Patio Door Only
The slider drags, frosts over, and the floor in front of it is soft. The windows are fine.
Reply within one business day. Or call / text 763-250-3621.
Patio door only replacement is one patio door replaced as a unit, frame included, with no windows in the job. JMB Builders supplies the door, pulls the old one, repairs subfloor rot, sets the new door on a sill pan and trims it. A white six-foot vinyl slider is often in stock; others are custom ordered, lead time on the quote. Twin Cities metro, priced per door. Photo reply within one business day, or a free in-home estimate.
- Just the patio door; one door is a welcome job
- Priced per door, frame and screen included
- White six-foot slider often in stock; lead time on the quote
A patio door is the biggest hole in the wall and the one with the most glass, so it is often the first thing in the house to feel cold and the first to leak at the sill. It can be replaced on its own. No windows have to come with it, and the quote is for the one door, frame included, with the subfloor repair as its own line if it is needed.
The common patio door is a six-foot two-panel vinyl slider in white, and that door is often in stock at our supplier, so one patio door can be measured, picked up and installed without a factory order. An eight-foot or five-foot door, a color, grids, blinds between the glass, a hinged French style or a fiberglass or wood-clad frame is custom ordered, built for your opening, with the lead time written on the quote.
On install day the old door comes out panels first, the frame is cut free, the subfloor and rim at the sill are checked and rebuilt if soft, a full-length sill pan goes down, and the new frame is set level and plumb. The panels are hung, the screen fitted, the lock adjusted, and the inside and outside trimmed. New trim goes in primed and caulked; painting is quoted as a separate line, or paint it yourself.
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 763-250-3621.
What you supply
- Photos of the patio door from inside and outside, plus a close-up of the sill and the floor in front of it
- A rough width of the opening if you have a tape, so we can tell six-foot from eight-foot
- Your pick: in-stock white vinyl slider, or a custom size, color, grids or French style
- Which side you want to slide, or keep it the same
What JMB supplies
- A measure of the opening before the order
- The patio door with frame and screen, in stock or custom ordered through ABC Supply
- Removal of the old door, frame and trim with haul-away
- Repair of rotted subfloor, rim or framing at the sill, quoted as its own line
- Full-length sill pan, flashing tape, foam, sealant and shims
- Exterior trim or capping and interior casing or jamb extensions, primed and caulked
- Panel, screen and lock adjusted so it rolls and latches
- Painting quoted as a separate line, or leave it primed and caulked
- Photos of the finished door 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:
- In-stock white six-foot vinyl slider vs. a custom ordered size, color, grids or French door
- Frame material: vinyl, fiberglass or wood-clad
- Rot in the subfloor, rim or framing under the old sill
- What the door opens onto: deck, patio or grade, and how the threshold meets it
- Siding, stucco or brick around the opening
- Interior casing kept, matched or replaced
- Painting the trim, quoted as a separate line
A close-up of the floor just inside the door and a rough width of the opening are what make the quote firm.
How long it takes
About a day on site for one patio door, more if the subfloor is rotted. An in-stock white slider is picked up for the install; a custom ordered door has its lead time written on the quote.
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
In stock: white six-foot vinyl slider
Two panels, one fixed and one sliding, clear low-e glass, screen included. The common replacement and the one most often on the shelf.
Custom ordered slider
Eight-foot or five-foot width, a color, grids, blinds between the glass or a fiberglass frame. Built to your opening with the lead time on the quote.
Hinged French patio door
Two hinged panels, one or both opening. Custom ordered in the same opening as a slider, with the swing and hardware chosen on the order.
Patio Door Only: questions, answered
Can you replace just the patio door and not the windows?
Yes. One patio door is a welcome job for JMB Builders, priced per door with the frame and screen included. The windows are not part of the job unless you add them. Send photos and we reply within one business day, or book a free in-home estimate.
Is a sliding patio door in stock?
A white six-foot two-panel vinyl slider often is, at our supplier, so one patio door can go in soon after the measure. Other widths, colors, grids, blinds between the glass, French styles and fiberglass or wood-clad frames are custom ordered with the lead time written on the quote.
Does the price include the frame and the screen?
Yes. The patio door comes as a complete unit with frame, panels, screen, lock and weatherstrip, and that is one line on the quote. Subfloor repair, trim and painting are their own lines.
Why is the floor soft in front of my patio door?
The old sill was set without a pan, and meltwater and rain ran under it for years into the subfloor and rim joist. That wood is cut out and replaced before the new door is set, and the new door sits on a full-length sill pan so it does not happen again.
Can I change which side slides on the new patio door?
Yes. The sliding panel is chosen on the order, left or right as you look at it from outside. Say which you want with your photos, or keep it the same as the old door.
How long does one patio door take to install?
About a day on site in a sound opening, and the house is closed up the same day. Subfloor repair adds time. The wait before that is the door itself: in stock means soon after the measure, custom ordered means the lead time on the quote.
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