door installation in framingham, ma
Framingham is the biggest town in MetroWest, and its doors cover every era: the Victorians and mill-era homes of Saxonville, the capes and ranches of Pinefield and the neighborhoods off Route 9, the colonials and splits of Nobscot and Framingham Centre, and the newer subdivisions on the north side. Plum ProExteriors installs entry doors, storm doors and sliding and French patio doors across Framingham, a short drive from our Wellesley base, with the installation matched to the house.
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Most Framingham entry doors we replace are prehung fiberglass or steel units set into a repaired opening, which solves the drafts, the sticking and the worn sill in one job. Patio doors are usually sliders or French doors replacing a failed aluminum or wood unit from the seventies or eighties. Installation takes a day for most doors. Every job is quoted after we inspect the opening, and the estimate is free.
what a new door costs
Door pricing depends on the style, the frame material and the glass. Answer four quick questions for a standard, premium and deluxe range. Every project is quoted after we measure the opening, and financing is available on every service we offer.
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doors for framingham homes
What each kind of house needs, and the slab-or-prehung question. Scroll through.
Capes, ranches and splits
Standard-size openings, often with a steel door from a big-box store that has rusted at the bottom or a hollow door that never sealed. On the postwar capes and ranches the original door is sometimes still there, thin, uninsulated and hung in a frame with a wood sill that has taken sixty winters. A prehung fiberglass unit with a new sill and weatherstripping is the fix, and it is the most common door we install in Framingham.
Saxonville and Framingham Centre
Older homes with taller, narrower openings and settled frames. We fit custom-size doors that keep the proportions, shim the frame true and repair the sill where decades of snow have soaked in.
Nobscot and the north side
Colonials with entries that want sidelights and transoms, and patio doors to decks and yards. Sidelights come as part of one wide frame with tempered safety glass; if the opening needs to be widened, we handle the framing, siding and trim.
Lakeside and near the Sudbury River
Doors on the water side take weather from one direction all year. Fiberglass with a factory finish and a storm door matched to it hold up best.
Slab or prehung
A slab is the door alone, hung on the existing frame. A prehung unit is the door, the frame, the sill, the hinges and the weatherstripping as one assembly. A slab is cheaper and works when the frame is solid, square and seals well, which is rare on a door old enough to need replacing. A prehung unit replaces the parts that are actually failing, usually the frame and the sill, and seals the way a new door should. On most Framingham homes we recommend prehung and the calculator prices it that way.
Materials
Fiberglass is our most common recommendation: insulated, dent and rot resistant, and available with a wood-grain finish. Steel is secure and economical. Wood suits some of Framingham's older homes. See our fiberglass vs steel comparison, our guide to the types of exterior doors and what makes an entry door energy efficient.
what a new door costs in framingham
Single entry door
Fiberglass, in a new insulated frame
- Standard
- $4,830
- Premium
- $5,445
- Deluxe
- $6,312
Entry with sidelights
One sidelight; two sidelights from $9,860
- Standard
- $6,280
- Premium
- $7,860
- Deluxe
- $8,820
Patio doors
Gliding from $8,860; French from $13,860
- Standard
- $8,860
- Premium
- $9,770
- Deluxe
- $10,950
What the national door prices leave out
Search for front door cost and you will see $1,200 to $4,500 installed, with labor at $350 to $700 for three to six hours of work, and home centers advertising installation from a few hundred dollars. Those figures describe a standard-size steel or fiberglass slab, prehung, set into a sound opening, at national labor rates, and the home-center price assumes the subcontractor finds nothing wrong when they arrive. They do not include widening an opening for sidelights, lead-safe practice on a pre-1978 house, a ProVia door with a lifetime warranty and three years of labor coverage, or Greater Boston labor. Retail orders also run four to ten weeks of lead time. Our price is a complete price for the door we actually install, including the lead-safe work. Rot in the sill or subframe cannot be priced from the outside; if we find it, it is quoted as a separate repair and you decide before we proceed. See our front door cost guide.
storm doors and patio doors
A storm door protects the entry door and adds a second seal in winter. We install full-view and ventilating storm doors matched to the entry door, and we will tell you when a dark door in full sun should go without one. Patio doors come in fiberglass, vinyl and wood with insulated low-E glass and multi-point locks, and we replace the rotted sills that older aluminum sliders leave behind. See sliding vs French patio doors and our sliding door cost guide.
One crew for doors, windows and siding
A new door looks finished when the trim and siding around it are finished too. Because we also install windows, siding, roofing, gutters and decks in Framingham, we can replace the brickmould, flash the opening and tie into the siding in the same project. See our Framingham siding, roofing and windows pages, and our Framingham decks and gutters pages.
Brands and warranty
ProVia entry doors, which carry a lifetime manufacturer warranty plus three years of labor coverage from Plum ProExteriors, along with Andersen and Harvey patio doors. Plum ProExteriors is an Andersen Certified Contractor at the Elite level and holds a Lead-Safe Renovation Contractor certificate (license LR004195) for pre-1978 homes.
how plum proexteriors replaces a door
We measure the opening, check the sill and the frame, and tell you whether a slab will do or the opening needs a prehung unit. You get a written quote by door. The door is ordered to size, the old unit comes out, the opening is repaired and flashed, the new unit goes in plumb and sealed, and the trim is finished the same day. Financing is available.
what our clients say
The owner is on site for every project, and when the job is done he asks every client the same question on camera: what do you think? These are their answers, at their own homes.
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serving all of framingham
We install doors in Saxonville, Nobscot, Framingham Centre, Downtown, Pinefield, Coburnville and the Golden Triangle, and in Natick, Wellesley, Sudbury, Ashland, Sherborn and Southborough.
frequently asked questions
How much does a new front door cost in Framingham?
A single entry door starts at $4,830 installed, with sidelights, materials and glass as adjustments. See our front door cost guide, or use the calculator on this page.
How much is labor to install a front door?
A standard door is three to six hours of work; a widened opening or an out-of-square frame adds to it. We quote the whole job rather than an hourly rate, so the number you get is the number you pay. Rot repair, if we find it, is the one item quoted separately.
How long does door installation take?
Most entry and patio doors are installed in one day. Widening an opening or adding sidelights takes longer. The door itself has a lead time once it is ordered.
Do I need a permit to replace a door in Framingham?
Replacing a door in the same opening generally does not require a permit. Changing the size of the opening may. We confirm with the city when it applies.
Can you replace just the door slab?
If the frame is solid, square and seals well, yes. In most older Framingham homes the frame and the sill are the problem, and a prehung unit is worth the difference. Rot behind the frame is repaired separately if we find it.
Should I buy the door from a home center and have it installed?
A home center sells a standard-size door and sends a subcontractor to install it, and whatever turns up on the day is between you and the subcontractor. We measure, order the right size, install it and warranty the work.
What brands do you install?
ProVia entry doors, which carry a lifetime manufacturer warranty plus three years of labor coverage from Plum ProExteriors, along with Andersen and Harvey patio doors.
Can I finance a new door?
Yes. Financing is available on every project.
book a free door estimate in framingham
Call us or send the estimate form. We will measure the opening, check the sill and give you a written quote.
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