French & Double Doors

French & Double Doors in Wellington, FL | TruePane Windows & Doors

French and double doors give a Wellington home wide, symmetrical openings that connect interior rooms to patios, pool decks, and lanais. But in South Florida, a beautiful door is only as good as its impact rating. We install paired impact-rated French doors with laminated glass in every lite, matched to your specific wind zone here in Palm Beach County. TruePane Windows & Doors has installed these systems throughout Wellington, from Olympia to Palm Beach Point to The Isles, and we handle everything from permit-ready submittals to final water testing. Call (561) 349-4826 to schedule a free on-site measurement and selection consultation.

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Product Overview - French & Double Doors

Paired impact-rated French doors are the most requested interior-to-exterior opening we quote in Wellington. The appeal is in the symmetry: two full door panels that swing from the jambs and meet at the center, with glass running top to bottom in every lite. Where a sliding door gives you one wide glass wall, a French door gives you two complete openings and a center meeting point that reads more traditionally, more like the coastal and Mediterranean elevations you see throughout Wellington’s gated communities and equestrian properties.

What separates an impact-rated French door from a standard one is the engineering underneath the sightlines. Every component is designed so that under hurricane conditions, the door stays in its frame, the glass stays in the door, and the locking hardware stays engaged. The glass is laminated with a PVB interlayer. The meeting rails lock together at multiple points, not just a single latch at the handle. The threshold is designed for positive drainage. You get the traditional look without the vulnerability that older Florida doors carried.

We install French and double doors in aluminum and vinyl frame profiles, with design pressures matched to your wind zone up to +/-100, never higher than the home actually needs. Every door is ordered per opening, per configuration, so the load path from glass to frame to stud is continuous. It’s not a stock-door operation. Each opening is measured, specified, and verified before any metal is cut.

Technical Specifications

Every French and double door we install in Wellington is configured per opening and per wind zone. Here’s what’s available across our PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO, and Mr-Glass lines.

• Frame materials: Aluminum or vinyl, both engineered for HVHZ-rated performance.
• Maximum size: Up to 96 inches wide for a paired two-panel system, depending on design pressure requirements and configuration.
• Glass options: Laminated impact glass with PVB interlayer, Low-E insulated glass, tinted glass, or clear glass.
• Laminated glass positioning: Laminated impact glass in every lite, never a single-lite exception on the passive panel.
• Finish options: White, Almond, Bronze, Black, and Tan.
• Hardware: Multi-point locking at the meeting rails, not a single top-and-bottom shoot bolt.
• Compliance: Miami-Dade NOA and Florida Product Approval numbers issued per configuration, verified on your quote.
• Design pressure: Matched to your wind zone, up to +/-100. We never over-spec, never under-spec.

Hurricane & Compliance Performance

This is the section that matters in Wellington. A French door that hasn’t earned its approvals is a liability, not an amenity. Here’s how this product holds up.

Laminated Impact Glass

Every lite carries a PVB interlayer that holds the glass in the frame under impact, even if the glass fractures. The interlayer keeps debris from entering the home and keeps the glass panel working as a pressure barrier throughout the storm. This is the core protective layer that turns a decorative French door into a structural component of your building envelope.

Miami-Dade NOA / Florida Product Approval

Each configuration carries a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance and Florida Product Approval number. Approvals are issued per configuration, per size, per glass package, so we verify the exact numbers on your specific quote before we order. No substitutions. The approval you submit for permit is the approval on your door.

FBC / HVHZ Compliance

These doors are engineered to Florida Building Code High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requirements. That’s the stricter standard that applies in Palm Beach County and much of coastal South Florida. It’s not an add-on rating. It’s the design baseline for the frame, the glass package, the hardware, and the anchoring system.

TAS 201 / TAS 202 / TAS 203 Testing Context

HVHZ-rated products earn their approvals through a demanding test protocol. TAS 201 fires a large missile at the glazing. TAS 202 cycles wind pressure repeatedly against the assembly. TAS 203 tests forced-entry resistance after impact. This isn’t a stamp on paper. It’s product abuse in a controlled lab, repeated per configuration.

Design Pressure for Your Wind Zone

Design pressure is the metric that determines whether the door can stand up to the wind loads your specific lot in Wellington will see. We match design pressures to your wind zone, up to +/-100, never higher, never lower. Over-specifying doesn’t make a door safer. It just makes it heavier, harder to operate, and more expensive. Correct specification does the work.

Energy Performance

For west-facing lanais and afternoon sun rooms here in Wellington, Low-E and insulated glass options are available. The laminated impact glass does the storm work. The Low-E coating manages heat gain, and the insulated airspace helps with thermal comfort throughout the day. These options stack, so you can have both impact performance and solar control in the same lite.

Color & Glass Options

Wellington architecture runs from ranch estates to Mediterranean villas to contemporary equestrian builds, and the finish choice shapes how the door sits on the elevation. White and Almond are the most common selections for coastal and traditional stucco homes; they disappear into the trim and let the landscaping carry the composition. Bronze and Black read more contemporary and work well with darker window packages, bronze hardware, and modern farmhouse or transitional elevations. Tan bridges the gap on earth-toned Florida elevations where harsh white contrast feels wrong.

Glass selection generally follows exposure. Clear laminated impact glass is the workhorse for north-facing and shaded openings. Tinted glass cuts glare on east- and west-facing doors that catch morning or afternoon sun. Low-E insulated glass is worth considering on any door that takes heavy sun into an air-conditioned room, since it manages both heat gain and condensation. Our team will walk you through the glass package for each specific opening when we measure, because the right glass for a covered lanai door isn’t necessarily the right glass for an exposed western wall.

Installation by TruePane Windows & Doors in Wellington

A hurricane-rated French door only performs if the installation matches the engineering. An NOA-rated product installed without the right perimeter sealing and anchoring is just an expensive window frame waiting to leak. That’s why we treat installation as part of the product.

Every Wellington installation starts with a pre-install inspection of the rough opening. We check the condition of the buck, the substrate, and the existing waterproofing before we order anything, because the opening tells us what the door needs. If there’s rot, termite damage, or an out-of-square opening in an older Wellington home, we address it before the new door goes in. We don’t hide problems behind trim.

We set every door level, plumb, and square before shimming and anchoring. The frame is fastened per the approved installation method for that particular configuration, then perimeter-sealed with AAMA 812 low-expansion foam, which air-seals and isolates the frame without bowing the jambs. Our installation practice follows AAMA 2400/2410 standards. After the door is in and hardware is adjusted, we run a water test on the sill, check for air and water intrusion at the perimeter, and verify operation of the multi-point lock. The site is cleaned up, and the old door is removed from your property.

Permitting matters here. Wellington sits in an HVHZ jurisdiction, and any exterior door replacement typically requires a permit with Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade NOA submittals attached. We prepare that documentation for you and quote the work so approvals are in hand before installation day. The wrong submittal delays the job and can fail inspection. We’ve done enough Wellington installations to know exactly what the local building office wants to see.

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French and double doors change how a Wellington home connects to its outdoor spaces. Get the impact rating right, and you’ll enjoy the opening for decades. Get it wrong, and you’ll think about it every time a storm forms in the Atlantic. Call (561) 349-4826 to schedule a free on-site measurement and product selection consultation. We’ll spec the right door for your wind zone, prepare your approvals, and handle the installation from permitting to final inspection.

Written by the team at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Wellington, FL since day one with impact-rated window and door installations.