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Fast, Reliable Sliding & Patio Doors Across Hollywood
Sliding and patio door work in Hollywood, FL carries a set of requirements you won’t find in most of the country. Every replacement door must meet Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone code, which means a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance on the product. That’s not a suggestion. It’s the law, and we’ve been installing HVHZ-compliant doors in Hollywood long enough to know exactly which manufacturers pass inspection the first time and which ones end up in a permit dispute. If your slider is sticking, fogged, or leaking, call (863) 208-5172 for a free estimate. We’ll send a background-checked technician who measures twice and quotes on paper.

Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Hollywood’s Preferred Sliding & Patio Doors Company
Dale Kessler started TruePane in 2008 on a rule he still keeps on the whiteboard: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That rule matters in Hollywood, where a patio door that’s a quarter-inch out of square will bind in July and leak during hurricane season. Our technicians are trained in-house, wear uniforms, and treat your home the way they’d treat their own mother’s. We’re not the cheapest bid you’ll get. We’re the last one you’ll need, because we register both manufacturer warranty layers in writing before the truck leaves your driveway and back the work with our Done Right Promise.
We serve the neighborhoods of Hollywood from Emerald Hills to Hollywood Lakes, Taft to North Beach, and we’ve been through enough CBS ranch homes with original jalousie sliders to know what we’re opening up before we quote a price. A live person answers our phones 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail tree. Not a call center. When you call about a sliding door in Hollywood, you get someone who knows what a buck frame is.
Our Sliding & Patio Doors Services in Hollywood
We focus on four types of sliding and patio door work across Hollywood, each with its own code and corrosion realities. Here’s what we do, and how it applies to Hollywood’s housing stock.
Patio Sliding Doors
The standard aluminum or vinyl slider that opens to a backyard, lanai, or pool deck accounts for most of our Hollywood work. In the 1950s-1970s CBS homes east of I-95, we routinely find single-pane aluminum sliders that don’t satisfy any current wind-load requirement. We replace them with impact-rated units carrying Miami-Dade NOAs, set into pressure-treated sub-framing when the existing concrete opening has no buck. A typical patio slider replacement in Hollywood runs $3,200 to $7,800, depending on size, brand, and whether we’re anchoring through stucco into CBS or working with a newer wood-frame addition.

Panoramic Sliding Systems
For Hollywood homeowners on the water, or anyone who wants a wall of glass instead of a standard patio door, panoramic systems from manufacturers like ES Windows offer multi-panel sliding walls. These systems are tested for the HVHZ wind pressures that hit oceanfront and canal-front homes, and they’re popular in the Hollywood Lakes and Harbor Islands areas where post-card views demand clean sightlines. The salt air on this side of Broward demands marine-grade hardware. A cheaper system without it will seize within two seasons.

Heavy-Duty Sliding Doors
Heavy-duty sliders, often called terrace doors, are built for larger openings and heavier glass, which Hollywood’s mid-rise condo corridor needs. We install and service heavy-duty sliders in the aging aluminum-frame buildings along A1A and in the newer concrete buildings around Young Circle. These doors carry more weight than residential sliders, and the rollers, tracks, and locking hardware get punished by salt-corrosion. We stock marine-grade replacement parts for these doors locally, so turnaround on a repair doesn’t drag for weeks.

Pocket & Barn Doors
Hollywood’s older ranches often came with hollow-core pocket doors that warped decades ago, and homeowners who stay in those houses are now pulling them out and upgrading. Whether you want a new interior pocket door with soft-close hardware or an exterior barn-style patio door, we frame, hang, and true the door so it glides. In CBS homes, converting a wall to accept a pocket door means care with concrete lintels and load paths, and we handle that in-house rather than farming it out. Interior pocket door installs in Hollywood run $1,800 to $4,500; exterior barn doors with HVHZ-rated glass start around $4,200.
This is our Sliding & Patio Doors team’s core work, and in Hollywood the job is different than anywhere else we work. The code, the salt, and the concrete block all shape what we do.

What happens when you call
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Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
We’re an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, and for Hollywood’s salt-air environment we lean on brands that build for the marine exposure. ES Windows, and ECO Window Systems make impact-rated sliding and patio doors that hold up to the corrosion we see daily in Hollywood Lakes, Hallandale Beach, and along A1A. When you sit down for a quote, we put manufacturer lines side by side on paper so you can compare frame construction, glass packages, and warranty terms. We also stock replacement rollers, tracks, and weatherstripping for these brands locally, which means your Hollywood repair job doesn’t wait on a freight shipment.
Common Sliding & Patio Doors Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Seized rollers from salt-air corrosion. Any non-marine-grade aluminum track within a mile of the ocean will start corroding within two years. Homeowners east of US-1 call us about doors that won’t budge, and the fix is usually a full track and roller replacement with marine-grade components.
- Fogged insulated glass from failed seals. The heat and humidity cycling in Hollywood is brutal on argon-filled IG units. Once a seal fails, the glass stays permanently clouded. Cleaning won’t fix it. The glass unit needs replacement, and if you’re doing that on an old slider, it’s often the time to upgrade to an impact-rated unit.
- Water intrusion behind jalousie sliders in CBS walls. The original jalousie sliders in Hollywood’s 1950s-1960s homes were set flush into the concrete block with no sub-frame. Wind-driven rain finds its way behind the frame, and the interior floor framing rots. We see this constantly in the Driftwood and Playland Village neighborhoods.
- Binding doors that need lifting to close. When a slab-settles or a door was set out of true, the door binds at the top or bottom. That’s the founding rule at TruePane: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. We re-work the opening, re-shim, and reset the door so it closes with one finger.
Pricing for Sliding & Patio Doors in Hollywood, FL
Here’s what sliding and patio door work actually costs in Hollywood’s market, based on the jobs we’ve done in the last two years.
- Patio sliding door replacement (impact-rated, HVHZ/NOA): $3,200-$7,800
- Panoramic sliding system (multi-panel, marine-grade): $9,500-$22,000
- Heavy-duty sliding door (condo or terrace): $4,500-$11,000
- Pocket door replacement or new install (interior): $1,800-$4,500
- Exterior barn door with impact glass: $4,200-$9,000
- Roller and track repair (marine-grade parts): $325-$725
- Insulated glass unit replacement (fogged seal): $550-$1,400
What moves your Hollywood quote is the condition of the rough opening, not just the door itself. In the older CBS homes east of Dixie Highway, we often find jalousie sliders set flush into concrete with no buck. Converting that opening to a modern impact-rated slider means custom pressure-treated sub-framing and Tapcon anchors spaced to meet HVHZ fastener patterns. That’s real labor, and it’s labor a lot of cheaper bids don’t include because they haven’t opened the wall yet. We scope the opening before we write the quote, so the number on the paper is the number you pay. Call (863) 208-5172 to schedule your free estimate. We’ll send a technician to Hollywood who knows what to look for.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Our crews serve Hollywood and the surrounding areas including Fort Lauderdale, Miami Gardens, and Pembroke Pines. If you’re in a neighboring city and need sliding or patio door work, the same team, the same warranties, and the same Done Right Promise apply. Call (863) 208-5172 and a live person will pick up.
Serving Hollywood, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood 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 - Sliding & Patio Doors in Hollywood
Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance certification adds roughly 20-35% to the material cost of a sliding patio door compared to a non-impact unit, and in Hollywood that’s not optional. Every replacement sliding door in a Broward County HVHZ property must carry an NOA. The added cost covers the reinforced frame, thicker impact glass, and the testing documentation itself. We quote NOA-compliant doors as the baseline, not an upsell. Call (863) 208-5172 and we’ll show you the manufacturer’s testing documents before you sign anything.
Yes, and we do it regularly in Hollywood’s CBS ranch homes. The original jalousie sliders were set flush into the block with no buck. To install a modern impact slider, we frame a pressure-treated sub-frame into the existing opening, anchor it with Tapcons at the spacing HVHZ code requires, then flash and set the new door. It adds labor compared to a straight swap, and it’s labor that has to happen for the door to pass inspection and hold wind load. We scope the opening before we quote, so you’ll know the number up front.
A marine-grade aluminum frame with stainless steel rollers and hardware is the minimum for a North Beach balcony slider. Within a mile of the Atlantic, standard residential roller hardware corrodes and seizes in under two years. We install marine-grade heavy-duty sliders with factory-finished aluminum frames from manufacturers like ES Windows, and we stock replacement parts locally so a future repair doesn’t stall. If your current balcony slider is hard to move, call (863) 208-5172 and a technician will assess it on site.
It depends on the enclosure. If the courtyard is fully enclosed by the home’s walls and the door opens into an interior space, you may not need an impact-rated unit under HVHZ code. But if any part of the courtyard is open to the exterior, or the door is on the windward side of the structure, the city may classify it as an exterior glazed opening even if you think of it as interior. We check with Hollywood’s building department before you buy a door, so you don’t pay for impact glass you don’t need or buy a cheap non-impact unit that fails plan review.
Fog between the panes is a failed insulated glass seal, not a cleaning issue. The heat and humidity cycling in Hollywood, especially near the ocean, causes the sealant to break down over time, and once the argon gas escapes and moisture gets in, the only fix is replacing the glass unit. Cleaning the surface of the glass won’t touch the condensation between panes. We replace fogged IG units in Hollywood sliding doors with new sealed units, and if the frame is old enough to have failed, we’ll give you a quote for a full replacement at the same visit.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Hollywood and South Florida since 2008 of combined glazing craft.
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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