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Security screen doors in Huntington Beach, CA
Miles of beach air shouldn't stop at your front door.
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.
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 free 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.
Local install photos
Every Huntington Beach project we complete adds tagged photos to our gallery - local proof that builds install by install.
Every opening
What we install in Huntington Beach

Hinged Security Screen Doors
For front and side entries. Your main door stands open to the evening; the screen handles the rest - multi-point locking, unobstructed view, marine-grade mesh.
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Sliding Security Doors
Protection for the patio slider - the big glass opening between your kitchen and your backyard stays open all summer.
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French Door Security Screens
Both panels protected, sightlines preserved. Open the whole wall of your dining room and keep it that way.
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Security Window Screens
Sleep with the windows open. Fixed and openable security screens in the same 316 stainless mesh as our doors.
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Asked in Huntington Beach
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?
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.
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: look the company up in the CSLB Check a License database at cslb.ca.gov, 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: Daylight Steel holds no CSLB license number today - the application is in process and the number publishes the day it issues - 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 nothing is owed at the measure. 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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