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French & Double Doors bring something rare to a Fort Lauderdale home: real architectural presence that also holds up when a hurricane is pushing against it. These are paired impact-rated doors with laminated glass in every lite, built for interior-to-exterior openings where you want light, symmetry, and a clean sightline to the patio or yard. We install them across our PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO, and Mr-Glass lines, so you’re not locked into one manufacturer’s look or lead time. TruePane Windows & Doors handles the whole job in Fort Lauderdale, from measuring to permit paperwork to final water test. Call (754) 310-3589 to talk through your opening and get a written estimate.
Product Overview - French & Double Doors
French doors read differently than a sliding glass door. They swing, they frame a view, and they give a room a formal centerline. In South Florida, the old knock on French doors was always the same: too much glass, too many weak points, not enough structure. The impact-rated versions we install in Fort Lauderdale solve that without turning the door into a bunker. You still get the paired lites, the divided-light look if you want it, and the symmetrical hardware placement. What changes is what’s inside the glass and how the frame is engineered.
Each lite carries laminated impact glass with a PVB interlayer. That matters because in an impact event, the glass may crack but it stays in the frame. The interlayer holds the pane together and keeps wind and debris outside where they belong. The frame itself is extruded aluminum or reinforced vinyl, sized up to 96 inches wide for a true double-door opening. Multi-point locking hardware ties the active panel into the head and sill, not just a single latch at the handle. That’s a real structural difference, not a cosmetic one.
For Fort Lauderdale homeowners, the appeal is practical and aesthetic in equal measure. You get the indoor-outdoor flow that defines Florida living, and you get it without adding a shutter track or a second set of protection panels over the opening. The door is the protection.
Technical Specifications
Here’s what the French & Double Doors product line actually gives you to work with, spec by spec. We’ll walk through finish and glass selections in more detail below, but this is the condensed version for planning purposes.
- Frame materials: Extruded aluminum or multi-chamber vinyl, both engineered for HVHZ use
- Maximum size: Up to 96 inches wide as a paired unit
- Glass options: Laminated impact glass with PVB interlayer, Low-E insulated glass, tinted glass, clear glass
- Finish options: White, Almond, Bronze, Black, Tan
- Locking: Multi-point hardware engaging the head, sill, and meeting stile
- Compliance: Miami-Dade NOA and Florida Product Approval numbers available per configuration; engineered to FBC HVHZ requirements
- Design pressure: Matched to your wind zone, up to +/-100 - never higher
- Sill options: Flush and raised profiles available depending on your threshold and drainage needs
Every configuration gets its own approval documentation. We’ll verify the specific NOA and Florida Product Approval numbers on your quote, because they change based on size, glass package, and frame selection. No generic paperwork here.
Hurricane & Compliance Performance
Six things matter when you’re buying impact French doors in Fort Lauderdale. Here’s how this product addresses each one.
Laminated Impact Glass
Every lite in the door carries a PVB interlayer bonded between two panes of glass. Under a large-missile impact, the glass may fracture, but the interlayer holds the fragments in place and keeps the building envelope sealed. That means no sudden pressurization of your home during a storm.
Miami-Dade NOA / Florida Product Approval
Each configuration we quote carries a Miami-Dade NOA and Florida Product Approval number specific to that size, glass, and frame combination. These numbers are required for permitting in HVHZ jurisdictions, and we provide them with your quote so your contractor or building department can verify them directly.
FBC / HVHZ Compliance
Fort Lauderdale sits in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone defined by the Florida Building Code. These doors are engineered to FBC HVHZ requirements from the frame joinery outward. That’s not a marketing label. It’s the standard your permit application will be checked against.
TAS 201 / 202 / 203 Testing Context
HVHZ-rated impact doors are tested under the TAS protocol family: TAS 201 for large-missile impact, TAS 202 for cyclic wind-pressure loading, and TAS 203 for forced-entry resistance. When a product lists these test standards, you know it’s been cycled through repeated wind loads, not just hit once and photographed.
Design Pressure Matched to Your Wind Zone
Design pressure is a PSF rating, not a wind speed. Our doors are matched to your specific wind zone, up to +/-100, and never higher. We don’t oversell a rating you don’t need, because overbuilding the rating can mean overbuilding the frame weight without a real-world benefit.
Energy Performance Options
Low-E and insulated glass packages are available on the French & Double Doors line. If your opening gets afternoon sun on the west side of a Fort Lauderdale home, Low-E cuts heat gain meaningfully without changing the impact rating. We’ll help you choose based on exposure, not upsell you into glass you don’t need.
Color & Glass Options
Fort Lauderdale architecture leans coastal and Mediterranean: clean whites, warm almonds, deep bronzes, and the occasional matte black for contrast. Our finish range covers that spectrum. White and Almond read traditional and bright, good for older ranch homes and Florida cottages. Bronze and Black give you a modern or contemporary edge on newer construction in neighborhoods like Victoria Park or Rio Vista. Tan splits the difference, a warm neutral that hides coastal salt haze better than pure white.
Glass selection is about exposure and intent. Clear laminated impact glass keeps the view as honest as possible when you’re looking at a pool or landscaping. Low-E insulated glass is the pick when the door faces direct afternoon sun and you want to control heat gain and condensation. Tinted glass, usually a gray or bronze tone, reduces glare and adds daytime privacy without closing the room in. All of them carry the same impact rating, so glass choice is about comfort, not protection level.
Installation by TruePane Windows & Doors in Fort Lauderdale
An NOA-rated door installed poorly is not an NOA-rated door anymore. The approval documents assume the frame is set level, plumb, and square, anchored per the manufacturer’s tested fastening schedule, and sealed so water can’t migrate behind the flange. We see this go wrong in Fort Lauderdale regularly: doors that swing open on their own because the frame was racked during setting, sills that leak at the first heavy rain, perimeter sealant applied over paint instead of to clean substrate.
Our installation practice follows AAMA 2400/2410 standards for fenestration installation. That means the opening gets inspected before the door goes in, rough openings get corrected when they’re out of tolerance, and the unit is shimmed and anchored so the panels meet evenly and the hardware engages without fight. We use AAMA 812 low-expansion foam around the perimeter to seal the gap without bowing the frame, then apply a continuous sealant bead at the exterior face. Every install ends with a water test at the sill and threshold before we clean up and clear out.
Permitting in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County means submitting the specific NOA or Florida Product Approval documentation for your exact configuration. We know which documents apply to your opening and we prepare them for your permit package. Coastal exposure, wind zone, and existing structural conditions all get flagged during the pre-install inspection, not discovered mid-project.
We don’t rush this. A French door pair is a heavy, expensive, frequently used opening. It deserves a full day of careful setting and sealing, not a ninety-minute swap.
Frequently Asked Questions - French & Double Doors
Design pressure is matched to your specific wind zone in Fort Lauderdale, up to +/-100 PSF, and never higher than what your location requires. During your quote, we’ll pull the wind zone for your address and match the door configuration to it so you’re not paying for a rating you don’t need.
Lead time runs roughly 4 to 8 weeks depending on the manufacturer, finish, size, and glass package selected. Custom finishes and oversized widths tend to land at the longer end of that range. We’ll confirm a production timeline when we issue your quote, and we order only after your opening has been measured and your permit path is cleared. Call (754) 310-3589 and we’ll check current lead times for the lines that fit your project.
Yes. In Fort Lauderdale and most of Broward County, impact door permits require product approval documentation tied to your exact configuration. We pull the specific NOA and Florida Product Approval numbers for your size and glass package and include them with your quote so your permit application moves through without a paperwork stall.
You can’t stretch the door beyond the tested sizes, and we won’t. What we can do is work within the approved width range, up to 96 inches as a pair, and configure the active and passive panels, swing direction, and hardware finish to suit your layout. Custom glass packages like Low-E or tinted are available across all sizes. We’ll show you what’s testable before you fall in love with a dimension.
Wash the frame and glass with mild soap and water every few months, especially if your doors face east and gather salt air off the Atlantic. Keep the sill track clear of sand and debris so water drains the way it’s designed to. Check the multi-point lock engagement twice a year; if the handle gets stiff, that’s a sign the door has settled and needs a hinge or strike adjustment. Small maintenance now prevents a door that sticks or leaks later.
Get a Quote - French & Double Doors in Fort Lauderdale
If you’re pricing impact French doors for a Fort Lauderdale project, get a written, line-item quote so you can compare true cost, not just door cost. We’ll measure the opening, confirm your wind zone, verify approval documents for your configuration, and walk you through glass and finish options that make sense for your house. Call (754) 310-3589 to schedule a free on-site measurement and get your project started.
Written by the team at TruePane Windows & Doors, installing impact-rated windows and doors in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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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