Entry Door Installation in Woodbury, NY

Two real ones. They’re heavy — a double runs 600 to 900 pounds, so the header and framing have to be sound, which is why we check at the measure and not on install day. And steel conducts cold: in a sustained deep freeze you can see condensation on the interior face of any metal door. Ours are foam-insulated in both the slab and the frame, with dual-pane Low-E argon glass and heavy weatherstripping around the jamb and every glass frame, which is what keeps that to a minimum. If any of those are dealbreakers, a fiberglass door is a legitimate choice and we’ll tell you so.

Woodbury’s larger colonials carry either style well, but iron’s scrollwork tends to suit the bigger, more traditional facades out here, while steel goes to the newer construction closer to the LIE. We build both at similar prices, so it comes down to the house and what you want people to see first.

No salt air this far from the water, so corrosion isn’t the main risk. UV exposure and an improperly sealed weld are what actually wear a finish down out here. Same seven-step finish and two-year warranty regardless.

In a sustained deep freeze you can get condensation on the interior face of any metal door. That’s physics, not a defect, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. What we do about it: polyurethane foam injected into both the slab and the frame, dual-pane argon-filled Low-E tempered glass, and heavy weatherstripping around the jamb and around every glass frame. Two things in the house make it worse — high indoor humidity and a heat vent blowing straight at the door — and we’ll walk you through both at the measure.

Woodbury is Town of Oyster Bay, same building department that covers our own shop. A like-for-like replacement in an existing opening usually doesn’t trigger a permit; some of the newer developments here do have an HOA on top of that, and we’ll tell you what’s required before you order.

Less common on the newer Woodbury construction than on an older Long Island colonial, but it still happens, usually from settling rather than anything structural. We laser-measure every opening regardless of the house’s age and price any rebuild at the measure.

One day. Old unit out and new unit in happens inside the same few hours — we set the frame plumb, foam and seal it, hang the hardware, and clean up before dark. You sleep behind your new door that night. Drywall and paint are a return visit; we can’t finish those on day one.