Based in Huntington Beach · Measured & installed by our own team

Security screen doors in Huntington Beach, CA

Miles of beach air shouldn't stop at your front door.

Daylight Steel is based in Huntington Beach and installs 316 marine-grade stainless security screen doors across the city at flat published prices: hinged doors $2,475, sliding doors $2,675, French pairs $4,475, and security window screens from $825, installed by our own employees. A $25 booking fee schedules the in-home measure and is credited in full to your order.

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Made for Huntington Beach

Doors that fit how Huntington Beach lives

Surf City runs on open air - garage doors up, longboards drying in side yards, miles of coastline exhaling onto some of the most outdoor-living streets in Orange County. Huntington Beach homes lean into it with patios, decks, and sliders that stay open from June to October. Salt air is the one catch: it corrodes ordinary metal screens and hardware in a few short seasons. That is why we build with 316 marine-grade stainless steel, the alloy specified for boat fittings - it treats beach air as a native habitat while keeping the door secure enough to leave open, our single mention of strength.

The mesh weave stays clear enough to watch the evening from the couch, and sliding versions cover the patio opening where most of the living actually happens. Our installers measure each opening themselves, from beach cottages near downtown to newer builds by the wetlands, and fit every door to its exact frame. After that, the house joins the lifestyle: bikes in and out, sandy dogs supervised at the threshold, dinner cooked to the sound of somebody else's beach day winding down. The ocean sends a breeze inland every afternoon. Meet it at the door.

We are based in Huntington Beach ourselves. Daylight Steel is a Huntington Beach business with a Google-verified Business Profile here, and the 39 Orange County communities we measure and install in fan out from this one. When a Huntington Beach homeowner books a measure, the crew is coming from across town rather than across a county line, and the door that comes back a few weeks later was measured by the same people who hang it.

Salt air, answered by the alloy

Huntington Beach lives outdoors along one of the longest stretches of sand in Orange County, and everything from downtown walk-streets to the neighborhoods beside the Bolsa Chica wetlands breathes salt air. It is a lifestyle worth protecting the door for: evening air through an open slider after a beach day is the whole point of living here. Our mesh is woven 316 marine-grade stainless, the alloy that resists the chloride pitting salt air inflicts on standard metal, clamped in a powder-coated frame. Surf-town maintenance culture applies: rinse the wetsuit, rinse the boards, and give the door the same thirty seconds of hose.

The full reasoning is in our coastal buying guide, and the upkeep is a five-minute freshwater rinse a few times a season.

Flat installed pricing, published

A hinged security screen door installed in Huntington Beach is $2,475. A sliding door is $2,675, a French pair is $4,475, and security window screens start at $825. The written quote at your in-home measure matches these numbers.

  • Hinged security screen door$2,475
  • Sliding security door$2,675
  • French door security screens$4,475
  • Security window screensfrom $825

Same flat prices for every Orange County address - see full pricing or the cost guide for how flat pricing works.

“I was doing a lot of research into security screen doors near me in Huntington Beach and the website that answered all of my questions about materials, warranty etc was Daylight Steel. They had great communication, transparent pricing and did a perfect job installing. Just awesome. The door looks amazing too. Thank you.”

Benny N., a Huntington Beach homeowner · Google review, September 2026. One of our 2 Google reviews as of October 2026, both five stars. Read them on Google

Real installs, with photos, are in our project stories and the gallery.

Local questions

Asked in Huntington Beach

Is there a security screen door installer based in Huntington Beach?

Yes. Daylight Steel is based in Huntington Beach: our Google-verified Business Profile is here, and one of our first Google reviews comes from a Huntington Beach install. We measure, custom-fabricate and install Vista Security Screens systems in 316 marine-grade stainless mesh across the city, from cottages near downtown to newer builds by the wetlands, with our own employees rather than subcontractors. Prices are flat and published on the pricing page, the same at every Huntington Beach address, and the written quote at your measure matches them. The other kinds of companies that do this work in Orange County are compared in our installer guide.

How close to the beach can the door live without corroding?

As close as you like. Type 316 stainless is the grade used on ocean-going boats specifically because it resists salt corrosion that destroys standard steel and aluminum. Homes on the numbered streets a block from the sand are well within its comfort zone. An occasional freshwater rinse - the same courtesy you give a beach cruiser - keeps it looking new.

Do you make security screens for sliding patio doors?

Yes, and in Huntington Beach the slider is often the main event. Our sliding security screens use the same 316 mesh as our hinged doors, glide on a dedicated track, and lock firmly, so the big opening to the patio or deck can stay open through an entire summer evening - breeze and view in, bugs and sand flies out.

What do security screen doors cost in Huntington Beach?

A hinged security screen door installed in Huntington Beach is $2,475; a sliding door is $2,675, a French pair $4,475, and security window screens start at $825 (up to 8 sq ft of glass, then $100 per additional sq ft). No secret handshake required - pricing for every configuration is published on our website, one flat installed price per product. Hinged entries have their flat figure and large sliders have theirs. Read the numbers from your beach chair, and schedule a measurement only when you are genuinely interested.

What is the hinged screen door price in Huntington Beach, installed?

A hinged security screen door installed in Huntington Beach is $2,475; a sliding door is $2,675, a French pair $4,475, and security window screens start at $825 (up to 8 sq ft of glass, then $100 per additional sq ft). That figure is flat and published, and it is the same for a cottage on the numbered streets as for a house by the wetlands, because the price does not move by address, by color, or by which of the ten standard frame colors you pick. It covers the custom-fabricated hinged door in 316 marine-grade stainless mesh, the multi-point lock, and installation by our own employees, and the written quote at your in-home measure says the same number. The booking fee that schedules the measure is credited in full to your order. Sliding doors, French pairs and window screens each have their own published figure on the pricing page, and genuinely oversized or arched entries get a straight custom quote before anyone visits. The quote calculator takes about a minute.

What hinged security screen door options do you offer in Huntington Beach?

The standard build is a full-view door: one uninterrupted panel of woven 316 marine-grade stainless mesh in a slim powder-coated aluminum frame, with a lever handle and a multi-point lock that throws bolts at the top, middle and bottom. The whole product is on our hinged security screen doors page. Color is the first choice you make. Ten standard architectural colors are included at no upcharge, verified against Vista's range as of July 2026: Black, White, Almond, Adobe, Brown, Bronze, Sahara Brown Metallic, Sahara Gray Metallic, Light Grey and Silver Metallic, with custom matches quoted separately; white, almond and bronze are the ones you will see most in our gallery. Sidelites are workable: the door mounts to your existing frame and sits between them, and the gallery shows a white full-view door between two leaded-glass sidelites and another between sidelite windows on a green stucco wall. Pet doors are the one thing we will not do, because cutting a flap into the panel voids the manufacturer warranty; our pet door page explains how we plan dog access through the primary door or a wall instead, and the mesh itself shrugs off claws. Arched and oversized openings get their own quote before anyone visits. Every door is fabricated to your exact opening.

I searched for Crimsafe screens in Huntington Beach. What do I get from you instead, and how do the two compare?

A woven stainless steel security screen from the same top end of the category, with three checkable differences. Mesh alloy: Crimsafe publishes a 0.9 mm 304 stainless mesh, re-verified against its own published material as of August 2026, while every door and window screen we install is 316 marine-grade stainless, the alloy with molybdenum added to resist the chloride corrosion of salt air, which matters a block from the sand in Huntington Beach. Who installs: Crimsafe sells through authorized dealers, so the measure, quote and installation come from the dealer, while our own employees measure and install. Pricing: as of July 2026 crimsafe.com publishes no prices and every path ends at a dealer quote, while our installed prices are published on this page and on our pricing page before anyone visits. Both systems are tested against the Australian security screen standard AS 5041-2003, and Crimsafe's published impact results are genuinely strong. Both publish 10 years on mesh and panels; Crimsafe's terms, re-verified August 2026, exclude installation and accessories such as locks, hinges and rollers, and ours are a 10-year manufacturer powder-coating color warranty on mesh and panels; 1 year on hardware, in writing with every quote. Our full side-by-side is on the Daylight Steel vs Crimsafe page, and the mesh figures for Crimsafe, Titan, Boss and Vista sit in one table in our mesh-by-brand guide.

Is there a Crimsafe dealer in Huntington Beach, and do you install Crimsafe doors?

Yes to the first and no to the second. As of September 2026, crimsafe.com's dealer directory lists a dealer page for Huntington Beach, and that page publishes no price; the quote comes from the dealer after a visit. We are not a Crimsafe dealer. Daylight Steel installs Vista Security Screens systems, in 316 marine-grade stainless mesh, with our own employees, at flat installed prices you can read before you book. If you are weighing the two, the fair way to do it is to get both quotes in writing and put the same questions to each of us: which alloy is on the quote, who physically installs, what the warranty document excludes, and what the installed number is. Crimsafe will come off well on most of that list. So will we. The full comparison is on the Daylight Steel vs Crimsafe page.

Will sandy, wet-dog, beach-family traffic wear the door out?

It is built for exactly that household. The stainless weave does not tear on claws, sag under leaning kids, or stain from wet towels slung past it, and the frame finish wipes clean. Sand brushes off or rinses off. Of all the equipment a Huntington Beach family owns, this may be the piece that asks for the least maintenance.

We are a few blocks from the sand in Huntington Beach. Is the mesh up to it?

That is the environment the alloy was chosen for. Within the first mile of the ocean, airborne salt is at its strongest, and it pits standard 304 stainless over time; 316 marine grade adds molybdenum precisely to resist that chemistry, which is why it is the only mesh we build with. Downtown and Sunset Beach homes should rinse the door with fresh water about as often as the marine layer leaves residue on the car - a quick pass, no products.

Do you make security screen windows in Huntington Beach, or only doors?

Both. A security screen window uses the same woven 316 marine-grade stainless mesh as the doors, in a slimmer frame that mounts to the window frame rather than the sash, so the window still opens exactly the way it always did. Bedrooms are the common Huntington Beach request, and bedroom windows get an egress configuration: a release you operate from inside without a key, a tool, or anything you would have to remember in a hurry, which is what California requires of any device fitted over an emergency escape opening. Ground-floor and side-yard windows are usually the ones worth doing, and they are priced per window by glass size rather than as a package.

Can you screen a double or French door opening onto the patio?

Yes, and a double opening is built as a matched pair rather than as two separate doors. Both leaves are screened, with an astragal seal down the middle where they meet, so the full width the French doors were chosen for still swings open. Huntington Beach back walls and patio openings are where this comes up most, and a pair is priced as a pair, which comes to less than two single doors.

What makes these premium rather than a standard security door?

Three things you can check rather than take on faith. The mesh is 316 marine-grade high-tensile stainless, not the 304 grade common inland, which is the reason it belongs a block from the sand. The systems are Vista Security Screens, knife-shear tested to AS 5041-2003 and salt-spray tested to ASTM B117. And the terms are written down: a 10-year manufacturer powder-coating color warranty on mesh and panels; 1 year on hardware, with ten standard architectural colors included rather than charged as an upgrade. Installation is by our own team, never subcontracted.

Are the sliding doors custom made, or ordered off a shelf?

Custom, every one. Each stainless steel screen door is measured to your actual opening and fabricated to those numbers, which matters more in Huntington Beach than most places: the older beach cottages near downtown have settled, and a frame that is out of square by half an inch will defeat any stock door. We measure the opening in several places, build to the real dimensions, and hang it so it runs on one finger. Arched, oversized and multi-panel openings are all workable, and they get their own quote before anyone visits.

Who is Daylight Steel?

An Orange County security screen company founded in 2026. Every door and window screen we install is a Vista Security Screens system in 316 marine-grade stainless mesh, measured and installed by our own employees rather than subcontractors, at one flat installed price per product that is published on our website before you ever talk to us.

How can I check out a security door company before booking a visit?

Four checks, all free: read the company's Google reviews and confirm the profile is verified, get a real installed price in writing before anyone visits, confirm whether employees or subcontractors do the install, and get the warranty terms on paper. Our own answers: our Google Business Profile is verified and carries our first customer reviews, and the other three checks you can run right now from this page. The full checklist is in our guide to choosing a security screen door company.

Why hire a company that was founded in 2026?

Judge the checkable facts rather than the founding date. The system we install has been manufactured under three names since it arrived from Australia, our prices are published before the sales visit and the written quote at your measure matches them, the product warranty is the manufacturer's rather than ours, and the $25 booking fee that schedules the measure is credited in full to your order. A new company cannot fake any of those; an established one is not excused from them.

What happens to my warranty if the company goes out of business?

Ours is not ours to lose: the 10-year manufacturer powder-coating color warranty on mesh and panels; 1 year on hardware sits with the manufacturer of the system, and the written terms come with every quote. A warranty written by an installer is only as durable as the installer, which makes this a fair question to put to every company you compare, including us.

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