Roofing & Exterior
The Door You Touch Every Day — and the Weather Hits First
Exterior entry doors and sliding or French patio doors, replaced for drafts, security, and the Northwest rain that finds every tired threshold. Installed square, flashed, and sealed.
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Signs to watch
Is this you?
A draft or daylight around the frame
If you can feel air or see light around a closed door, the weatherstripping and threshold are done — and your heating bill knows it.
Water pooling or staining at the threshold
Sliding-door tracks and worn thresholds are a classic Northwest leak point. Water at the sill means it's already getting behind the frame.
A slider that fights you or a door that won't seal
Dragging rollers, a warped slab, or a latch that no longer catches are comfort problems and security problems at the same time.
A front door that dates the whole house
The entry is the first thing anyone sees. A new door changes the face of the house for less than almost any other exterior project.
Your options
Doors chosen for weather and security, not just the catalog photo
Insulated fiberglass and steel entry doors that hold their finish and don't warp in wet-dry swings; real wood where the architecture earns it. Sliding patio doors with quality rollers and multi-point hardware, or French patio doors where you want the swing and the look. Under all of them, the part that actually keeps water out: proper flashing, sill pans on patio doors, correct threshold detailing, and insulation and sealing around the frame — the invisible work that separates a door that lasts from one that leaks in three winters.
The method
How we do it
- 01
Measure and spec
Every opening measured, swing and threshold checked, and the door ordered to fit — no shimming an off-size slab into a rough opening and calling it done.
- 02
Install, flash, and seal
Old unit out, opening inspected for rot, new door set plumb and square, sill-panned and flashed on patio doors, insulated and sealed against the weather.
- 03
Operation walkthrough
We open, close, lock, and — on sliders — glide every door with you before we sign off. It should latch clean and seal tight, every time.
Straight numbers
Door pricing without the pressure
Cost depends on the door type and material — an insulated entry door sits well below a large multi-panel sliding or French patio system. What moves the number: fiberglass vs. steel vs. wood, glass and hardware packages, size, and whether we find rot in the opening once the old unit is out. Fixed bids in writing, and we'll flag any rot up front so it isn't a surprise mid-install.
Where we do this work
Entry & Patio Doors: straight answers
Fiberglass, steel, or wood for an entry door here?
Fiberglass for most Northwest homes — it won't rot, warp, or rust, and it holds its finish against our wet-dry cycles. Steel is a solid value and secure, but can dent and eventually rust at the edges. Real wood is beautiful and worth it on the right house, as long as you're willing to maintain the finish. We'll show you all three against your entry.
Sliding or French patio doors — which should I get?
Sliders save space and seal well with quality rollers and multi-point hardware — good for tight decks and patios. French doors give you a wider opening and a more traditional look but need swing room. Both keep the rain out when they're flashed and sill-panned right; the choice is about space and style, not weather performance.
My patio door leaks at the bottom — repair or replace?
If it's worn weatherstripping or a clogged track, sometimes it's a repair. But leaking at the threshold often means the sill pan or flashing failed, and water may already be behind the frame — that's a replacement done right, with a proper sill pan, not a fresh bead of caulk over a hidden problem. We'll open it up and tell you honestly which it is.
Can a new entry door really make the house more secure?
Yes — a solid insulated slab in a properly anchored frame with a reinforced strike and a quality deadbolt is far harder to force than a hollow or racked old door in a worn jamb. Security lives in the whole assembly — slab, frame, hardware, and how it's fastened into the opening — which is exactly what we install as a unit.
Get the entry & patio doors conversation started.
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