Clients need exterior doors plumbed, leveled, and shimmed precisely so the door swings freely, latches securely, and the weatherstripping maintains continuous contact around the full perimeter.
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Door installation encompasses pre-hung interior and exterior door units, barn door hardware and track systems, sliding patio doors, and French door pairs. Pre-hung exterior doors are set into the rough opening using shims at the hinge and latch locations, fastened through the jamb into the framing with long structural screws, flashed at the sill with a flexible flashing membrane, and sealed at the exterior brick mold with siliconized acrylic caulk. Exterior door rough openings are sized 2 inches wider and 2 inches taller than the door unit for shimming clearance.
Clients need exterior doors plumbed, leveled, and shimmed precisely so the door swings freely, latches securely, and the weatherstripping maintains continuous contact around the full perimeter.
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Common questions from clients looking for Door Installation services
A pre-hung door includes the door slab already hung in a new jamb on hinges, ready to set into the rough opening; a slab-only door replaces just the door in an existing jamb — pre-hung is preferred for new construction or when the existing jamb is damaged.
Rough opening should be the door unit width plus 2 inches (for shimming each side) and the door unit height plus 2 inches; for a 3-0 x 6-8 door, the rough opening is 38 inches wide x 82 inches tall.
Seasonal wood movement, settling of the structure, or improper shimming during installation causes binding; diagnosis starts with checking hinge screw tightness (stripped screws cause the door to sag), then checking if the jamb has moved out of plumb.
A consistent 1/8-inch gap (the thickness of a nickel) around all three sides (top and both stiles) is the standard; uneven gaps indicate a door out of square, a jamb out of plumb, or a twisted door.
Fiberglass doors are the best choice for humid climates — they don't swell, shrink, rot, or warp like wood; steel doors are also excellent but can dent and rust if the coating is damaged; solid wood doors require high maintenance in high-humidity environments.
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