Front Entry Doors in Dallas–Fort Worth
Replacement front entry doors: solid, well-sealed, with the sidelights, glass and hardware chosen to suit the elevation. For homeowners who want the single change that does the most for how the house reads from the curb.
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What do you get with Longhorn’s Front Entry Doors?
It is also the door you use most and the first thing a visitor touches. We treat it as three choices (the door, the glass around it and the hardware) plus the install detail that matters more than any of them: setting it square on a sound, well-flashed sill.
An entry door takes the full weather on most DFW homes: afternoon sun on a west-facing porch, driving rain, and the odd hard freeze. A tired door lets air in around the edges, warps or fades, and gets harder to lock. Replacing it usually fixes all three at once.
- Better weather seal than a tired original door
- Improved security at the main point of entry
- Glass, sidelight and hardware options to match the house
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How are Front Entry Doors installed, priced and cared for?
Choosing comes down to three things: how much glass you want (light versus privacy), whether sidelights or a transom suit the elevation, and the hardware. We bring samples so you can see them against your brick and trim.
Entry door installs center on the sill and the lock side. We remove the old door and trim, check the sill and subfloor for water damage (common where a porch drains toward the door), set a new sill pan or flashing, then set the unit plumb and square so the deadbolt lines up and the weatherstrip meets the slab evenly all around. Foundation movement on Blackland clay is the usual reason a DFW front door drags or won’t latch, so we check the opening for twist, not just size.
For an entry door the big price drivers are the sidelights and transom, the amount and style of decorative glass, the door material and finish, and the lockset. Replacing the whole frame and sill costs more than fitting a slab into a sound frame, and we’ll tell you which your opening needs.
Front Entry Doors: common questions
Decide how much light you want against how much privacy, then whether sidelights or a transom suit the front of the house. We bring samples so you can see them against your brick and trim.
Whatever the opening needs. We set doors square and seal them properly, which is most of what makes a door close cleanly for years.
If your entry faces the weather, yes. It protects the main door and lets you ventilate without opening up the house.
Most often the house has moved. Clay soil under DFW slabs shifts with the seasons and pulls the opening out of square. A new door set properly corrects the opening, not just the slab.
Wipe it down, keep the weatherstrip clean, and check that the threshold still seals. If it has a painted or stained finish, look at the side that gets afternoon sun each year.
Before You Commit to Front Entry Doors
- Decide on the whole opening. Sidelights and a transom are part of the entry. Keeping, adding or removing them sets the size of the job and how much daylight reaches the hall.
- Choose glass for the hallway as well as the street. Clear glass lights the entry; textured or privacy glass keeps most of that light without letting the street see straight in.
- Note which way it faces. A south- or west-facing entry takes hard afternoon sun, which is worth knowing before settling on a dark finish or adding a storm door in front of it.
How does an entry door project run?
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A free measure and quote
We measure the opening, check the frame and threshold for rot or movement, and price the door, hardware and trim as one job.
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Ordered to the opening
The door is built to the measurements, so the fit is square and the weatherstrip actually seals rather than being forced to close.
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Framing done properly
Where the frame or sill needs repair, it is repaired before the door goes in. A good door on a bad frame is a callback waiting to happen.
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Walkthrough and warranty
We check the swing, latch and lock with you, adjust anything that needs it, and leave the manufacturer and installation warranties.
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Who builds your project
- Family-owned since 1984. Dallas–Fort Worth homeowners have hired Longhorn for four decades. The business is still family-owned.
- One team, start to finish. The person who measures your home and the crew that installs the work are both Longhorn's, on one schedule.
- In-house crews. The people who quote the job are the people who stand behind it.
- Permits and HOA handled. We draw the job, file the permit with your city and prepare what most HOAs ask for.
- One warranty. One company answers for the whole project, not a folder of separate contractors.
Free estimate on Front Entry Doors
We’ll come out, measure, talk through the options and give you a firm number. No obligation.
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