Entry Door Replacement in Hopkins, MN
The front door on your Hopkins bungalow is a size nobody stocks, the wall is plaster, and the last person to look at it said it would be a big job.
Reply within one business day. Or call / text 763-250-3621.
Entry door replacement in Hopkins MN often means a 1920s–50s bungalow or Cape whose front door is narrower or shorter than stock sizes, set in a plaster wall with original casing. JMB Builders measures the rough opening, orders a prehung unit to fit, repairs the sill, sets it in a sill pan with flashing, and trims it without tearing up the plaster. Priced per door. Send photos and we reply within one business day, or book a free in-home estimate.
- Priced per door, ordered to the opening
- Narrow and short openings handled
- Plaster and casing kept where sound
The older streets in Hopkins have front doors that predate standard sizes. A 1920s bungalow may have a 30- or 32-inch door under 80 inches tall, a Cape a door with a small window beside it that is not a true sidelite, and most of them open into a plaster-walled entry with the original casing still on. The doors themselves are tired: wood slabs that have split at the panels, thresholds worn hollow, and a frame that has taken water at the bottom for decades.
The size is the easy part. We measure the rough opening behind the casing, not just the slab, and order a prehung unit to that size; most door makers build to custom widths and heights. If the opening is a little short for the door you want, the quote shows what it takes to raise the header or trim the opening, and you decide. Many owners keep the original size and the house keeps its proportions.
The plaster is the careful part. The casing comes off and is set aside, the old frame is cut out without hammering on the wall, and the new unit is set in a sill pan with flashing, foamed and screwed into framing. The original casing goes back on if it is sound, or new casing is milled to match. Our job records show 3 installs in Hopkins, Mar–Jul 2026. Painting 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 color
- Whether the original interior casing should be kept and reused
- Hardware finish, or your own handleset and deadbolt
- Photos of the door from the walk and from inside showing the casing, plus the threshold and a tape across the slab
What JMB supplies
- A measure of the rough opening and a prehung order to that size, with options such as ProVia, Therma-Tru or Masonite
- Old door, frame and threshold cut out and hauled away with the plaster protected
- Sill, subfloor and jamb-foot rot repaired as found
- Sill pan, flashing tape, low-expansion foam and exterior sealant
- Unit set plumb and screwed into framing, strike and weatherstrip adjusted
- Original casing reset, or new casing milled to match, and plaster patched where it was cut
- Brickmould outside to suit the siding or stucco, and 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 stock size vs. a custom width or height
- Keeping the opening as is vs. raising or widening it
- Wood, fiberglass or steel, and the glass
- Reusing the original casing vs. milling new to match
- Rot at the sill and jamb feet once the old unit is out
- Plaster patching beside the casing
- Painting or staining, quoted as a separate line
Send photos from outside and inside and a tape measure held across the slab, width and height. The free in-home estimate includes measuring the rough opening behind the casing.
How long it takes
One door in a sound opening: about a day on site. Custom sizes add lead time, which is written on the quote. Raising or widening an opening adds a day.
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 Hopkins, MN: questions, answered
My Hopkins front door is 32 inches wide. Can you get a door that size?
Yes. Most door makers build prehung units to custom widths and heights, so a 30- or 32-inch slab under 80 inches tall is ordered to the opening, not shimmed out of a stock size. We measure the rough opening behind the casing so the order is right the first time.
Should I make the opening bigger for a standard door?
Only if you want a wider door. Widening means a new header and work on the plaster and the exterior, and the quote shows it as its own line so you can compare. A bungalow often looks right with the door it was built around, and a custom-size prehung unit costs less than reframing.
Will the plaster around the door get damaged?
We plan for it not to. The casing comes off carefully, the old frame is cut free instead of pried, and the new unit is foamed and screwed in without hammering on the wall. If the plaster is already cracked beside the door, we patch it before the casing goes back on.
Is a permit needed to replace a front door in Hopkins?
The City of Hopkins building department sets that rule, and changing the opening size or the framing is what usually brings a permit into it. We check for your address and pull a permit when one is needed.
Can the little window beside my front door stay?
Usually, yes. If it is a separate window in the wall rather than part of the door frame, the door is replaced on its own and the window is untouched. If you would rather have a true sidelite, the door and sidelite are ordered as one unit and the wall is opened for it, and the quote shows both ways.
Do you replace entry doors in Minnetonka and Edina too?
Yes. We replace entry doors across the west metro, including Minnetonka, Edina and Golden Valley, on scheduled trips from Zimmerman. Send photos of the door and we reply within one business day.
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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