Entry Door Replacement During a Siding Job — Sequenced With the Siding
The siding is coming off the whole house in a month and the front and back doors are tired.
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Entry door replacement during a siding job goes in the window when the old siding is off and the new house wrap is on: the door is set in a sill pan, its flashing tape laps onto the wrap in order, and the new siding and trim close around it with no patch and no caulk-only joint. JMB Builders sequences that with the siding crew — ours or another company's — across the Twin Cities metro. Priced per door.
- Priced per door, door included or you supply it
- Set after the house wrap, before the siding closes
- Flashing lapped into the wrap, no patch, one trim line
A door replaced on a finished wall has to be cut into siding that is already there. The old brickmould comes off, the siding is trimmed back or a J-channel is squeezed in, and the flashing at the head ends up sealed to the face of the siding with caulk because there is no way to get behind it. It works, but it is a compromise, and it leaves a trim line that shows the door was done later. When the siding is off anyway, none of that applies.
The sequence matters. Old siding off, sheathing checked, new house wrap on. Then the door: old unit out, rough opening checked and repaired, sill pan set, door installed plumb and square, flashing tape up the jambs and across the head lapped under the wrap above and over the wrap below, so water running down the wall goes over the flashing and out. Then the siding crew runs the new siding and the door's trim or J-channel in one pass, and the head flashing tucks behind the siding where it belongs. The door is a day inside a job that is already a week or two.
Whether we are doing the siding or another company is, the door goes in the same place in the sequence; we coordinate the day with whoever is running the siding so the wall is wrapped when we arrive and closed after we leave. If you are also doing windows with the siding, see our siding with new windows page; this one is the doors. We supply the door, options such as Therma-Tru, ProVia and Masonite, or install one you bought. Painting of the interior casing is its own line.
Get a written quote for this job
Three photos and a sentence is enough: a reply within one business day, or ask for a free in-home estimate. Or text the photos to 763-204-2099.
What you supply
- The siding schedule and who is running it, so we set the door day between house wrap and siding
- Which doors: front, back, garage service, patio, and the style, material, color and glass for each
- Your own door if you bought one, with the correct handing and jamb width for the new wall thickness
- Paint or stain color for the interior casing — finishing quoted as its own line
What JMB supplies
- The new entry and patio doors ordered to arrive before the siding day, or the install of doors you bought
- A door day coordinated with the siding crew: wall wrapped before we start, trimmed and closed after
- Removal and haul-away of the old doors and frames
- Rough opening repair where the sheathing or framing is rotted, found once the siding is off
- Sill pan, flashing tape lapped into the house wrap in shingle order, head flashing, low-expansion foam
- Jamb extensions when new foam board or thicker siding changes the wall depth
- Interior casing; painting or staining quoted as a separate line
- Photos of the flashing before the siding closes, and of the finished doors, in your job folder
How it is priced: per door
Quoted in writing from your photos, with a reply within one business day. What moves the number:
- Door supplied by us vs a door you bought
- Entry door vs patio door, and the material and glass package
- Rot in the sheathing or framing at the opening, which the siding job exposes
- Wall depth change from foam board or a thicker siding, which sets the jamb extension
- How many doors on the same day — the second door costs less than the first
- Whether the exterior trim is ours or the siding crew's, and the material it is made of
- Painting or staining the interior casing, quoted as a separate line
Send photos of each door inside and out and tell us the siding start date and who is doing it. If you are buying the door yourself, send the order details before you buy so the jamb width matches the new wall.
How long it takes
One entry door: half a day, set on the day the wall is wrapped and before the siding closes. Two or three doors: one day. The door is ordered after the quote is approved and arrives before the siding starts.
How your project works
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Send photos, get a written quote
Send three photos of the space and a sentence about what you want. You get a clear, itemized reply within one business day. Prefer a look in person? A free in-home estimate is always an option.
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Pick materials, or bring your own
We help you choose profiles and materials that fit the house and the budget, or match your existing millwork exactly — or you buy the door or trim yourself and we install it. Everything is confirmed before the crew is scheduled.
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Clean, precise installation
The crew shows up on time, protects floors and furniture, and installs with tight joints and consistent reveals. Photos of the finished work go in your job folder.
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Walkthrough and invoice
We walk the finished work with you. If anything is not right, we fix it before we call the job done. Then one invoice, paid by check or direct deposit — no card fees, no payment links.
Situations and options
Front and back doors during a reside
The common case. Both entry doors replaced on one day between house wrap and siding, flashed into the wrap, trimmed by the siding crew in one pass. No patching, matching trim at every door, and the house reads as new rather than resided.
Patio door with the siding
A slider or French pair set the same way, in a sill pan with the flashing lapped into the wrap. Patio door sills are the most common rot spot a siding job uncovers, and this is the cheapest moment to fix the rim joist under one.
Doors you bought, installed at the right moment
You bought the doors at a big-box store or online; we install them in the wrap-to-siding window and coordinate with the siding crew. Send the order details first so the jamb width matches the new wall depth with foam board.
Door now, siding later
If the siding is a year out, the door can still go in now with a face-sealed head flashing and a trim patch, then be reflashed into the wrap when the siding comes off. It costs a bit of trim work twice; we will tell you whether waiting is worth it.
Entry Door Replacement During a Siding Job — Sequenced With the Siding: questions, answered
Should I replace my doors before or after new siding?
During. The right moment is after the old siding is off and the new house wrap is on, and before the new siding goes up. The door's flashing laps into the wrap in shingle order, the head flashing tucks behind the siding, and the trim is run in one pass with no patch. Before the siding, the door gets patched twice; after, the flashing can only be caulked to the face.
How does the door flashing tie into the house wrap?
Water runs down the wall behind the siding on the face of the wrap, so everything has to shed downhill. The sill pan goes in first over the wrap at the bottom. The jamb flashing tape laps over the pan and onto the wrap. The head flashing laps over the jamb tape, and the wrap above the door is cut and folded down over the head flashing so water on the wrap runs onto the flashing and out, not behind it. That last fold is the step a caulk-only install cannot do.
Do you coordinate with my siding contractor?
Yes. We set the door day with whoever is running the siding — ours or another company's — so the wall is wrapped when we arrive and the siding crew closes around the door after we leave. We leave the flashing ready for their trim or J-channel and send photos of it to your job folder before it is covered. If the siding crew prefers to set the door themselves, we can supply the door and the pan and flashing details.
Does new siding change the door size?
Not the rough opening, but often the wall depth. Foam board under new siding or a thicker siding profile moves the exterior face out, so the door's jamb may need an extension or the exterior trim needs to be built out to meet the siding. We check the new wall depth with the siding plan before the door is ordered so it arrives with the right jamb width.
What if there is rot behind the door once the siding is off?
It is common, especially at patio door sills and under old brickmould. The siding job exposes it, which is the good news: the sheathing and framing can be replaced from outside with the wall open, and the new door goes on sound framing. We photograph what we find, quote the repair before going further, and it is the cheapest that repair will ever be.
Can I buy my own door and have you install it during the siding job?
Yes. Send us the door details before you buy so the jamb width matches the new wall depth and the handing is right; a lot of doors bought ahead of a reside end up with a jamb too shallow for the foam board. We install it in the wrap-to-siding window the same way as a door we supply, and coordinate the day with the siding crew.
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