Entry Door Replacement in Little Canada, MN
The front door on your Little Canada house is tired, and the back door to the yard is worse.
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Entry door replacement in Little Canada MN turns into two doors: the front door on a 1950s–70s rambler or split and the back or garage door that is in worse shape. JMB Builders measures both openings at one estimate, orders two prehung units, repairs the sills, sets each in a sill pan with flashing, and installs both on the same trip. Priced per door. Send photos and we reply within one business day, or book a free in-home estimate.
- Priced per door, each its own line
- Front and back door on one trip
- Garage service doors included
Little Canada's ramblers and splits from the 1950s–70s have two or three exterior doors, and they age differently. The front door, under some kind of overhang, is drafty and worn but presentable. The back door to the yard or the service door into the garage took the weather with no overhang at all: a steel slab rusted along the bottom, a wood jamb rotted at the feet, a threshold you can see light under. Owners call about the front door and mention the other one on the way out.
We treat it as one job. Both openings are measured at the same estimate, each door goes on the quote as its own line with its own style and glass, and both units come on one order through ABC Supply. On install day the crew works one door at a time: old unit out, sill and jamb feet checked and repaired, sill pan down, flashing lapped, the new prehung unit set plumb and screwed into framing, strike and weatherstrip adjusted. Then the next door.
A garage service door into the house is a special case: it is usually a fire-rated door with a self-closer, and the replacement has to be the same, which we order and set accordingly. Little Canada is about 45 minutes from Zimmerman and we schedule it as a full-day trip. Our job records show 1 install in Little Canada, Jun 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
- Style, material, glass and color for each door; they do not have to match
- Hardware finish for each, or your own locksets
- Which doors are on the list: front, back, side, garage
- Photos of each door from outside and inside and each threshold
What JMB supplies
- A measure of every opening on the list and one order through ABC Supply, with options such as ProVia, Therma-Tru or Masonite
- A quote with each door on its own line
- Old doors, frames and thresholds removed and hauled away
- Sill, subfloor and jamb-foot rot repaired at each opening as found
- Sill pan, flashing tape, low-expansion foam and exterior sealant on every door
- Each unit set plumb, screwed into framing, strike and weatherstrip adjusted
- A fire-rated self-closing door where the opening leads into the garage
- Casing inside, brickmould outside, 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:
- How many doors go on the trip
- Steel vs. fiberglass, glass and finish for each
- Rot at the sill and jamb feet, usually worse on the back door
- A fire-rated door and closer for the garage opening
- Exterior trim against lap, vinyl or brick at each door
- Locksets, deadbolts or a smart lock keyed alike
- Painting or staining, quoted as a separate line
Send photos of every door you are thinking about, not just the front. Two doors on one trip cost less than two trips, and the quote shows each line.
How long it takes
Two doors in sound openings: one long day on site. Three doors, or rot repair at one of them, runs into a second day. Door 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 Little Canada, MN: questions, answered
Can you replace my front door and back door on the same day in Little Canada?
Yes. Both are measured at one estimate, ordered together and installed on the same full-day trip, one opening at a time so the house is never open at two doors at once. Each door is its own line on the quote, so you see what each costs and can drop one if you want.
Do the front and back doors have to match?
No. The front door is usually the one with glass and a finish you care about; the back door is often a plain steel half-lite that keeps the yard in view. Pick each for its job. Matching the hardware finish and keying the locks alike is the part most owners want, and we do that.
Why is my back door in worse shape than the front?
No overhang. The front door sits under a stoop roof or an eave; the back door takes rain, snow and sun straight on, so the steel rusts at the bottom edge and the wood jamb rots at the feet. A sill pan, a composite jamb and a fiberglass slab hold up on that side far better than what was there.
Is a permit needed to replace exterior doors in Little Canada?
The City of Little Canada building department sets that rule, and a change to 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, for one door or three.
What about the door from the house into the garage?
That door separates the house from the garage and is normally a fire-rated unit with a self-closing hinge, and the replacement is ordered and set the same way. It is usually a solid steel door with no glass, and it goes on the same trip as the others.
Do you replace entry doors in Roseville and Maplewood too?
Yes. We replace entry doors across the east metro, including Roseville, Maplewood and Shoreview, on scheduled full-day trips from Zimmerman. Send photos of the doors 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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