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Our Work · The install method

How we install,
and why it lasts.

01 · The specialization

Forty years.
One trade.
Doors.

Most contractors take whatever work walks in — kitchens one week, decks the next, a bathroom on the side. We don't. Forty years, eighteen thousand installs, one specialty.

That focus is the whole pitch. We know which entry doors fight you in the cold, which patio sliders bind ten years in, and which storm-door closers need backing off the first week. Nothing about your opening surprises us, because we've already done it eighteen thousand times.

The flashing-tape prep, the shim pattern, the closer pressure — these are details most installers skip because they only hang a door a few times a year. We do it every day. It's why our installs last and our callbacks are short.

TradeDoors
Years40+
Installs18,000+
Black entry door with sidelights and transom on a covered porch
Entry · Black slab, single sidelight
White entry door with a fall wreath and side window
Entry · Classic clapboard, red slab

02 · Recent installs

In the field

  • Wood-tone dutch entry door with decorative leaded glass
    Entry Door · 2025-11-12

    Fiberglass entry, 1940s frame shimmed square.

  • White entry door with full-glass center and sidelights
    Patio Door · 2025-10-04

    Three-panel slider, sill pan taped and pitched.

  • White entry door with four-lite glass and adjacent sidelight
    Storm Door · 2025-09-19

    Full-view storm over a south-facing entry.

  • Black entry door with oval glass panel and sidelights
    Entry Door · 2025-08-22

    Steel entry with sidelights, taped jambs.

  • Rustic wood double doors with iron strap hinges
    Patio Door · 2025-07-08

    French swing patio, hardwood threshold.

  • Green dutch entry door with decorative leaded glass and welcome mat
    Storm Door · 2025-06-14

    Retractable-screen storm, custom closer set.

03 · How a job runs

Four steps,
in this order.

  1. 01

    Measure

    We measure the rough opening, not the trim. Old framing is rarely square and that affects every other decision downstream.

  2. 02

    Prep

    Pull the old unit, check the subfloor for rot, shim the jambs plumb and level. Nothing goes in until the opening is true.

  3. 03

    Set & tape

    Self-adhesive flashing tape on the sill pan, jambs, and head. Then the door goes in, gets shimmed at every hinge, and locked tight.

  4. 04

    Finish

    Backer rod and low-expansion foam in the gap. Interior and exterior trim re-installed. Site is broom-clean before we leave.