Entry Door Replacement in Delano, MN
Your Delano house is a hundred years old and the front door is the original, swollen in summer and loose in winter.
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Entry door replacement in Delano MN is either a front door for an early-1900s river-town house, where the stained casing stays and the new door has to look like it belongs, or a rusted builder door on a 1990s-and-newer house. JMB Builders measures, orders a prehung unit to suit the house, sets it on a sill pan with flashing and trims it. 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
- Period-look doors for the old river-town blocks
- Interior casing matched where the old trim stays
Old Delano's houses along the Crow River have doors that match their windows: solid wood, a tall narrow slab, sometimes a transom above, with stained casing and a wide head piece inside. After a century the slab has been planed and re-hung, the sill is worn hollow, and the door either sticks in July or lets light through in January. The newer neighborhoods have the opposite door, a builder steel unit from the 1990s or 2000s with rust at the bottom and jamb feet gone soft.
On an old house the goal is a door that seals and still looks right. A wood-grain fiberglass door in a period style, a two-panel or a Craftsman three-lite, with a stained finish and the glass pattern to suit the house, in a prehung unit sized to the old opening. Odd heights and widths are a factory order, not a problem. The interior casing stays wherever it is sound; where the sill and jamb feet have rotted, the frame comes out and new casing is milled to the old profile and stained to blend.
Either way the install is the same: old unit out, subfloor checked and repaired, sill pan down, flashing tape at sides and head, the new unit shimmed plumb and screwed into framing, foamed and sealed, with the strike and weatherstrip adjusted to pull tight. Delano is scheduled as a full-day trip from Zimmerman. 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; bring a photo of a door you like
- Hardware finish, or your own handleset and deadbolt
- Which interior trim stays
- Photos of the door inside and out, the threshold, and any transom or sidelite
What JMB supplies
- In-person measure of an odd-size opening and the prehung order, with options such as ProVia, Therma-Tru 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
- Interior casing kept where sound, or new casing milled to the old profile
- 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:
- Period-style fiberglass or wood door vs. a standard steel unit
- A custom height or width for an old opening
- A transom or sidelite ordered with the door
- Rot at the subfloor and jamb feet once the old unit is out
- Interior casing kept vs. new casing milled to match
- Exterior trim against clapboard, stucco or brick
- Staining or painting, quoted as a separate line
Send a photo of the door from the street, one from inside with the casing in view, and a close-up of the sill. Measure the slab height if you can; old doors are often not standard.
How long it takes
One door in a sound opening: about a day on site, scheduled as a full-day trip. Casing work or subfloor repair adds hours. A custom-size door is a factory order and the lead time is 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.
Entry Door Replacement in Delano, MN: questions, answered
Can a new front door look right on a 1900s Delano house?
Yes, if it is chosen for the house. A wood-grain fiberglass door in a two-panel, four-panel or Craftsman style, stained to match the interior woodwork, with a transom or glass pattern that suits the facade, reads as original. We bring samples and door-style sheets to the measure so you can see them against the house.
My old front door is not a standard size. Is that a problem?
No. Prehung units are made to order in odd heights and widths, so the new door fits the old opening without cutting the wall or filling the top with trim. We measure in person and order to that size; the lead time is a little longer than a stock door.
Can you keep the stained casing around my front door?
Where the casing and head are sound, yes; the new prehung goes in behind them. Where the sill and jamb feet have rotted, the frame has to come out, and the casing on that side is replaced with new stock milled to the old profile and stained to blend. The quote says which.
Is a permit needed to replace an entry door in Delano?
The City of Delano building department sets that rule, and a changed opening size or an older house can affect the answer. We check for your address before the order goes in and pull a permit when one is required.
What about the builder door on my 2000s Delano house?
That is a straightforward swap: the old steel unit out, the sill checked and repaired, a new prehung from a line such as Therma-Tru or Masonite set on a pan and adjusted to seal. It can go in on the same trip as windows or a patio door.
Should I keep the old wood door and just fix it?
Sometimes, if the slab is sound and the frame is dry; a door can be re-hung and weatherstripped. If the sill is hollow, the jamb feet are soft, or the slab has been planed thin at the edges, a new unit seals better for longer. We tell you which at the measure.
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