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Door installation in Somerset usually runs between $450 and $2,800 depending on whether we’re hanging a standard pre-hung entry unit or opening a wall for custom French doors in a manufactured home. Most Somerset jobs take one day, though work that requires reframing a non-standard rough opening or pulling permits for structural changes runs two to three. Somerset sits far enough south of San Antonio that our crew can reach homes off Somerset Road, Blue Wing Road, and the side streets around the 78069 ZIP within about 30 minutes of leaving the shop. If you’re standing in front of a door that binds in August or a threshold that’s starting to soften, call (888) 635-0804 and talk to a person who knows Somerset framing.
Why TruePane Windows & Doors Is Somerset’s Preferred Door Installation Company
We’ve worked enough homes between the railroad tracks and the edge of Atascosa to know what’s behind a Somerset wall before we open it. TruePane Windows & Doors has served this part of Bexar County for years, and Dale Kessler’s rule has never changed: if the pane is not true, the job is not done. That applies to a $400 storm door as much as a $3,800 arched entry unit. Somerset homeowners call us because our techs measure every opening twice, write the manufacturer quote side by side on paper, and register both warranty layers before the truck leaves the driveway. We’re not a franchise playbook. We’re a second-generation glazier’s crew that plans to be in town in thirty years.
Our Door Installation team has replaced hollow-core exteriors on 1970s ranch houses near the high school and reframed HUD-code openings in manufactured home parks off Somerset Road. The work holds up because we don’t skip flashing tape at the sill, we don’t stuff gaps with spray foam and call it square, and we don’t leave a job without a written workmanship guarantee. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Not a callback form. Not a regional call center. You call, we answer.
Our Door Installation Services in Somerset
Entry & Swing Doors
Most entry doors we replace in Somerset are leaky steel units or hollow-core originals that have warped in the south Texas heat. We quote insulated steel and fiberglass entry systems sized to your actual rough opening, not whatever the big-box store has in stock. In older wood-frame ranch houses, that often means adapting the jamb to a slab-on-grade foundation that has shifted over four decades. We check the jamb load capacity before hanging anything heavy, because a twisted fusion-welded frame makes the deadbolt strike miss, and that’s a security problem on a rural lot with no streetlights.
Double & French Doors
Homeowners near Von Ormy Road and the larger lots on the county’s southern fringe often want a double French door where a single hinged door used to be. That works when the header was sized for it. In manufactured homes, it rarely was. We tell you that before we quote, not after we open the wall. When the structure allows, we install Marvin or PGT double units with low-E glass rated for the UV load Somerset gets from May through September. When it doesn’t, we price a PGT single with sidelight and explain why that’s the square deal.
Bifold & Folding Doors
Bifold doors on Somerset patios and laundry rooms take a beating from humidity and dust. The rollers wear, the track bends, and the panels start dragging. We can rebuild the track and replace the hardware, but on homes where the surrounding wall has settled, we often recommend replacing the whole assembly with a properly shimmed unit. It’s less expensive than fighting a 30-year-old frame that’s no longer square. We stock replacement hardware for common residential and manufactured-home bifold sizes in our San Antonio shop and can have most parts on a Somerset job the same week.
Pivot Doors
A pivot door on a modern Somerset build is a different animal from a standard hinged unit. The weight sits on a floor-mounted pivot and a top bearing, which means the subfloor and header have to carry the load. We see homeowners buy pivot slabs online and then discover their 1980s ranch opening can’t take the hardware without structural work. We quote pivot installs with that work included, in writing, before the slab is ordered. The Keystone Standard applies here: manufacturer warranty registered, durations stated, our work guaranteed for 90 days with no fine print that covers neither.
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 Somerset
TruePane is an authorized installer for more than a dozen manufacturer lines, including PGT, CGI, and ES Windows. That matters in Somerset because the hail corridor over Bexar County makes impact-rated doors a legitimate conversation after a spring storm, and not every shop can quote CGI and ES side by side on paper. We order direct from the manufacturer for Somerset jobs, which means correct sizing on HUD-code rough openings that stock distributors don’t carry. Most doors arrive in one to three weeks. If you’re comparing, we’ll hand you the line-item quote with both warranty durations written down and let you decide with your eyes open.
Common Door Installation Problems We See in Somerset Homes
This is what our crew has actually found behind Somerset doors. Some of it is visible the moment the trim comes off. None of it is rare.
- Manufactured-home rough openings fitted with standard residential pre-hung units. HUD-code homes use different rough opening dimensions. When a contractor stuffs a stock pre-hung door into that opening, there’s a 3/4-inch gap that gets filled with expanding foam and hidden under trim. The door sags, the weatherstripping separates, and the homeowner blames the door instead of the fit.
- Flashing tape missing at the sill on 1970s slab-on-grade ranch houses. The first heavy spring hailstorm drives water under the threshold, and within six months the jamb is soft enough to sink a screwdriver into. Then the door binds at the top corner every time the humidity spikes.
- Heavy steel doors hung on original hollow-core jambs. A steel or fiberglass entry unit weighs three times what a hollow-core door weighs. Without checking the jamb load capacity and reframing where necessary, the frame twists under the weight and the latch stops lining up. We see this on Somerset homes where a well-meaning handyman swapped the slab only.
- Weatherstripping that fails within two Texas summers. Somerset’s heat and UV are harder on door seals than what central Texas sees. Vinyl seals get brittle, magnetic strips lose their grip, and daylight shows through the sides by year three. We use compression and Q-Lon rated seals on exterior doors and show you what was installed and why.
Pricing for Door Installation in Somerset, TX
Here are real numbers for the Somerset market. A storm door install with a basic aluminum unit runs $380 to $700. A standard entry door replacement with an insulated steel unit starts around $900 and tops out near $2,200 depending on whether we’re reframing. Double French doors with low-E glass run $2,800 to $6,500 when the opening needs a new header. Pivot doors start at $4,000 and climb fast once structural work is involved. Arched and custom doors in Somerset run $2,500 to $7,000 because almost every arched rough opening on an older home is non-standard and needs a custom jamb.
What moves the number is what’s behind the wall: termite-weakened jambs, undersized headers, HUD-code non-standard openings, and permit-required upgrades. We handle it with allowances written into the contract and any surprise priced and approved in writing before we touch the wall. Call (888) 635-0804 for a free, written estimate. The quote you get is the price you pay, and both warranty layers are registered before the truck leaves your driveway.
Key Takeaways for Somerset Homeowners
- Most Somerset door installs run $450 to $2,800; custom French and pivot work runs higher.
- Manufactured and HUD-code homes need HUD-compliant jamb widths and slab heights, not stock residential units.
- We write permit-triggered code upgrades into the contract and price change orders before any work starts.
- PGT and CGI impact-rated doors are a real conversation after Somerset’s spring hailstorms.
- Both warranty layers are registered in writing, with durations stated, before we leave the job.
We Also Serve Cities Near Somerset
TruePane crews handle door installation across the rural southern fringe of Bexar County and into the nearby towns. We cover Von Ormy, Atascosa, Macdona, and Lytle, plus the scattered acreages between them. If you’re on the county line or a few miles outside city limits, call anyway. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our San Antonio office, and crews serve Door Installation in Somerset and the surrounding area locally, not from a map of zip codes we’ve never driven.
Serving Somerset, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Somerset 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 Somerset
Manufactured and HUD-code homes use rough openings that follow HUD sizing standards, not site-built residential dimensions. In practice, that means the opening is often narrower or shorter than what a stock pre-hung door from a lumberyard expects, and the jamb width is frequently 2×4 instead of 2×6. We measure the actual opening, verify it against the manufacturer’s spec sheet, and order the slab and jamb to match. Putting a standard residential pre-hung unit into a HUD opening leaves a gap that gets foamed and trimmed and then fails. Call (888) 635-0804 and we’ll measure yours for a written quote.
The most common upgrades are insulated steel or fiberglass entry doors, modern low-E glass in sidelights, and reframing of undersized openings to current header and jamb standards. On older manufactured homes, the inspection may also flag corroded hardware and weatherstripping that’s no longer compliant. Our crew tells you which upgrades the permit is likely to require before we open the wall, writes them into the contract as allowances, and prices any finding as a change order you approve in writing before we proceed. The job doesn’t move until you know what it costs.
Yes, if you’re in the San Antonio metro’s recurring spring hail corridor, which Somerset sits inside. PGT and CGI impact-rated doors carry certification for windborne debris and hail, and they typically reduce homeowner insurance premiums in Bexar County by 5 to 15 percent depending on the carrier. More importantly, they hold up when the next storm rolls through. We quote PGT and CGI side by side on paper so you see the exact cost difference and the warranty duration on each. Call (888) 635-0804 for an exact quote.
Sometimes. A double French door needs a header sized to carry twice the span, and most manufactured homes were framed for a single door opening. If the header is undersized, we can reframe it, but that’s structural work that requires a permit and adds cost. We’ll tell you which situation you have before we quote the job. In some Somerset manufactured homes, a single PGT door with a low-E sidelight gives you the light and look of a French unit without the structural fight. Call (888) 635-0804 and we’ll take a look at your opening.
The biggest one is replacing a hollow-core exterior door with a heavy steel unit without checking the jamb load. Those 1980s wood-frame ranch houses off Somerset Road and Blue Wing Road often have original hollow-core jambs that were never meant to carry a steel slab. The frame twists within a year, the sash misaligns, and the deadbolt strike misses. We check the jamb before hanging anything, and we reframe when the load doesn’t add up. Our techs opened a wall on a 1980s ranch off Somerset Road and found aluminum wiring, a termite-weakened jamb, and a door rotted behind failed flashing tape. That job needed a new insulated steel entry door, a low-E sidelight, and full reframing, all priced as a change order before we touched the wall. That’s the standard.
If you have a door that binds, leaks, or just doesn’t close square anymore, call (888) 635-0804 for a free estimate. We’ll measure twice, quote it straight, and stand behind the work in writing. A square deal, done right.
Written by Dale Kessler, Owner at TruePane Windows & Doors, serving Somerset and surrounding communities with window and door craft since 2008.