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Door installation in Hurst means working inside a fully built-out suburb where most homes date to the 1955-1975 ranch boom, and that changes how a contractor should show up. We measure first, price in writing before anything gets lifted, and document the work with photos when it’s done. If you live off Pipeline Road, near Hurst Hills, or anywhere along the Highway 26 corridor, call (509) 265-6387 and we’ll put a written price in your hand before the first tool comes off the truck.
Why Sightline Windows & Doors Is Hurst’s Preferred Door Installation Company
Hurst homeowners don’t call us for a sales pitch. They call because the original aluminum sliding door on the back of a 1968 ranch has seized shut and someone has to cut it out. Our crews work that reality every week. The homes here were built in a narrow window of time, mostly slab-on-grade ranches and split-levels with original single-pane glass and aluminum frames that have spent fifty-plus years in North Texas heat, hail, and grit. That means we arrive already knowing what we’re likely to find before the first screw is removed.
Sonia Raman leads the team, and the standard she set is simple: the measurement and the quote are the same document. The written price you sign is the written price on the final invoice. If a competitor’s estimate is already in your hand, bring it to us and we’ll review it at no charge as a documented second opinion. Every Hurst job is covered by the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right, in writing, under the Haven Standard since 2012. Technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and identified by license number before they arrive. We answer calls with a live person, including at 2 a.m. when a door won’t close after a storm.
Our Door Installation Services in Hurst
Entry Doors
A front entry door on a 1960s Hurst ranch is often the last untouched opening on the house. The frame has shifted with slab movement, the threshold has been painted over a dozen times, and the hinges no longer hold square. We reframe the rough opening, correct the jamb, and install a properly insulated entry door with new weatherstripping and a threshold built for the lot’s actual drainage slope. Entry doors typically run $1,800-$4,200 installed in Hurst depending on material and hardware.
Hurricane-Proof Front & Entry Doors
Hurst sits in Hail Alley, and the February 2021 ice event showed what happens when wind-driven ice meets a single-pane aluminum door frame. Impact-rated doors are built to take a hit without breaching. For a front entry, a CGI or CWS impact-rated door with glazing that won’t shatter inward runs $3,500-$7,500 in Hurst. Insurance-driven replacement after a hail claim is a major reason Hurst homeowners choose impact-rated doors now rather than waiting for the next event.
French & Double Doors
The postwar ranches of Hurst often had a pair of swinging doors between the living room and a patio that has since been enclosed or converted. When the original double door frame rots at the sill from slab moisture or poor flashing, we pull the entire assembly and rebuild the opening. French door replacement in Hurst typically runs $2,500-$6,000 installed, more if we’re correcting a rotted subfloor under the door pan. Our Door Installation team reframes and flashes every opening as standard practice.
Replacement Doors
Replacement doors are the core of our work in Hurst. The original aluminum sliders and hollow-core exterior doors on these homes are past service life. We remove the old assembly, inspect the rough opening for rot and insect damage, and install a new door with correct flashing, shims, and insulation. A standard replacement exterior door in Hurst runs $1,500-$3,800. We do not reuse old flashing or weatherstripping, and we don’t leave the old door for you to haul off.
Storm & Exterior Doors
A storm door added to a Hurst ranch entry does more than block wind. It protects the primary door’s finish from direct sun and hail, which matters on west-facing fronts along streets like Glade Road where afternoon heat is relentless. Storm door installation runs $600-$1,400 in Hurst, and we size it to the actual opening rather than forcing a stock unit into a frame that’s drifted out of square.
What happens when you call
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
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We can specify and install any major door line, but for Hurst homes we’re most often quoting Therma-Tru for insulated fiberglass entry doors, CGI for impact-rated storm protection, and ES Windows for custom glazing on larger openings. We specify by what the opening requires, not by what’s sitting in a warehouse. Because we work Hurst week in and week out, we know which models hold up to Hail Alley cycles and which ones don’t. Every installation carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise and a documented photo record from the first survey to the final walkthrough.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Hurst Homes
- Seized original aluminum sliders. The bottom rollers on a 1960s aluminum sliding door collect decades of North Texas dust and grit, oxidize, and bind. On most Hurst ranch jobs, the door cannot be slid out of its track; it has to be cut out. If yours still slides but takes both hands and a shoulder, it’s already in the final stage of failure.
- Rotted door pans and subfloors. Slab-on-grade ranches with poorly flashed door pans let wind-driven rain into the subfloor framing. By the time you see a soft spot under the threshold, the rot is usually wider than the visual damage. We open the area, document what we find, and rebuild before installing the new door.
- Hollow builder-grade doors on outbuildings. Detached garages, workshops, and ADUs on Hurst acreage usually got the cheapest door the original builder could buy. No weatherstripping, no thermal break, and the door jamb is nailed directly to untreated framing. After a winter like 2021’s Uri, those doors leak cold air and warp.
- Frames drifted out of square. North Texas clay soil expands and contracts through extreme wet-dry cycles, and slab-on-grade ranches shift over decades. A door that was square in 1972 is almost never square now. We don’t force a new slab into a parallelogram; we correct the frame and rebuild the jamb so the new door actually seals.
Pricing for Door Installation in Hurst, TX
Here are the numbers we quote on Hurst jobs, in writing, before any work starts.
| Job Type | Hurst Price Range |
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| Standard replacement exterior door | $1,500-$3,800 |
| Insulated fiberglass entry door (Therma-Tru) | $1,800-$4,200 |
| French or double door replacement | $2,500-$6,000 |
| Impact-rated (hurricane-proof) front entry | $3,500-$7,500 |
| Storm door installed | $600-$1,400 |
| Seized slider removal and replacement | $2,000-$4,500 |
What moves the price: whether the rough opening needs reframing, whether the subfloor has rot, whether the wall cavity is properly insulated, and whether you need impact-rated glazing. Every quote we write in Hurst is a fixed, line-item document. The price we hand you before we start is the price on the final invoice. Call (509) 265-6387 to schedule a free estimate, and we’ll bring the measured survey you keep, whether or not you hire us.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hurst
Our Door Installation in Hurst service area extends to neighboring mid-cities communities including North Richland Hills, Bedford, Colleyville, and Haltom City. Each of those areas has the same 1955-1975 housing stock and the same hail, and we treat every opening with the same measured survey and written price.
Serving Hurst, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hurst area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Door Installation in Hurst
For a like-for-like exterior door replacement within the existing rough opening, the City of Hurst typically does not require a building permit. If you are enlarging the opening, converting a window to a door, or adding a new door on an exterior wall, you will be working with both city and county requirements, depending on your property’s location. On acreage tracts inside Hurst, county rules around setbacks and septic can apply. We pull whatever permit the job calls for and we don’t start until it’s posted. Call (509) 265-6387 and we’ll walk your specific street through the process before you commit.
Yes. An impact-rated door is designed to take a direct hit without breaching, which matters in a Hail Alley location like Hurst. During the February 2021 ice event, single-pane aluminum frames failed first. An impact-rated front entry with laminated glazing gives you a door that stays intact when the hail comes sideways. For Hurst homeowners filing insurance claims after storm damage, upgrading to impact-rated is often the difference between a papered-over patch and a documented, warrantied replacement. We install CGI and CWS impact-rated doors, and we’ll give you the written spec sheet before you sign anything.
The aluminum frame oxidizes and the bottom rollers seize with North Texas dust and grit, and by late summer the metal has expanded through repeated 100°F-plus cycles. On a 1960s Hurst ranch, that door has endured sixty years of this. By late summer, thermal expansion and accumulated oxidation are both at their peak, and the door binds. That’s the most common call we take in Hurst between June and September. If yours is binding, have it looked at before it seizes completely and has to be cut out. We’ll give you a written replacement price and a documented photo record of exactly what we found inside the track.
Yes, and we do this regularly on Hurst acreage properties with outbuildings, shops, and detached garages. The detached building doesn’t need to match your house’s architectural style, but the opening still needs to be flashed, insulated, and sealed correctly. A builder-grade hollow door on a detached workshop warps in 100°F-plus summers and leaks icy drafts after a Uri-style freeze. We can install an impact-rated door with proper weatherstripping and a threshold built for your specific grade. Call (509) 265-6387 and we’ll survey the outbuilding at the same visit as your main house.
On Hurst acreage with a septic system and a private well, Tarrant County setback rules dictate how close a new exterior door or ADU entrance can be to the septic drainfield, the tank, and the wellhead. Those distances are fixed and non-negotiable, and they can move a planned door opening by several feet. We survey the setbacks before you finalize a door location, because we’d rather catch it in the measured survey than watch you move a wall after the frame is cut. Our written quote accounts for the actual buildable location, not the one you sketched on a napkin. Bring us your acreage plan and we’ll flag the conflicts on the first visit.
Written by Sonia Raman, Owner at Sightline Windows & Doors, serving Hurst since 2012.
Contact Sightline Windows & Doors in Hurst
Every engagement starts with a measured survey you keep, a written price before any work begins, and a documented photo record when the job closes. The price cannot differ from the survey. That’s Haven Clause 1, and it’s been the rule since 2012, not a promotion. Call (509) 265-6387 to schedule your free estimate in Hurst. We answer with a live person. We’ll bring the clipboard, the camera, and the written quote. You make the call.
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