Custom Doors for Your Home

The most frequently used component of the exterior of a house are it's doors.  Entry Doors, Patio Doors, and French doors are the common varieties of exterior doors.  Replacing any or all of these vital portals to your home will increase its value, increase its energy efficiency, and make the exterior of your home more visually appealing.

Exterior doors as a whole make a world of difference to a home. If doors are hard to open, look dirty and unmaintained, allow outside wind and temperture in, or don't lock securely, the value of a home is depleted directly. Not to mention utility bills and energy cost will be much higher than they need to be.

Benefits of New Doors in Your Home

• Will Increase Curb Appeal and Exterior Visual Appeal
• Creates a Cleaner Looking Home Inside and Out
• Decreases drafts and air infiltration, lowers utility bills and energy costs
• Raises Value of the home, sometimes as much as 100% of investment
• Better, properly operating locking systems, make your home more safe and secure
• Decreases frustration caused by doors that are hard to operate
• New options like built in blinds and roll away screens, make new doors more functional
• Decrative additions such as ornate glass and fancy hardware add value and appeal
• French style doors installed in patio or deck area add a rich, more open look
• Sliding Glass Patio Doors lend themselves to tighter, smaller areas

Main Types of Exterior Doors

Entry Doors- The main entrance door to your home.  Many people don't realize that their front entrance door has a huge impact on the curb appeal of their home.  In addition, your front doors in most cases is the door you use the most and the door that needs to be the most secure.  Not to mention, this door in most houses is the least energy efficient window or door.  There are so many options are available from textures, materials, glass options, sidelight options, and energy efficiency components, that where to start can be very frustrating.

Patio Doors- The exit to your outside recreational area.  Patio doors or sliding glass doors as they are called, are just that sliding doors made of mostly glass.  Because this door is made of several pieces of large glass, two things are extremely important.  Energy Efficiency and Ease of Use.  The only thing worse than a glass door that is cold and drafty is a glass door that is hard to open and doesn't lock properly.

French Doors- Dressing up the patio door.  The name french door has changed in recent years.  It used to be a description of the door frame.  Larger and more pronounces.  Now when you mention the term french door people think a glass door that swings open.  French doors come in serveral varieties, single door swings, double door swings, inward swing doors, and outward door swings.  Just like a patio door, energy efficiency and ease of use are