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Fast, Reliable Door Installation Across Manor
Door installation in Manor, TX usually runs between $950 and $4,800 for a standard exterior unit, and $3,500 to $12,000 for a custom or pivot door. Those are honest ranges for this market, not national averages. The work itself is typically completed in one day once the door arrives. What actually stretches the calendar in Manor is lead time on custom units, which we map out before you spend a dollar.
We serve Manor from our Austin dispatch office, with uniformed crews who know ShadowGlen, Presidential Meadows, and the original downtown grid off US-290 the way you know your own block. That matters because door installation here is not the same job it is ten miles west. The Blackland Prairie clay under Manor moves, and doors move with it. Call us at (888) 635-0804 and we’ll walk you through what your door actually needs before any estimate is written.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Manor’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We are the company Manor homeowners call after the first door binds, or the second one warps, or a handyman planes the slab down until the deadbolt no longer lines up. Dale Kessler founded TruePane in 2008 on a rule that still sits on the whiteboard in our shop: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. In Manor, that rule applies to door jambs and thresholds as much as glass.
Our reputation in Manor was earned the slow way. We show up when we say we will, in a clean truck, with background-checked technicians who measure every rough opening twice. We have rehung doors in ShadowGlen that two previous crews could not fix, because we treat the clay movement as the primary problem and the door as the symptom. When you call, a live person answers. Not a voicemail tree, not a callback form, not a regional call center. We stand behind our work with a Done Right Promise, and both manufacturer warranty layers get registered in writing before the truck leaves your driveway.
We are also an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including, PGT, CGI, and ES Windows. That means we can quote side-by-side options on paper, not over the phone, so you see exactly what each door costs and what the warranty covers. For Manor’s prairie sun and hail corridor, the right spec matters more than the lowest bid.
Our Door Installation Services in Manor
TruePane installs, replaces, and services exterior and interior doors for homeowners across the 78653 ZIP code. Here is what we do most often, with the Manor-specific reasoning for each.
Entry & Swing Doors
Entry doors take the worst beating in Manor: south- and west-facing units soak up unobstructed prairie sun from midday through late afternoon, while the clay under the threshold cycles through wet winters and dry summers. We install fiberglass and steel entry doors with reinforced jambs, full flashing details, and adjustable hinges spec’d for movement. A correctly set entry door in Manor should swing true on all four corners through a full wet-dry season. Our Door Installation team handles the full job, from teardown to trim.

Double & French Doors
Double doors on a moving slab are a different animal than a single. The mull joint between the two slabs magnifies any racking, and a quarter-inch of clay movement at the threshold shows up as a visible gap at the top meet stile. We shim, anchor, and weather-seal double and French units to the specific foundation behavior of Manor’s subdivisions, not to a generic manufacturer template. Patio French doors on the back of a ShadowGlen home get the same flashing treatment we use on entry units.

Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold and multi-panel folding doors are popular in Manor’s newer builds that open the living room onto a back patio. These doors carry more glass and more moving hardware than any other opening in the house. On production builds from the mid-2000s to today, the original openings were not always framed with enough deflection allowance for Blackland Prairie conditions. We measure the header movement before we order anything, then spec a system that opens and closes cleanly year-round.

Pivot Doors
Manor homeowners choosing a pivot door are usually building or doing a high-end remodel, and they expect the door to operate as beautifully as it looks. A pivot door in Manor demands a reinforced frame tied into a stable rough opening. We coordinate with the builder or architect, confirm the slab conditions, and order the unit with leaf weights and pivot hardware rated for the door’s actual size. Lead time, not labor, drives the schedule here. We set the delivery date in writing before the order goes in.

Storm Doors
Storm doors earn their keep in Manor for a different reason than in northern states. Here they are less about snow and more about intercepting the hail that arrives every spring from Central Texas’s active corridor, plus adding a vented buffer against the summer sun stacking heat against your primary door. They also protect expensive fiberglass or wood entry doors from the full force of the prairie exposure. We install them with heavy-duty closers that survive Manor’s wind, which is honest weather east of Austin.

Arched & Custom Doors
Arched and fully custom doors in Manor are a growing part of our work, particularly in ShadowGlen estates and the newer acreage builds east of town. These units are not off-the-shelf, and they are not interchangeable. We field-measure, pattern the arc, template the rough opening, and order from manufacturers with a true custom mill division. If you want a door that matches the scale of a twelve-foot entry wall, we will quote it side by side with a standard unit so the cost difference is visible before any deposit.

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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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.
Trusted Brands We Service in Manor
We install and service more than a dozen manufacturer lines in Manor, including Pella, Andersen, Marvin, Milgard, Jeld-Wen, PGT, and CGI. We also work with PGT and CGI impact-rated units specifically for Manor homeowners who want a door that can take a hailstorm. We keep hardware and common replacement components in our Austin warehouse, so the repair parts most Manor homes need do not require a two-week manufacturer hold. When we quote a door, we quote the manufacturer line, both warranty layers, and the delivery date on paper. No substitutions, no surprises.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Manor Homes
These are the failures we walk into most often when a Manor homeowner calls us.
- Sticking doors that were already planed down. Homeowners in Manor’s production subdivisions often plane a sticking door once, then twice, until the slab is thin enough that the deadbolt no longer aligns with the strike plate. The real issue is the clay moving under the threshold, and the door is just the visible symptom.
- Frames racked by Blackland Prairie clay. In ShadowGlen and neighborhoods across 78653, seasonal swelling and shrinking of the expansive gumbo clay pushes slabs by fractions of an inch each wet-dry cycle. A new pre-hung door set square in August can bind by February.
- Warped builder-grade vinyl jambs. South- and west-facing entries take unobstructed afternoon sun with little tree canopy to break it. Original vinyl jambs from mid-2000s production builds warp and break the seal at the brickmold, letting air and water into the wall cavity.
- Doors ordered without accounting for lead time. Custom doors, especially pivot units and large arched units, run four to eight weeks or longer from the order date. A project that starts with the door drive the whole schedule. We help Manor homeowners plan backward from their deadline so the door does not arrive late and stall trim, paint, and flooring.
Pricing for Door Installation in Manor, TX
Door installation costs in Manor depend on the unit, the opening condition, and the hardware. Here are the ranges we quote on real jobs here:
- Standard fiberglass entry door, slab and frame, installed: $950 to $2,400
- Double French patio door, full replacement, flashing and trim: $2,800 to $6,500
- Pivot door, custom size, engineered hinge assembly, installed: $4,500 to $12,000
- Storm door, with closer and hardware: $450 to $900
- Arched or fully custom entry door, field-templated and ordered: $3,200 to $8,000
The price is fixed in writing before we order anything, so the number on the estimate is the number on the bill. Both warranty layers are registered before we leave your driveway. Call (888) 635-0804 and we will give you a sheet with manufacturer options side by side, including lead times, so you can make a decision based on the full picture. Estimates for Manor homeowners are free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Manor
TruePane runs crews into all the surrounding communities from our Austin dispatch office. We serve homeowners in Pflugerville, Elgin, Del Valle, and the State Board of Insurance area, with the same pricing structure and the same Done Right Promise. If you live near Manor and need door work done right, the phone number is the same: (888) 635-0804.
Serving Manor, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Manor 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 Manor
Because the Blackland Prairie clay under Manor’s foundations swells in wet seasons and shrinks in dry ones, and that movement tilts the rough opening just enough to rack a door frame. Tightening hinges will not fix a moving slab. The fix starts with a frame and hinge assembly spec’d for movement. Call (888) 635-0804 for an exact quote; estimates are free.
Yes, if you replace it the right way. The clay never stops moving. The solution in Manor is to install a door with an adjustable frame and hinge points that tolerate seasonal movement, not to wait for the ground to settle. We spec every door this way in 78653. Call (888) 635-0804 and we will tell you what your opening actually needs.
For Manor, a practical impact-glazed door is a PGT or CGI model rated for large and small missile impact, plus an SGCC-rated tempered glass package where code requires it. Impact glazing is not a luxury upsell here; the open prairie east of Austin sees hail every spring. We quote impact and standard options side by side so the cost difference is visible before you commit.
Only if the door is ordered first. A custom pivot door from most manufacturers runs four to eight weeks, and sometimes more for large slabs. That is the actual driver of your schedule, not labor. We field-measure, order, and confirm the delivery date in writing before the unit is released to production. After that, the install itself is normally a single day.
We replace the slab and address the frame movement underneath it. A planed-down door has already lost its structural edge and its weather seal. We will not reinstall a slab that is thinner than the manufacturer’s tolerance. We spec a new unit with adjustable hinges and a flashing detail built for the clay cycle, so the next wet spring does not repeat the problem. Call (888) 635-0804 for a quote on a door that stays square.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Manor and the surrounding Central Texas communities since 2008 through a heritage of craft and community commitment.



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