I love replacement doors. It’s one of the few upgrades you (or a contractor) can do soup-to-nuts in a day or weekend. The pay-off: Awesome.
Seriously. Even if you don’t use the front door a lot, you see it. And you can feel the air that leaks—or doesn’t—through it. And so can people milling through your open house in February (yes, that’s an OK time of year to sell).
Our fiberglass door is awesome and we love it in layers. First layer: It’s fiberglass so it’s stable; it operates the same in January as it does in August. And it keeps the house comfortable—whether you live in Augusta or Alaska and whether or not you use the door much.
Second layer: Looks. I have seen some severe-iously ugly steel doors that even at 2-seconds old are begging to become replacement doors. But in general, many doors are just boring.
And banged up.
And cheap looking.
And coated with layers of crappy paint.
The panel details on our Therma-Tru fiberglass door door are luscious. They’re deep and contoured, not shallow and stamped. The glass and art are sensational. And we had it coated at the factory—before installation, so there’s no paint to apply or pay for for the door. This saves hours and delivers a super not-worrying-about-this-for-a-long-time finish.
So when it comes to picking projects you want to do with the kickin’ -est bang-for-the-buck effect, it’s hard to go wrong with replacement doors.
