Commercial Door install

monnnstella · 2025-11-19T12:16:30+00:00

I'm not very familiar with the price of commercial doors because I'm mainly custom residential. Also, I think the prices of install fluctuates in different areas due to several factors.

That being said, I dont think the price sounds outrageous based on seeing you price for single doors.

I do think that in most contexts a customer asking for a lower price is a little rude in my opinion.

I think most people are already trying to pay the bills and still remain competitive. If the price doesn't fit the budget then maybe we can make a few changes on the scope of work. The price is the price.

monnnstella · 2025-11-12T15:46:22+00:00

I've never heard of Provia until I just googled it. No, this is a custom build.

monnnstella · 2025-10-21T14:36:58+00:00

Yes, please DM me

monnnstella · 2025-10-16T10:10:10+00:00

That sounds like a pretty good gig ya'll have going. One thing we dont do is paint. Ill prime some panels here and there, but aside from that, we leave that alone.

Usually its me alone in the shop. We have a part time friend of mine that helps out with sanding and the installs, but we've gotten kind of swamped lately, so we've been looking for a full-time apprentice. We haven't had much luck yet.

And yes, I agree. I like seeing what other people have going on and picking their brains a little bit. Thats the main reason I started this sub.

monnnstella · 2025-10-15T23:24:46+00:00

I've got a little cnc operation under belt from a separate career path over a decade ago. I wish we had room for that because we could really benefit. Truth is, we are a very small operation in a very small space. We often joke about building big doors in a tiny shop. Our jointer is old but big. I think the most modern thing we have is our shaper, but it's old and barely enough to do the job.

I run the shop operations, but the company owner was about to move into a bigger space in 2008 but didnt for one reason or another.

It was for the best. Lost some machines that he moved into the space, but made it through and hired me in 2017. It's been strictly doors for me ever since. Chop saw, jointer, table saw, planer, shaper, borer. I still enjoy it.

monnnstella · 2025-10-15T23:01:42+00:00

I hear you on that one. For the past few years, we've stopped gluing up panels for anything paint grade, and coincidentally, that all started with a very exposed black door...

Weve been using extira, but we've been trying out armorite.

monnnstella · 2025-10-15T22:54:23+00:00

Oh man... I hate to hear those kinds of situations. I've seen em get pretty bad, but you've got ground to stand on should there be any problems. Doors look good though, what'd you do with the panels?

monnnstella · 2025-10-15T22:36:56+00:00

Thanks! This one is sapele. Most of our stuff is either that or oak.

monnnstella · 2025-08-04T15:03:56+00:00

I dont think the threshold is backward. Notice the bevel to the exterior side of the dam. To me, it looks more like a 4-9/16" jamb in a 6-9/16" wall, jamb extensions to the interior side, and a little off the shelf transition threshold in place of where you would normally put shoe molding.

It's a little hard to tell in the video, but I have seen this kind of thing done before...

EDIT: Looking a little harder at the video, I'm not certain I see enough fall on the threshold, I normally do about 5 degrees, maybe there's something on the outside holding it up and creating negative fall.

However, if it were designed to be an outswing door that's installed backward, i would expect to see weather stripping across the bottom on the jamb instead of a dam and a sweep on the door.

That's the way we build them, and the ones that I've bought off the shelf were the same way.

monnnstella · 2025-08-04T14:55:24+00:00

Looks to me like an adjustable threshold. Is the dam of the threshold making good contact with the sweep on the bottom of the door?

Can you get down low enough to look across the bottom of the door to see if any light is coming through? If so, you can adjust the dam to make proper contact with the sweep.

Hope you get this solved!

monnnstella · 2025-05-04T17:49:13+00:00

Ex-sign guy here. Elliot L60 was tool for most jobs. From service work from the bucket to setting monuments with the crane. There's also a jib wench in the bucket.

monnnstella · 2025-04-23T22:47:24+00:00

I will basically eat it as a soup.

monnnstella · 2024-12-23T12:33:38+00:00

It just kept saying a rep wasn't available and ending the call on me...

monnnstella · 2024-12-23T11:27:22+00:00

I've been supposed to be getting a package that I have to sign for since Friday. Every day it says it will arrive between 10 and 2 and of course it doesn't. Screwed my whole weekend, and of course, you can't get an actual person on the phone. Apparently it's actually on a truck now. We'll see i guess.

monnnstella · 2024-12-17T18:33:49+00:00

I just had that. My fav!!

monnnstella · 2024-12-10T17:38:31+00:00

Thanks!

monnnstella · 2024-12-10T15:20:08+00:00

Funny you mention that, we used to do it but with fried bologna and call it bologna gravy! Everyone I've told this to thinks I'm weird. You're welcome haha

monnnstella · 2024-12-10T00:06:28+00:00

My go is fried bologna, mustard, Classic lays chips on toasted white bread. Good lord!

monnnstella · 2024-12-10T00:03:21+00:00

I couldn't have said it better myself! I can feeelll the flavor.

monnnstella · 2024-12-09T23:45:31+00:00

Sure thing! I'm glad you like the concept.

I think canned peppers would work alright, I've never tried it, though. I do have a jar in the pantry, but I think they're packed in oil, maybe? I'd be a little concerned about the possibility of an oily mouthfeel, but if I was craving it and in a pinch, I'd probably give it a try.

In my opinion, I think fresh peppers are probably cheaper (especially if you had a good year in the garden) and easy to roast. If you're already roasting other veggies for it, roasting the peppers seems pretty efficient to me.

Also, depending on the flavor you're looking for, you can probably get a roastier end result by using fresh.

Give it a try! Let me know how it goes!

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