Hurricane Rated Garage Door Cost in Florida: $1,800 to $6,500

Published September 3, 2026

The number

Those are starting prices for a standard single door in normal condition, and the full list is on our prices page. A quote for your door is in writing before anything is ordered.

What moves the price

Six things move a door inside that $1,800 to $6,500 range. They stack, which is how a 16 by 7 impact rated NOA door with glass and insulation reaches the top of it.

Size. The rating on the label belongs to a model at a tested size. A wider door has more area for the wind to push on, so to reach the same design pressure it carries more struts, heavier sections and more fixings into the jamb. Our standard garage door sizes guide covers what Florida houses have.

Impact rated versus wind rated only. Every Florida door needs a wind rating. An impact rated door has also passed a large missile impact test, and it is what most people mean by a hurricane door. On the same size and style it costs more, and the gap widens once glass is involved. Our guide to wind rated versus impact rated doors explains both.

The HVHZ. Miami-Dade and Broward counties are the High Velocity Hurricane Zone, where a door needs a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance rather than a Florida Product Approval. NOA doors are built to the county’s own test protocols and sit at the top of the range. Our guides to NOA versus Florida Product Approval and HVHZ garage doors cover it.

Glass. A row of impact rated windows in the top section adds noticeably. A full view aluminum and glass door in Boca Raton, Naples or Palm Beach Gardens is the most expensive residential garage door we install, and it starts where the steel range ends.

Material. Steel is the base and the best value. Aluminum, fiberglass and wood each cost more in their rated versions, and the buyer’s guide compares them. Our best garage door material for Florida article gives the case for each.

Wind rated, impact rated, or NOA: which you are buying

The plain reading is this. Outside the HVHZ, the door needs a Florida Product Approval and a design pressure that meets the requirement for your site; whether it must also be impact rated depends on where the site sits under the code, and we confirm that with the building department before quoting. In Miami-Dade and Broward the door we install is an impact rated NOA door.

The written quote should name the manufacturer, the model, the size, the design pressure rating, and the approval number that will go on the permit. If it does not, ask. A door sold as hurricane rated with the wrong approval for your county cannot be permitted, and that is the most expensive mistake in this category.

The permit

Replacing a garage door in Florida requires a building permit, pulled by a licensed contractor, with the rating documented on the permit. It is included in our quote. The inspector checks that the door on the house matches the approval on the permit, including the struts, the track and the fixings, because a rated door installed with the wrong fixings is not a rated door. Replacing only an opener normally does not need a permit. Our guide to garage door permits in Florida explains the process and what to keep afterwards.

Keep the permit record and the approval documents. They are what an insurance inspector and the next buyer will ask for.

Lead times before the season

Hurricane season runs 1 June to 30 November. Rated doors, and impact rated doors in particular, are often built to order, and the queue at the manufacturer gets longer as the season approaches and much longer after a named storm, when every damaged door on the coast is ordered at once.

The best time to order is March to May. Lead times are shortest, the weather does not interrupt the install, and the door is on the house before the first storm. A door ordered in late August may not be installed before the peak of the season. Our guide to the best time to replace a garage door in Florida covers the calendar, and if a storm is already named, read how to prepare your garage door for a hurricane instead.

The insurance credit: may qualify

Florida’s wind mitigation inspection, on form OIR-B1-1802, records whether openings, including the garage door, have rated protection. A rated door can contribute to a premium credit under the state’s mitigation discount rules.

We say may qualify. The credit schedule is your insurer’s, it varies, and it depends on the rest of the house as much as the door. Ask your insurer for the schedule before you buy, and ask what the inspector needs to see. Our guide to the wind mitigation insurance credit covers the form and the inspection. We do not promise a dollar saving, and you should be careful with anyone who does.

The My Safe Florida Home program has, when funded, offered grants toward opening protection including garage doors. When the program is open it is worth applying before you order; when it is closed, it is closed.

What a written quote should include

• Manufacturer, model, size and color
• Wind rated or impact rated, and the design pressure
• The approval number, FL or NOA, that will go on the permit
• The permit, and who pulls it
• Track, struts, springs and hardware, all new
• Whether the existing opener is kept or replaced, and whether battery backup is included
• Removal and disposal of the old door
• Lead time, and the warranty: ours is one year parts and one year labor, written on the invoice

When repair is the better spend

Not every door needs replacing. If the sections are sound and the door already carries a rating, a spring or cable repair keeps it going. If the door is unrated but sound and you are outside the HVHZ, a retrofit bracing kit with a Florida Product Approval is a real option, and our guide to bracing kits covers where they are accepted. After a storm, storm damage repair at $150 to $1,500 covers assessment, bracing and panel or track work, with full replacement quoted separately. Our repair or replace guide sets out the arithmetic.

If the door is unrated and you are in Miami-Dade County or Broward County, the accepted route is a rated door, and hurricane rated door installation is the page to start from. A standard new door installation with a wind rated steel door covers the rest of the state where the code asks for a pressure rating alone.