Doors and windows across Garland County
Door Installation and Repair in Hot Springs, AR
Exterior doors and interior doors, hung on jambs set square in the opening. We look at the opening first, and the door you paid for closes with one hand.
What we hang and what we repair
Exterior and interior doors
Entry doors and double doors set in an arch, each one hung on a jamb shimmed plumb in the framing. Interior doors go on new jambs when the old jamb has split. Barn doors go on track hardware lagged into the blocking behind the drywall, and strap hinges take the weight of a solid slab.
Repair work covers the same opening. A split jamb and its casing get filled and painted. We sand between those two steps, and that is what keeps the repair from showing. A threshold comes off when the subsill under it has gone soft, and the lockset and the strike plate behind it get set so the bolt catches the plate every time. We install and replace windows as well, and the estimate covers the opening and the trim around it.
The order is the same on most jobs. The jamb goes in plumb, the door hangs on its hinges, the threshold seats and seals, and the hardware goes on last, with casing and paint closing the opening. A patio door that opens onto a new deck gets its threshold set to meet the decking.
Thresholds and subsills
A flashed subsill under a new black threshold that drains water away from the bottom of the opening.
Casing and paint
Casing masked and sanded back, then trim painted to a line that looks straight from the hall.
The first stage of the job
Where a door job starts
Our crew has opened enough casings to know the common problems before they turn up. A jamb that looks fine from the hall can be soft at the floor. Nobody sees the subsill under the threshold, and a new door needs sound wood there to hang level. We do that look in the first stage of the job, and what we find is what your estimate is built on.
Water comes down the face of an exterior door and stands at the slab, and the bottom of a wood jamb takes it. The wall around the opening gets the same look, because the siding and the exterior trim meet the jamb at that corner. A rotted corner there becomes siding work as well as door work, and one visit covers both.
See the work
Two openings put right
One entry jamb had split along its full height and pulled its casing off the wall. Filler and white paint closed the split, and the casing went back on painted to match. The masking tape is still on the door edge, because the paint was fresh that day.
At a lake house an open storage bay sat under the upper floor with bare sheathing inside. Stained barn doors on black strap hinges close it in now, and the siding around them matches the rest of the house. There is more of the finished work to look through.
BeforeAfter
BeforeAfter- One call handles your entire project from start to finish.
- Free estimates.
- 28 finished jobs photographed before and after, and you can see them before you call.
What we look at on site
What moves the price
Five things move the number on a door, and we check all five before we quote.
The jamb
A jamb that is still solid gets filled and painted. A jamb that has rotted comes out, and a new one goes in.
The subsill
The wood under the threshold has to be sound before we set a new door on it.
The opening
A double entry takes more material than a single bedroom door.
The door you pick
A hollow interior door and a stained exterior door are far apart on price.
The trim
New casing around the opening adds material and a coat of paint.
We look at the opening on site and put one number in writing. That price stands unless you change the scope, and the visit costs you nothing.
Around the lake and in town
Hot Springs and Hot Springs Village
We work out of Hot Springs. The drive to your house is short. An entry door in town and a patio door in the Village get the same first step. The casing comes off and we check the jamb underneath. A door that faces the water takes more weather than one behind a porch, and the jamb shows it first.
Neighbors around Hot Springs voted us a Nextdoor Neighborhood Favorite. One written estimate covers the opening in the wall and the door that hangs in it.
Asked on the estimate
Questions we get asked
Is a sticking door the door or the frame?
You can see it in the gap. A gap that opens along the top corner on the latch side means the frame has moved. A door that drags in summer and swings free in winter is wood swelling against a jamb that is still square. Check the strike plate too, because a bolt that no longer meets the plate has moved with the frame.
Can you repair the jamb and keep the door?
Yes, when the jamb is still solid. Press a screwdriver into the wood at the bottom of the jamb. Sound wood stops the tip and rotted wood takes it. That one test is how we know whether filler will hold, and hinge screws that spin without biting mean the same thing.
Do you replace windows too?
Yes. The estimate covers the opening and the trim around it. Ask about the window while we are out looking at the door, because one visit can cover both.
Can you hang a barn door?
Yes, on track hardware with strap hinges. A barn door needs clear wall beside the opening as wide as the door itself, so a light switch or a tall baseboard in that space changes where the track goes. We lag the track into the blocking behind the drywall, so the framing takes the weight.
Free estimate
Tell us about the opening
A call back
One of us calls to ask what the door does now and how old the opening is.
A look at the opening
Our crew checks the jamb and the sill on site, then puts one number in writing.
Get a free estimate
Tell us what the door does now. We come look at the opening, and the visit costs you nothing.
