Entry Door Replacement in Columbia Heights, MN
The front door on your Columbia Heights bungalow is narrower than anything at the store, set in stucco, with stained casing inside you want to keep.
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Entry door replacement in Columbia Heights MN is a narrow front door on a 1920s–40s bungalow, often in a stucco wall, or the flush slab on a 1950s–60s rambler with a sagging frame. JMB Builders measures the odd opening, orders a prehung unit to fit, sets it on a sill pan with flashing and trims it to the existing casing. Priced per door. Send photos and we reply within one business day, or book a free in-home estimate.
- Priced per door, prehung unit included
- Odd bungalow widths ordered to fit, not shimmed
- Stucco and brick openings trimmed without a mess
Columbia Heights doorways come in two kinds. The 1920s–40s bungalows and story-and-a-halfs have a narrow front door, sometimes thirty or thirty-two inches, in a stucco or brick wall, with an arched top on some and stained casing and a head piece inside. The postwar ramblers have a wider flush door in a plain jamb, often with a small window beside it and an aluminum storm door that has outlived the entry door behind it.
A narrow or odd-size door is a factory order, not a reason to widen the wall. We measure the opening in person, order a prehung unit to that size, and keep the stucco or brick exactly where it is. The old door and frame come out from inside, the subfloor at the sill is checked and repaired, a sill pan goes down, flashing tape laps the sides and head, and the new unit is shimmed plumb and screwed into framing. Outside, the brickmould is sealed to the stucco or brick; inside, the existing casing stays where it is sound, or new casing is cut to match.
On a rambler the job is simpler and often includes a new storm door on the same frame. Options such as Therma-Tru, ProVia or Masonite come through ABC Supply, and a front door often rides along with a window or patio door order. Painting or staining is quoted as a separate line — or leave it primed and caulked and 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
- Door style, material, glass and finish, plus sidelite glass if you have one
- Hardware finish, or your own handleset and deadbolt
- Which interior trim stays
- Photos of the door inside and out, the threshold, and the wall around it
What JMB supplies
- In-person measure of the opening and the prehung order, odd sizes included, with options such as Therma-Tru, ProVia or Masonite
- Old door, frame and threshold removed and hauled away
- Subfloor and jamb-foot rot repaired as found
- Sill pan, flashing tape, low-expansion foam and exterior sealant
- Unit set plumb, screwed into framing, strike and weatherstrip adjusted
- Brickmould sealed to stucco or brick outside; casing kept or matched inside
- Finished photos 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:
- A standard width vs. a narrow or arched bungalow opening ordered to size
- Steel vs. fiberglass slab, glass lites and finish
- Rot at the subfloor and jamb feet once the old unit is out
- Stucco or brick at the opening vs. lap siding
- Interior casing kept vs. new casing cut to match
- A storm door added or re-hung on the new frame
- Painting or staining, quoted as a separate line
Measure the width of the door slab if you can and send it with photos of the door inside and out and the sill. Say if the wall is stucco or brick.
How long it takes
One door in a sound opening: about a day on site. An odd-size bungalow door is a factory order and the lead time is written on the quote. Subfloor repair adds a few hours.
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.
Entry Door Replacement in Columbia Heights, MN: questions, answered
My bungalow front door is only thirty-two inches wide. Can you replace it without widening the wall?
Yes. Prehung units are made to order in narrow widths, so the new door fits the opening the house has. Widening a stucco or brick wall is a bigger job than most people want, and it changes the look of the house. We measure in person and order to the size.
Can you replace an arched-top front door?
Yes. An arched prehung unit is a factory order to a template of your opening, and we take that template at the measure. If you would rather have a square door, the arch can be filled above a standard unit with a trimmed panel, which is less to buy and still looks right on many houses.
Will replacing the door damage the stucco around it?
No. The old frame comes out from inside, the new unit is set in the same rough opening, and the brickmould is sealed to the stucco edge. There is no cutting of the stucco on a same-size replacement.
Do I need a permit to replace a front door in Columbia Heights?
The City of Columbia Heights building department sets that rule, and a changed opening size is the usual thing that changes the answer. We check for your address before the order goes in and pull a permit when one is required.
Can the new door keep the stained casing inside?
Where the casing and head are sound, yes; the new prehung goes in behind them and a small stop finishes the joint. Where the jamb feet have rotted the casing on that side comes off and is replaced with new stock cut to the same profile, stained to blend.
Should I replace the storm door on my rambler at the same time?
If it is the original aluminum one, usually yes. A new storm door is hung on the new frame the same day, sized to it, and it protects the entry door from sun and rain. Options such as Larson come through ABC Supply. It is its own line on the quote.
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