Door Hardware Installation, Repair & Upgrade

South Florida is hard on door hardware. Salt air, sun, rain, and constant humidity degrade standard hardware faster here than almost anywhere else, and on beachfront properties, the degradation is aggressive. For any exterior door in Broward, we always recommend stainless steel hardware. It costs more upfront but outlasts standard steel by years in this climate. The hardware that fails most often here: panic exit devices, hinges, deadbolts, and door closers, especially on high-traffic doors exposed to the elements. Metal components rust, mechanisms seize, and doors that used to swing cleanly start dragging. For beachfront residential and commercial properties, we offer a preventive maintenance service: cleaning and treating locks, hinges, panic devices, and closers to prevent salt buildup before it causes damage and keeps everything operating smoothly year-round.

School, Aventura: LCN door closers + air pressure. We maintain a school facility on a long-term basis. On a recent service call, the maintenance manager told us their HVAC contractor had made changes and several exterior doors were no longer closing fully. Air pressure was fighting the existing closers. We recognized the situation immediately: the closers weren't strong enough for the new pressure differential. We replaced all six closers on three double-door sets with LCN units, among the best in the commercial market, and adjusted them precisely to code. Because children use these panic devices to exit, the opening force had to stay within safe limits. Too tight creates a safety hazard; too loose and the doors won't close against the pressure. We set each one, tested force at the device, and confirmed every door closed reliably and could be opened without struggle.

Cigar lounge, Hallandale: Adams Rite dead latch + Assa Abloy electric strike. A members-only cigar lounge needed to control entry without staffing the door. We installed an Adams Rite dead latch with an Assa Abloy electric strike, wired for fob and app control, plus an interior push pedal for quick egress. We cut the door edge and frame to fit the new hardware cleanly, and rekeyed the new cylinder to match the other door keys on the property. The customer now controls access remotely and doesn't have to open the door for every member personally.

Beachfront building, Hallandale: continuous hinge, sagging door. A beachfront building's door had been sagging for years. The maintenance team had replaced standard hinges multiple times, but the hinge reinforcement in the frame had corroded from salt air and couldn't hold anymore. The fix: a continuous (piano) hinge spanning the full door height, surface-mounted, bypassing the damaged reinforcement entirely. We pulled the door, realigned it, installed a full-length aluminum continuous hinge with stainless steel screws. The door swings smoothly, closes cleanly, and the aluminum construction means it won't rust. We saved the building the cost of a full door and frame replacement.

Sawgrass Mills, Sunrise: ADA threshold ramp. A stockroom back door had a step at the threshold that forced employees to unload merchandise at the door and carry everything manually to the shelves, because their dollies couldn't cross it. We measured the door jamb height and installed a threshold ramp that bridged the gap precisely. After install, employees could push a fully loaded dolly straight through the door and all the way to the storage area without stopping. Small device, big change, and it brought the entry into ADA threshold compliance in the process.

Facility maintenance, Hollywood: stainless steel kick plates. A facility we maintain regularly had cleaning staff pushing their service carts against the doors to open them, and over time this scratched and damaged the door finish. We recommended stainless steel kick plates on the problem doors. The customer saw the result on the first door and immediately asked us to install them across the entire building. The kick plates absorb the impact, protect the door finish, and because they're stainless they hold up to cleaning chemicals and high-traffic use without corroding.

Hardware grade and brand, door prep required (new drilling, edge preparation, frame cutting), the number of doors, and the complexity of the installation all affect cost. Heavy commercial-grade equipment (LCN closers, electric strikes, continuous hinges) requires different tools and more labor than residential installs. Stainless steel and marine-grade hardware runs higher than standard steel, but it has a significantly longer service life in South Florida's environment. For commercial properties, code-required documentation adds a step but protects you at inspection. We give you the price upfront before any work starts. No surprises.

For beachfront and high-humidity properties, maintenance twice a year is cheaper than emergency replacements. We clean and treat all moving hardware (locks, hinges, closers, panic devices), catch corrosion early, and keep everything operating the way it should. A well-maintained door system in South Florida lasts years longer than one that's ignored until something fails. We serve residential and commercial properties across Broward for ongoing hardware maintenance: Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale Beach, Aventura, Sunrise, and every city in between.