Front Door Replacement & Entry Door Installation in Metro Detroit

A drafty, sticking, or storm-battered front door quietly drags down your home's comfort, security, and curb appeal every single day. BH Door Solutions handles entry door installation and front door replacement across Metro Detroit—doors chosen right, hung plumb, and sealed tight so they hold up through every freeze-thaw. Front entries, side entrances, and the back or service door off the garage all get the same exterior door installation. You get honest flat-rate pricing, a free estimate, and one clean visit.

When It's Time for Front Door Replacement

Michigan doors take a beating. If yours sticks in the summer humidity and won't latch, lets in a draft you can feel, shows rot or rust along the bottom rail, or rattles loose in its frame, replacement usually beats another patch. A door that no longer seals is running up your heating bill and leaving your home easier to force open.

We also tackle the urgent stuff promptly during business hours—doors damaged in a break-in attempt, warped by a storm, or that suddenly won't lock or close—so your home is buttoned up again the same day when the schedule allows.

Once you have decided, the next question is almost always the calendar. Because an exterior door is built to your opening rather than pulled off a shelf, our guide to how long a front door replacement takes walks through what sets the lead time and when to start so the work lands in good weather.

• Drafts you can feel, or a door that whistles in the wind
• Sticking, dragging, or a latch that no longer lines up
• Rot, rust, or water damage along the frame or bottom rail
• Cracked, foggy, or single-pane glass in the door or sidelights
• A dated door dragging down your curb appeal and home value

Choosing Your Entry Door: Fiberglass, Steel & Wood

The right material comes down to your budget, how exposed the entry is, and the look you want. We install all three main types and walk you through them honestly—no upselling you into more door than your entryway needs.

• Fiberglass entry door: our most popular pick—it won't rot, warp, dent, or rust, mimics real wood grain, and its insulated core stands up beautifully to Michigan freeze-thaw.
• Steel entry door: the toughest, most budget-friendly choice for security, with a foam-insulated core that blocks the cold—ideal for high-traffic and light commercial entrances.
• Solid wood door: timeless, substantial, and fully customizable for character homes—best under a covered porch where it's shielded from direct weather.

Double Doors, Sidelights & Transoms

Bigger openings make a statement—and they demand precise installation to stay square, sealed, and smooth-swinging for years. We handle grand entrances from measurement to final adjustment.

• Double / double-entry doors: matched pairs with an active and stationary leaf, hung dead-level so both panels meet and seal.
• Sidelights: slim glass panels flanking the door that pull daylight into your foyer without giving up insulation.
• Transoms: the window above the door that adds height and light—flashed and sealed to keep Michigan rain and snow out.

Side, Back & Service Exterior Doors

Not every exterior door faces the street. The side entrance off the driveway, the back door onto the deck, and the service door into the garage or the basement walk-up take the same Michigan weather as the front and usually more daily traffic. They are also the doors left longest, because nobody judges them from the curb, so by the time anyone looks the jamb has often gone soft at the bottom.

The install is the same job wherever the opening sits. We measure the rough opening, pull the old unit, check the sill and jamb for the rot that freeze-thaw drives up into a bottom rail, then set the new door plumb and square, insulate, flash, and seal it. What changes on a back or side door is the specification. These are the openings an intruder tries first because they are out of sight from the road, so we fit the deadbolt to a reinforced strike anchored past the jamb into the framing, and we usually steer people toward a steel or fiberglass slab rather than glass.

If the opening leads onto a deck or patio rather than a walkway, a slider or a hinged patio pair is normally the better fit, and our patio door installation page covers those. If the door itself is still sound and only the frame has gone soft, door frame and jamb repair is the smaller job and often all the opening needs.

• Side entrances off the driveway, breezeway, or carport
• Back doors onto a deck, patio, or yard
• Service doors into an attached garage, utility room, or basement walk-up
• Steel and fiberglass slabs where traffic and security matter more than looks
• Reinforced strike plates screwed through the jamb into the stud behind it

Installation Built for Michigan Weather

A great door is only as good as its install, and a proper entry door installation starts long before the new door goes in. The problems we most often fix are doors that were never shimmed plumb, frames left un-insulated, and skipped flashing—all of which invite drafts, leaks, and a door that binds the moment the seasons turn.

We remove the old unit, inspect and repair the rough opening, set the new door plumb and square, insulate and flash it properly, then finish with weatherstripping and a threshold that actually seals. Our trucks arrive fully stocked, so most residential and light commercial installs are done in a single visit.

What's included

• Free in-home measurement and a no-obligation written estimate
• Removal and haul-away of your old door and debris
• Your new entry door—fiberglass, steel, or solid wood, slab or pre-hung
• Inspection and repair of the rough opening before the new door goes in
• Professional plumb-and-square setting with proper shimming and insulation
• Weatherstripping, threshold, sweep, and exterior caulk or flashing for a tight seal
• New deadbolt and handleset installation and alignment
• Final walkthrough and a workmanship guarantee on the finished job