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Entry Door Replacement in Wyoming, MN

Your Wyoming front door has a rust line along the bottom, a threshold cranked as high as it goes, and a draft you can feel from the stairs.

Reply within one business day. Or call / text 763-250-3621.

Entry door replacement in Wyoming MN is usually the builder steel door on a 1990s–2000s house, rusted along the bottom, or a door on an acreage house that faces open ground and has never sealed. JMB Builders measures, orders a prehung unit in your style, repairs the sill, sets it on a sill pan with flashing and adjusts it to seal. 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
  • Sill pan and flashing under every door
  • Weatherstrip and strike set for an open-ground wind
Two-story home with shake gables, new grid windows and a glass-panel entry door under a covered porch

The subdivisions that grew along I-35 in Wyoming in the 1990s and 2000s got the standard builder entry: a steel door with a half-lite, a finger-jointed pine jamb and a composite threshold with an adjuster. Twenty-some winters of snow on the stoop have rusted the bottom of the slab and rotted the jamb feet, and the adjuster has usually been cranked all the way up chasing a gap it cannot close. Out on the acreage along the Sunrise River the doors are older and the wind is steadier; those houses often have a door that has never sealed properly on the side that faces the field.

We replace the whole prehung unit. The old door, frame and threshold come out, the subfloor at the sill is checked and any soft wood replaced, a sill pan goes down, and flashing tape laps the sides and head. The new unit is shimmed plumb, screwed through the hinge jamb into framing, foamed in the gap and sealed outside. The strike, deadbolt and weatherstrip are then adjusted so the door pulls tight when the bolt is thrown.

On an exposed wall we pay attention to the sweep and the corner pads, where wind finds a door first, and a storm door is worth talking about. Options such as Therma-Tru, ProVia or Masonite come through ABC Supply, and a front door often rides along with a patio door or window order. 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.

Photos (optional)

Up to 3: one wide shot of the area, one close-up of the opening or trim, one of anything you're unsure about.

How do you want your quote?

Free, no obligation. Every quote is written and itemized, so you can compare it line by line.

What you supply

  • Door style, material, glass and color, plus sidelite glass if you have one
  • Hardware finish, or your own handleset and deadbolt
  • Photos of the door inside and out, the threshold, and the stoop

What JMB supplies

  • In-person measure and the prehung order, 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, sweep, strike and weatherstrip adjusted
  • Brickmould or exterior trim to suit the siding, casing 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:

  • Steel vs. fiberglass slab, glass lites and factory finish
  • Single door vs. a unit with one or two sidelites
  • Rot at the subfloor and jamb feet once the old unit is out
  • Exterior trim against vinyl, LP or cedar siding
  • Handleset, deadbolt or smart lock
  • A storm door added for an exposed wall
  • Painting or staining, quoted as a separate line

Send a close-up of the bottom corners of the door from outside and a photo of the threshold. Say if the door faces open ground.

How long it takes

One door in a sound opening: about a day on site. A sidelite unit or subfloor repair can add a few hours. Door lead time is set at order and written on the quote.

How your project works

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    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 Wyoming, MN: questions, answered

Why is the bottom of my steel front door rusting?

Snow sits against the bottom rail on the stoop, melts in the sun, and gets into the seam where the steel skin meets the wood or composite bottom rail. Once the paint is gone the rust works up from there. The fix is a new unit set on a sill pan so water drains out instead of into the jamb feet.

How do you make a front door seal against wind on an open lot?

Set the frame plumb and square, so the slab meets the stop evenly; adjust the strike so the deadbolt pulls the slab into the weatherstrip; set the sweep to the threshold; and fit the corner pads where the sweep meets the jamb. Most drafty doors miss one of those. A storm door adds a second layer on a wall that takes the wind.

Can I keep my sidelite and replace just the door?

Usually not on a builder unit, because the door and sidelite share one frame and sill, and the sill is where the water damage is. The door and sidelite are ordered as one prehung unit to the size of the opening and set together on a new pan.

Is a permit needed to replace an entry door in Wyoming, MN?

The City of Wyoming 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.

Steel or fiberglass for a door that faces the field?

Either seals if the install is right. Fiberglass does not rust at the bottom, does not dent from a kicked-up rock, and takes sun on a south or west face without chalking. Steel costs less and is fine under a covered stoop. We quote both so you can see the difference.

Can the front door go in with my windows or patio door?

Yes. It is measured at the same visit, ordered through ABC Supply in a matching color, and installed on the same trip. It is listed as its own line on the quote so you can take it now or later.

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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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