)
- On the NOA, per model and per size
- The pressure the unit is approved to take.
- Product approval
- Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance
- The document that makes the unit legal here.
The exact figures come from the Notice of Acceptance of your model at your size. We give you yours with the quote.
Choosing an entry door here
Three materials, each with a genuinely different maintenance story
Impact-rated glass inserts, so the decoration is not the weak point
Sidelites and transoms available to match the entrance
Multipoint locking, for both security and pressure rating
Material advice based on how far your home is from the water
Finishes specified for the corrosion your address actually sees
About entry doors
Fibreglass or steel?
Distance from the ocean decides more than preference. Within about three miles, fibreglass avoids a maintenance routine most people will not keep up. Ten miles inland, which is where Doral sits, steel is perfectly viable and the choice comes back to how you want the door to feel.
Does the front door really need to be impact rated?
Yes. It is a glazed opening in the envelope like any window, and for the insurance credit an unprotected door can cancel out the whole category. It is also the opening most often forgotten when a homeowner does the windows first.
Can I keep my decorative glass?
Not the old panel, no — it has to be laminated impact glass with an approval. What you can usually keep is the look: decorative impact-rated inserts cover most of the patterns people are attached to.
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