A lonely little Spanish villa up on a hill.

We are not called upon to install lots of new doors on new construction projects. Installing new doors made for brand new openings is generally on the low end of the difficulty scale.

Yet some contractors appreciate the level of expertise that comes with our being specialists.

Some doors are too expensive to take chances with. While many finish carpenters do a really good job installing doors, there are still those jobs that require a little extra measure of expertise.

Weathershield is another brand of door & window we install.

In this case, it was three sets of wood-clad double-entry doors.

Again, there are quite a few carpenters who set pre-hung doors into new construction rough-openings.

But when folks need to know that it’s going to get done correctly, it’s not unusual for them to call someone who specializes in door installation.

Dunnage doors are frequently used as temporary doors that the more discerning contractors use to secure a house or building until most of the heavy construction is finished.

This is to protect the permanent doors from the potential nicks and scratches that can come when subcontractors come through the openings carrying tools and materials.

On this new house near Lewis & Clark College, the time had come for us to install the permanent doors, while weatherstripping them at the same time.

Anodized bronze aluminum interlocking thresholds.

Cutting the door-bottoms for the proper clearances relative to the thresholds…

…and installing zinc or brass interlocking weatherstripping hooks has become a lost skill by and large.

These doors were specified to be weatherstripped on the top & sides with silicone compression weatherstripping. Brandon kerfs a door-jamb for the silicone weatherstripping.

We like doors with large bottom-rails and the wider-profile stiles & top-rail, because as those who also repair doors & windows, we have gained an appreciation for the structural integrity…

…that these beefier components afford.
The full-lite door has always been and always will be a classic, even if it’s not particularly a classical design. Clean elegant simplicity.

This was actually what we call a custom on-site pre-hang. The builder, our client had the door, sidelights & jamb components delivered to the job-site.
We sized everything, beveled the door, mortised for hinges & bored for locks.
We also interlock-weatherstripped the door…

…and jamb with Pemko 61-B brass interlocking weatherstripping and a 145B interlocking brass threshold.
We used to do this stuff all the time. But not so much nowadays with the advent of Q-Lon compression weatherstripping systems being installed by pre-hang shops.

Hood River New Construction.
We were called upon to install an 18′ wide X 8′ tall door wall.

This is the view our client is capitalizing upon. Mt. Adams is nestled there in the crook of those mountains.

The product we have been called upon to install this time is a wood-clad Eagle brand product.

The photo inset is showing the engineered header-jamb component that carries the lion’s share of the door weight.

Our service tech Jared is routing the floor for a flush track installation.

Not a recommended threshold for most exterior installations, this particular door opening was sporting a 15′ + overhang to protect from the elements.

Eagle Wood Clad Windows & Doors are another serious contender in the upper-end wood door & window market.

For those who don’t know, wood-clad usually means a wood product that is clad on the exterior with extruded aluminum.

As with Marvin, Pella, Kolbe, Jeld-Wen, Weathershield & a host of others, these are generally considered the Lexus or BMW of the window & door market.

Andersen Windows is generally considered to fit into this same category, though they use Vinyl cladding instead of aluminum. We install & service them all.

New construction of a contemporary home in N.W. Portland West Hills.

A “dunnage door” is a temporary door which contractors typically use for security during the roughest parts of the construction process.

This is so that the Fancy-Dan permanent door doesn’t have to endure the slings and arrows of Portland’s genteel sub-contractors opening and/or closing the door with their tool boxes, air-compressors and such.

Hanging & weatherstripping custom doors and installing mortise-case locks is one of our specialties. And no one does it better than Jared Anderson, one of several of our seasoned journeyman door mechanics.

The finished product after the stain and varnish. And yes, the glass in that door is “mirror-glass.”