Door Installation in Port Orchard, WA
A door is the one part of a house you touch every single day.
You feel a bad one immediately. It sticks in November and swings open on its own in July, the deadbolt needs a shoulder behind it, and cold air slides across your feet in the entry. A door that was hung right does none of that, for decades. We install interior and exterior doors across Port Orchard, and most of our installs are finished in a single day. We are a fully licensed and insured remodeling contractor, factory-trained as an authorized Onyx shower installer, and
Straight Up Remodeling is a local, family-owned and operated, locally owned company.
Why Port Orchard Homeowners Replace Their Doors
- Security. A solid door in a properly anchored frame, with a reinforced strike plate, is a genuinely different obstacle than a hollow slab with three-quarter-inch screws in the hinges.
- Energy. Washington's energy code holds exterior doors to a set U-factor, and a modern insulated door meets it easily. An old one with a gap you can see daylight through does not.
- Curb appeal. The front door is the first thing anyone judges, and it is the cheapest exterior change with that much visual payoff.
- Interior style. Swapping flat hollow-core doors for panel doors changes a hallway more than paint does.
- Operation. Doors that latch, seal, and stay where you put them.
What is your front door telling the person standing on the porch right now?
Interior Door Installation
Sliding doors for tight spaces, French doors when a room needs light borrowed from the room next to it, panel and flush doors everywhere else. We install prehung units and hang slabs into existing jambs when the old frame is sound and worth keeping.
Our interior process:
- Precise measurement of the opening, including checking the jamb for plumb and square
- Careful removal of the old door and hardware
- Installation of the new door, shimmed and set so it stays where you leave it
- Hardware fitted, trim adjusted, and all old materials hauled away
Hollow-core or solid-core inside the house?
Solid-core costs more per door and it is the upgrade people notice fastest, because it kills sound between rooms. Worth it on a bedroom, an office, or a bathroom. Less so on a linen closet.
Most homes here get a batch of interior doors done together, which is far cheaper per door than doing them one at a time as each one annoys you enough.
What Our Clients Say
Real Google reviews from Port Orchard homeowners
We hired them to install some kitchen cabinetry, an interior storm door and custom garage storage cabinets as part of our kitchen and home remodel. We couldn't be happier with the service and results, especially the fine finish carpentry and attention to detail put into the work.
Working with Straight Up Remodeling was a great experience. They did a beautiful job in a timely manner and were very communicative. We would definitely work with them again!
Straight Up Remodeling did a fantastic job on our kitchen remodel! The staff were friendly, the pricing was affordable, and the quality of their work was outstanding. We're looking forward to working with them again for our bathroom project. Thank you so much!
Entry doors, patio doors, and storm or security doors. This is the work where installation quality matters most, because an exterior door has to keep out weather that Kitsap County supplies in quantity.
Our exterior process:
- Removal of the old door and frame
- Preparation of the opening, including checking the sill and framing for rot before anything new goes in
- Installation of the new door and frame, flashed and sealed against water
- Hardware, weatherstripping, and threshold adjusted for a tight, even seal
- Final inspection, caulking, and cleanup
In our experience, the single most common failure on an older Port Orchard entry is water damage at the sill that nobody knew about until the old frame came out. We would rather find it, tell you, and repair the framing than set a beautiful new door on soft wood.
Weatherstripping and the threshold sweep are where an exterior install is won or lost. Both are adjustable, and both get left at the factory setting by installers in a hurry. We set them with the door closed on a strip of paper, working around the whole perimeter until the seal is even. It takes twenty minutes and it is the difference between a door that seals and one that whistles in a January southerly.
One more local detail. Homes closer to the water get salt in the air, and standard-finish hardware pits faster there. We steer those clients toward better-coated hardware and it pays for itself.
Door Materials and Custom Doors
Wood. Warm, classic, and the only material that can be trimmed and refinished endlessly. It wants an overhang or a storm door if it faces our weather directly.
Fiberglass. Our most-recommended exterior material. It insulates well, will not warp or rot, and the wood-grain finishes have gotten genuinely good.
Steel. The strongest option for the price and a solid choice when security is the priority. Dents are the tradeoff.
Glass. Full-light and half-light doors, clear or frosted, for entries and interiors that need daylight moved around. Frosted panels give you light without giving up privacy.
For anything a catalog does not cover, we build custom. Odd openings in older homes, a wider door for accessibility, a pantry door milled to match existing trim. Custom work is where our finish carpentry earns its keep, and it pairs naturally with semi-custom cabinets when a project touches both.
What Door Installation Costs in Port Orchard
Four things set the price: the door itself, whether the frame is being replaced, the hardware, and what we find in the opening.
A slab swap into a good existing jamb is the least expensive job we do. A prehung exterior unit with new flashing, trim, and a rebuilt sill is at the other end. Between those, the biggest single variable is the door, since a hollow-core interior door and a solid fiberglass entry with sidelights are not in the same conversation.
Accessibility work is its own case. Widening an opening to 36 inches for a walker or a wheelchair means touching framing, and sometimes trim and flooring on both sides, so it is priced as a small remodel rather than a door swap. We do a fair amount of it for clients planning to stay in the house, and it is money well spent early rather than urgently.
Doing several doors on one visit lowers the cost of each, because setup and cleanup happen once. Every installation carries a satisfaction guarantee, and we can connect you with trusted local lenders who offer financing options.
Door Installation FAQ
How long does door installation take?
Most doors go in inside a day, and a batch of interior doors is usually a single visit. Replacing an exterior frame, or repairing rot we find in the opening, can push it to two.
Do you measure the doors for me?
Yes. We can quote off standard sizes to get you a ballpark, then we measure in the home before anything is ordered. Openings in older Port Orchard houses are rarely the size the plans said they were.
What happens if the door does not fit properly?
We fix it, at our cost. That is the point of measuring in person and of the guarantee behind the work.
How much does door installation cost?
It depends on the door, the frame, and the hardware. We give free written estimates so you have a real number in hand before deciding.
Should I replace the frame or just the door?
If the existing jamb is plumb, square, and dry, a slab swap saves you money and we will say so. If it is out of square or the sill is soft, replacing the unit is the cheaper decision over the life of the door.
Ready for New Doors in Port Orchard?
Doors are the easiest project on this site to underestimate and the one clients tell us they notice most afterward. We fit them on their own, and as part of interior remodeling, kitchen remodels, and whole home remodeling, where we also handle the flooring and trim that has to meet each threshold.
See the work in our project gallery, then get in touch. We serve Port Orchard, Kitsap County, Mason County, and Gig Harbor, and the areas we serve page lists the rest.
Call (360) 477-2375 or request your free Port Orchard door installation estimate