Wood Clad Patio Door Replacement — Wood Inside, Clad Outside
You have stained oak or pine trim and a slider that does not match it, or an old all-wood patio door that is rotting from the outside in.
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Wood clad patio door replacement means a door with real wood on the inside — pine, oak, fir or maple you can stain to match the trim — and a factory aluminum or fiberglass skin outside that never needs paint and does not rot. JMB Builders orders clad wood sliders and hinged French units, pulls the old door, repairs the sill and installs the new one across the Twin Cities metro. Priced per door, reply within one business day.
- Priced per door, clad wood unit included
- Wood interior matched to your stain or paint
- Aluminum or fiberglass exterior, no painting outside
All-wood patio doors from the 1970s through the 1990s were a good door with a bad exterior. The wood outside takes sun and splash off the deck, the paint fails at the bottom rail, water gets in, and the sill rots. Inside, the same door still looks right next to stained oak casing and a hardwood floor. A clad wood door keeps the inside and fixes the outside: the exterior face is wrapped in extruded or roll-formed aluminum, or molded fiberglass, in a factory color that does not peel.
The reason to pick clad wood over vinyl or fiberglass is the interior. If your house has stained trim, a white vinyl slider looks like a patch. Clad wood comes with a bare or prefinished wood interior in the species and stain that matches, and we case it with matching stain-grade material. It is the most expensive frame of the three, and the right one when the trim is worth matching.
We order clad wood sliders and hinged French units from options such as Andersen, Pella and Marvin, measure the opening ourselves, and install them the same way as any patio door: old unit out, subfloor and rim checked, sill pan, flashing, foam, trim inside and out.
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
- A photo of your existing trim and floor so the interior wood species and stain can be matched
- Slider or hinged French pair, and the panel layout you want
- Exterior cladding color from the manufacturer's list
- Stain or paint color for the new casing — finishing is quoted as its own line, or finish it yourself
What JMB supplies
- Measurement of the opening and the order for the clad wood door and screen
- Removal and haul-away of the old patio door, frame and trim
- Subfloor, rim joist and framing repair at the sill, quoted from the photos
- Sill pan, flashing tape, backer rod, low-expansion foam and exterior sealant
- Stain-grade interior casing in the species that matches your trim, or paint-grade if the trim is painted
- Exterior trim or brickmould in a color-matched aluminum or painted wood
- Staining or painting of the new door interior and casing when you want it, quoted as a separate line
- 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:
- Slider vs hinged French pair, and the overall width of the unit
- Interior wood species: pine is the base, oak, fir, maple and others cost more
- Prefinished interior from the factory vs bare wood stained on site
- Glass package: low-e, argon, tempered or triple pane, and grille pattern
- Rot in the subfloor or rim joist under the old wood door, common on these replacements
- Matching an existing stain-grade casing profile vs a standard one
- Staining or painting the casing and door interior, quoted as a separate line
Send photos of the old door inside and out, the sill from outside, and a close-up of your trim. The quote lists the door, the install, any rot repair and the finishing as separate lines.
How long it takes
One clad wood slider in a sound opening: most of a day on site. A hinged French pair or rot repair at the sill adds time. Clad wood doors are built to order and take longer to arrive than stock vinyl.
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
Clad wood slider
Two or three panels, wood interior, aluminum or fiberglass exterior. Replaces an old wood or vinyl slider in the same opening. The most common clad wood request on a 1980s or 1990s house with oak trim.
Clad wood hinged French pair
Two hinged panels, one or both active, wood inside and clad outside. Fits a house that already has French doors or a homeowner who wants the look. Needs the swing room inside or out; we check that before the order.
Factory prefinished interior
Most clad wood lines offer the interior stained or painted at the factory in a handful of standard colors. It saves the finishing line on the quote and the smell in the house. Site staining is the route when you need an exact match to old trim.
Wood Clad Patio Door Replacement — Wood Inside, Clad Outside: questions, answered
What is a clad wood patio door?
A clad wood patio door has a solid wood frame and panels with a factory-applied aluminum or fiberglass skin on every exterior surface. The inside is bare or prefinished wood that you stain or paint; the outside is a colored finish that does not need painting and does not rot. It is the frame type most window and door makers put at the top of their lines.
Will a clad wood patio door rot like my old wood door did?
The cladding keeps water off the wood, so the exterior face does not rot the way a painted wood door does. The weak spot is the sill and the subfloor under it, which is why we set every patio door in a sill pan with flashing tape and check the rim joist before the new door goes in. Keep the deck boards from trapping water against the sill and the door will outlast the deck.
Can the inside be stained to match my oak trim?
Yes. Order the door with an oak interior and we stain it on site to match your existing casing, or pick the closest factory-finished oak if the match does not need to be exact. We case the new door with stain-grade oak in your profile. Staining is quoted as its own line on the quote, or leave it bare and stain it yourself.
Is clad wood better than fiberglass for a patio door?
Clad wood is the better choice when you want real wood inside to match stained trim. Fiberglass is lighter, less expensive and can be ordered with a wood-look interior that is good but not real wood. Outside, both hold a dark color and shrug off weather. If your trim is painted white, fiberglass or vinyl gets you most of the way for less; if it is stained, clad wood is the one that looks right.
Does the aluminum cladding dent or fade?
Aluminum cladding carries a baked-on finish that holds color for decades without chalking the way old paint does. It can dent under hail, which is an insurance item rather than a door problem, and some lines let you replace a dented clad panel instead of the whole door. Fiberglass cladding does not dent and is a good alternative on a hail-prone west wall.
How long does a clad wood patio door take to get?
Clad wood doors are built to order, so expect several weeks from the day you approve the quote to the day it arrives, longer in spring and summer. Prefinished interiors and custom sizes add time. We do not pull your old door until the new one is on site and checked, so the house is never left open waiting on a delivery.
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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