Ordering a custom front door is exciting, but getting an accurate quote starts with providing the right information. The more details you can share about your opening, preferred style, materials, and features, the easier it is for a door specialist to recommend the right configuration and price the project correctly.
Nick’s Doors specializes in custom exterior wood doors and prehung entry systems for homeowners, builders, and contractors across the country. Nick’s Doors can create doors for existing openings, new construction, historic homes, and unique architectural designs.
Start With Photos or Inspiration
You do not need a complete architectural drawing to begin.
Nick’s Doors recommends sending a photo, sketch, inspiration image, or plans along with an approximate opening size. If you are replacing an existing door, photos of the current doorway can help the team understand the proportions, style, and surrounding structure.
Helpful images may include:
- A straight-on photo of the current entry
- A photo showing the full doorway and surrounding trim
- An inspiration photo of the style you want
- A sketch of a custom design
- Architectural plans or a door schedule
For historic homes, photos can also help Nick’s Doors better understand original panel layouts, profiles, glass, arches, and proportions.
Provide Your Door Measurements
Size is one of the biggest factors affecting a custom door quote.
At minimum, provide the approximate width and height of the opening if you know it. Nick’s Doors also recommends confirming details such as door thickness, rough opening dimensions, frame dimensions, swing, and handing before ordering.
For more complex projects, measurements may include:
- Door slab width and height
- Rough opening width and height
- Jamb depth
- Door thickness
- Sidelight dimensions
- Transom dimensions
Nick’s Doors can custom-size a door or complete prehung entry system to work with existing or new-construction openings.
Know Your Preferred Door Configuration
Another important detail is the overall entry configuration.
Are you looking for a single door, double doors, sidelights, a transom, or a combination of these features?
Nick’s Doors offers configurations including:
- Single entry doors
- Double entry doors
- One or two sidelights
- Rectangular transoms
- Arched or half-round transoms
- Custom arched and radius-top doors
The size and complexity of the configuration can significantly affect the final quote.
Choose a Wood Species and Style
Wood species influences the appearance, grain, character, and price of a custom front door.
Nick’s Doors offers custom doors in materials such as mahogany, alder, oak, and other wood species.
It is also helpful to have a general architectural style in mind. Your preference might be:
- Traditional
- Craftsman
- Modern or contemporary
- Rustic
- Farmhouse
- Mediterranean or Old World
- Arched or radius-top
If you are unsure, sharing a photo of your home can help the Nick’s Doors team recommend styles that complement the architecture.
Decide How Much Glass You Want
Glass can completely change the appearance and natural light of an entryway.
When requesting a quote, mention whether you want:
- A solid wood door
- Decorative door glass
- Clear glass
- Beveled glass
- Glass sidelights
- A glass transom
- Custom glass designs
Nick’s Doors can incorporate custom glass, sidelights, and transoms into a complete entry system.
Include Any Must-Have Custom Features
If there are features you already know you want, mention them upfront.
Nick’s Doors can customize details such as:
- Panel layouts
- Carvings
- Distressing
- Door thickness
- Profiles
- Finishes
- Hardware preparation
- Multi-point locking systems
- Operable or venting sidelights
These options can affect both the design and final price, so including them early helps produce a more accurate quote.
What If You Do Not Know Every Detail?
You do not need to have everything figured out before contacting Nick’s Doors.
Their custom door process is designed to guide customers from an initial idea through a finished design. Once you send your inspiration and approximate measurements, Nick’s Doors can create a design proof and quote based on your specifications.
That means you can start with something as simple as:
- A photo
- A rough size
- A style you like
- A few must-have features
The Nick’s Doors team can help work through the remaining details.
Request a Custom Front Door Quote From Nick’s Doors
Getting a custom front door quote does not have to be complicated.
The fastest way to get started is to gather photos of your current entry, approximate measurements, an inspiration image, and any preferences involving wood, glass, sidelights, transoms, or other custom features.
Nick’s Doors builds custom exterior doors in Crown Point, Indiana and ships nationwide. Their team can help review your measurements, configuration, wood species, glass, hardware, and finish before you place an order.
Ready to get started? Contact Nick’s Doors or call 219-663-2279 to discuss your custom front door project and request a quote.