Interior door installation in Boca Raton, plus entry and pivot doors
Apperals Custom Woodwork hangs and trims out doors, from interior doors to double entry and pivot doors. We set the frame, fit the hardware and install the casing so the door swings true. We hang doors throughout South Florida, with Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Parkland at the core of our area.
- Doors
- Interior prehung and slab doors, double entry doors, pivot doors, louvered and arched doors
- Work
- Framing the opening, hanging, hardware, casing, jambs and thresholds
- Woods seen
- Walnut, mahogany, teak, and painted doors
- Supply
- We install the door you or your builder select
- Where
- Jupiter to Miami, from our base in Deerfield Beach
What door installation covers
A door that looks right and closes with a soft click is mostly about the frame. We handle the carpentry from the rough opening to the final casing:
- Checking the rough opening for size, plumb and level.
- Shimming and fastening the frame so the gaps around the door stay even.
- Hanging slab doors on new hinges, or setting prehung units.
- Mortising and installing locksets, latches and hinges.
- Fitting thresholds and sweeps on exterior doors.
- Casing both sides and trimming any wide jambs.
We install the doors you, your designer or your builder chose. Product ratings and approvals come from the door’s manufacturer and supplier.
Interior doors
Interior doors make up most door work in a house, and they are where small errors show. Uneven reveals, a door that drifts open, or a latch that has to be pulled shut all come from a frame set out of plumb. Renovations often swap hollow-core doors for solid ones, which are heavier and need a frame and hinges that can carry them.
Pairs of interior doors, such as French doors into a study or paneled doors into a dining room, need the two leaves to meet evenly at the center. That takes careful shimming at the head and a frame square to the floor.
Double entry doors
Double entry doors are large and heavy, and many in South Florida include sidelites and a transom. The photos on this page show several: walnut in a full-height glass frame, mahogany with glass panels, black raised-panel doors under an arch, and louvered teak and mahogany. Setting a pair this size takes two people, a level sill, and a square opening, since any twist in the frame shows at the meeting stiles.
Exterior doors here have to meet Florida’s wind load rules, and the approval travels with the product. We install to the manufacturer’s instructions for the specific unit.
Pivot door installation
Pivot doors swing on a pin in the floor and one at the head, so the door can be oversized. Getting one right depends on:
| Detail | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Floor pivot location | It sets where the door turns and how much of it swings inside. |
| Level floor | A floor out of level makes the door drift open or closed. |
| Head support | The top pivot needs solid framing to carry the door’s weight. |
| Finished floor height | The bottom pivot has to be set for the final tile or stone. |
Pivot doors are planned before the floor goes down, so the floor plate lands in the right place.
Trim that matches the house
A new door is only as good as the trim around it. We case every door to match the existing baseboards and casing, and in formal rooms the door trim ties into the crown molding and chair rail.
Quote for door installation and trim-out
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Recent work
Door installation and trim-out from our jobs
Questions we hear
How much does interior door installation cost?
It depends on whether the door is prehung or a slab, whether the opening needs reframing, and how much casing and hardware go with it. Replacing a door in an existing frame is the simplest case, and each opening is priced on its own.
Do I need a permit to replace a door in Florida?
Interior door swaps generally do not need one. Exterior doors usually do, because they must meet the Florida Building Code for wind loads. Check with your city building department, and make sure the door you buy carries the product approval your city requires.
What is a pivot door?
A pivot door turns on pins set in the floor and the head of the frame instead of hinges on the side. That lets a door be wider and heavier than a hinged one. It needs a level floor and solid support at the top to swing without dragging.
Can you install a door I already bought?
Yes. We install doors that you, your designer or your builder selected. Before delivery, send us the specs so we can check the rough opening, the swing and the hardware.
Do you install the door trim too?
Yes. Casing and jamb trim are part of every door install, matched to the rest of the house so the trim reads the same from room to room.
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