Entry Door Replacement in Maplewood, MN
Your Maplewood rambler has a front door from the 1960s and a side door someone swapped in the 1990s, and neither seals.
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Entry door replacement in Maplewood MN often means two doors on a 1950s–70s rambler: the front door and the side service door into the breezeway or garage, from different decades and both worn out. JMB Builders measures both openings, orders two prehung units in one finish, repairs the sills, sets each in a sill pan and trims them 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 door its own line
- Front and side doors matched on one order
- Both set in sill pans on one trip
A Maplewood rambler or split-level from the 1950s–70s usually has two or three exterior doors: the front door, a side service door that opens into a breezeway, the garage or the side yard, and sometimes a back door off the kitchen. They were replaced at different times by different owners, so the front might be a 1960s wood slab with three small lites and the side door a 1990s steel nine-lite with a cracked threshold. Both leak air, and the side door, which gets used ten times for every one use of the front, is usually the worse of the two.
Doing them together saves a trip and gives you doors that match. Both openings are measured, both prehung units are ordered in the same material, color and glass style, and both are installed the same day. The side door is often a narrow 32-inch opening and a 6-foot-8 height; the front may be 36 inches. Each is listed on its own line so you can see what each one costs and drop one if you want.
The install is the same for both: old unit out, the sill and subfloor checked and soft wood replaced, a sill pan and flashing tape, the new unit shimmed plumb and screwed through the hinge jamb, foamed and sealed, then the strike and weatherstrip adjusted so each door seals with the lock thrown. A side door into an attached garage gets a self-closing hinge pair when the house-to-garage rule calls for it. Maplewood is a scheduled full-day trip from Zimmerman. 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, or one finish for both
- Hardware finish, or your own locksets and deadbolts
- Photos of each door from outside and inside, and a close-up of each threshold
What JMB supplies
- Measurement of both openings and one prehung order, with options such as Masonite, Therma-Tru or ProVia
- Two units in a matching finish, each on its own line
- Old doors, frames and thresholds removed and hauled away
- Sill, subfloor and jamb-foot rot repaired as found at each door
- Sill pan, flashing tape, low-expansion foam and exterior sealant at each door
- Units set plumb, screwed into framing, strikes and weatherstrip adjusted
- Brickmould outside, casing inside, and 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:
- Steel vs. fiberglass and the glass style for each door
- Two doors on one trip vs. one door now and one later
- Odd widths and heights on an older side door opening
- Rot at the sill and jamb feet once each old unit is out
- Exterior trim against brick, stucco or lap siding
- Fire-rated door and self-closing hinges where the side door opens into the garage
- Painting, quoted as a separate line
Send a photo of each door from outside and inside and a close-up of each threshold. Tell us which door opens into the garage, if either does.
How long it takes
Two doors in sound openings: one full day on site. Sill repair at either door adds hours. Lead time depends on the doors ordered and 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 Maplewood, MN: questions, answered
Can you replace my front door and side door on the same day in Maplewood?
Yes. Both openings are measured on one visit, both units are ordered together in a matching finish, and both are installed in one scheduled trip. Each door is its own line on the quote, so you see what each costs and can hold one back if you want.
Does the door between the house and the garage have to be a special door?
The Minnesota building code calls for a door of a certain fire rating, or a solid wood or steel door of a minimum thickness, between a house and an attached garage, and it usually has to be self-closing. The City of Maplewood building department applies it. We order the side door to meet it and fit self-closing hinges when the opening calls for them.
My side door is only 32 inches wide and shorter than the front. Is that a problem?
No. Prehung doors come in 30, 32 and 36 inch widths and in 6-foot-8 and shorter heights, and odd postwar openings are measured and ordered to fit. If the opening is an inch short, the header can be adjusted; if you want a wider door, that is a framing change and its own line.
Is a permit needed to replace exterior doors in Maplewood?
The City of Maplewood building department sets that rule. Changing the size of an opening is the usual trigger in most cities, and a house-to-garage door has its own requirements. We check for your address and pull the permit when one is needed.
Should both doors be the same style?
The same material and color, usually. The front door can carry glass and the side door a plain or half-lite slab in the same finish, and from the driveway they read as a set. Mixing a stained front door with a painted side door is fine too; what looks wrong is two different whites.
Why is the side door always worse than the front door?
It gets most of the traffic, it is often on the windward side, and it was usually the cheaper door to begin with. The weatherstrip packs down, the threshold cracks under boots and salt, and the hinges sag. A new prehung unit set plumb, with a threshold tight to the slab, fixes all three.
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