Shaker Interior Door Replacement — Flat Panel Shaker Doors Hung
You want the clean flat-panel look on the bedroom and hall doors, and you want them to close right.
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Shaker interior door replacement swaps your old doors for flat recessed-panel Shaker doors — one, two, three or five panels with square sticking and no raised profile — hung prehung or as slabs in your existing jambs. JMB Builders supplies the doors in primed MDF, prefinished or solid core, hangs them, cases them and fits the hardware across the Twin Cities metro. Priced per door, with a reply within one business day.
- Priced per door, Shaker door supplied
- One, two, three or five flat panels
- Primed, prefinished, hollow or solid core
A Shaker door is a flat panel set in a frame of flat stiles and rails with a square inside edge, no ogee, no bead. It is the door that goes with painted trim, flat casing and most kitchens built in the last fifteen years. Manufacturers make it in one tall panel, two panels stacked, three, or five, and the panel count changes how the door reads: one panel is modern, two is the all-rounder, five leans traditional. Pick one count for the whole house.
The construction matters as much as the look. The cheap version is a hollow-core molded skin pressed into a Shaker shape; it is light, dents easily and sounds hollow. A primed MDF Shaker with a solid or particleboard core is heavier, paints like glass and closes with a thud. Solid core is the pick for bedrooms, bathrooms and an office. Prefinished white from the factory skips the painting line; primed lets you match your trim color exactly.
We supply Shaker doors from options such as Masonite, Jeld-Wen, Trimlite and Woodgrain, as prehung units when the old jambs are beat up or as slabs fitted into jambs that are square and sound. Casing is replaced to match, or kept when it is in good shape. Painting is quoted as its own line, or leave the doors primed and paint them 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 763-204-2099.
What you supply
- Panel count: one, two, three or five, and whether the house gets one style throughout
- Primed or factory-prefinished white, hollow core or solid core, room by room if you like
- Hinge and lever finish, and which doors get a privacy lock
- Paint color if you want the doors and casing painted — quoted as its own line
What JMB supplies
- The Shaker doors, prehung or as slabs, sized to your openings with the correct handing
- Removal and haul-away of the old doors, and the old jambs and casing on prehung swaps
- Jambs shimmed plumb at the hinges and strike; slabs mortised, bored and fitted to even margins
- New casing in your profile, or the existing casing re-set when it is sound
- Hinges, stops and hardware fitted; doors adjusted to latch without a push
- Doors cut to clear carpet or new flooring where needed
- Painting of doors and casing when you want it, quoted as a separate line
- Photos 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:
- Prehung swap with new jamb and casing vs a slab fitted into the existing jamb
- Hollow core vs solid core, and primed vs factory-prefinished
- Panel count and any glass lites, which change the door price more than the labor
- Odd sizes common in older houses, which may need a custom door or a trimmed slab
- Matching an existing casing profile vs a flat Shaker-style casing
- How many doors in one visit — the per-door price drops as the count goes up
- Painting the doors and casing, quoted as a separate line
Send a photo of one typical door with its casing, a close-up of a hinge and the strike, and the count of doors. Tell us if the jambs are square and sound or beat up; we confirm on site.
How long it takes
Prehung Shaker doors: four to six in a day with casing. Slabs into existing jambs: six to eight in a day. Doors are ordered after you approve the quote; solid core and odd sizes take longer than primed stock.
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
Two-panel Shaker, primed MDF
The most-ordered version. Two flat recessed panels, square sticking, primed and ready for your paint color. Hollow core for closets and halls, solid core for bedrooms and baths.
One-panel Shaker
A single tall recessed panel for a flatter, more modern face. Pairs with flat casing and black or brushed hardware. The pick when the house is going contemporary rather than farmhouse.
Five-panel Shaker
Five stacked horizontal panels. Reads more traditional and suits a 1920s to 1950s house or a farmhouse-style remodel. Heavier visually, so it works best on taller doors and wider halls.
Shaker with glass lites
Flat stiles and rails with clear, frosted or reeded glass in place of the panel. For an office, a pantry or a door to a stairwell that wants light. The glass is tempered and set from the factory.
Shaker Interior Door Replacement — Flat Panel Shaker Doors Hung: questions, answered
What is a Shaker interior door?
A Shaker door has flat stiles and rails around one or more flat recessed panels, with a square inside edge instead of a molded profile. It is plain by design and goes with painted trim and flat or simple casing. Manufacturers make it in one, two, three and five-panel versions, hollow or solid core, primed or prefinished, as prehung units or slabs.
Should I get hollow core or solid core Shaker doors?
Solid core for bedrooms, bathrooms and an office; hollow core is fine for closets and linen doors. Solid core costs more per door but feels and sounds like a real door, blocks more noise, and does not dent when a knee hits it. A lot of homeowners split it: solid on the rooms, hollow on the closets. The look is identical once painted.
Do I need new jambs to replace my doors with Shaker doors?
Not if your jambs are square, plumb and sound. In that case we fit Shaker slabs into the existing jambs, mortise the hinges to match and bore for the hardware, and the casing stays. If the jambs are racked, split, or carry layers of old paint and filled holes, a prehung Shaker unit with a new jamb and casing is cleaner and often faster. We tell you which from the photos and confirm on site.
Do Shaker doors come prefinished or do they need painting?
Both. Primed MDF Shaker doors are the common version and need two finish coats in your color; prefinished white doors come from the factory ready to hang. Prefinished saves the painting line but limits you to the factory white, and a prehung prefinished door still needs its casing painted. Painting is quoted as its own line on the quote, or leave them primed and paint yourself.
Which Shaker panel count should I pick?
One count for the whole house. Two-panel is the safe pick that suits most houses built since the 1960s. One-panel is cleaner and more modern. Five-panel suits older houses and farmhouse remodels. Three-panel sits between. Look at your kitchen cabinet doors and your casing: a flat-slab kitchen points to one or two panels, and a traditional house points to five.
What casing goes with Shaker doors?
Flat square-edge casing in a simple width, often with a slightly thicker head piece, is the natural match. Colonial casing with a curved profile fights the flat door. If your existing casing is in good shape and you are keeping it, a two-panel Shaker still looks right against most profiles. If the casing is coming off anyway for prehung units, this is the time to go flat.
Recent JMB work, from our job log
59 installs recorded across 30 Twin Cities communities since Dec 2025. Window and door installs for homeowners and the builders we work with. Counts come straight from our job log; no customer names.
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