A storm door installed in New Jersey runs about $695 to $2,600. The door itself is usually $200 to $900 of that; the rest is the fit. Almost every storm door complaint we get called about isn't the door — it's a jamb out of square, a sill rotted under the threshold, or a closer cranked so hard it tore the hinge rail off the frame. We fix the opening first, then hang the door.
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A storm door installed in New Jersey runs about $695 to $2,600. Typical price: $695 – $2.6K. Licensed & insured, written itemized price before work starts, no deposit, one dedicated crew. Serving all 21 New Jersey counties from Paramus. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free estimate.
Full-view: one big pane, with a screen panel you swap in for summer. Best-looking and the most light. You have to store the panel you're not using and physically change it twice a year.
Ventilating: a fixed frame with sash that slide — glass over screen, or both. You change the season by moving the glass, not by carrying panels to the basement. This is what we put on most houses.
Retractable screen: the screen rolls up into the header and comes down when you slide the glass. No panels to store at all. More moving parts, so buy a decent one; the cheap ones jam within two years.
Security: a heavy steel or reinforced aluminum frame with a multi-point or deadbolt lock and a tough mesh. Real deterrent on a back door or a ground-floor apartment entry. Heavier, so the hinge side of the opening has to be solid.
We measure the opening in three places, check it for square, and probe the jamb, brickmould and threshold with an awl. Soft wood gets found now, not on install day.
Door, hardware, any jamb or sill repair and any capping, each on its own line. Price good for 90 days. No deposit.
Rotted jamb legs, brickmould and threshold cut out and rebuilt in solid wood or PVC. This is the step that makes the door last.
Hinge rail cut to your actual opening, shimmed plumb, screwed into solid framing — not into trim. Latch rail set to the real gap so it latches with one push.
Closer set to a speed that doesn't slam, wind chain installed and adjusted, sweep and expander fitted tight to the sill.
You open, close and latch it with the foreman, swap the panel or slide the sash yourself once, and then you sign off.
On an exposed lot — a shore town, a corner lot, anything facing open field — a storm door is a sail hinged to your house. Those openings get a heavy-duty closer, a wind chain that's actually adjusted, and a full-length hinge rail instead of three little hinges.
Salt air eats cheap hardware. Near the water we spec stainless or coated hardware and we skip raw aluminum trim, because in three years it looks chalky and the screws seize. It's a small upcharge that you notice in year five.
Paramus-based, installing and repairing storm doors across all 21 New Jersey counties. Got a door that sags, slams or won't latch? We repair those too, and we'll tell you honestly when the door is fine and the jamb is the problem. Email photos of the door and the jamb edge to info@firstcallcontractingnj.com, or text them to (201) 676-3099.
typical fixed-price range — your exact number goes in writing after a free visit
How we beat the big chains: The chains install a $250 door for $1,800 and skip the rot, because rot is a change order and change orders are where their margin lives. Our price includes the opening — jamb, threshold and all — before you sign it. No franchise fees, no commissioned salesmen, no rented subcontractors — that's typically 15–30% under national-brand quotes for the same or better spec. Bring us any written quote and we'll match the scope line by line.
“They hung the storm door in a rotted jamb. Six months later the whole hinge side pulled out of the wood.”
“The door slams so hard the glass rattles and now the top hinge is bent.”
“My front door warped and the manufacturer blamed the glass storm door in front of it.”
You found a crew that is actually near you. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus, in Bergen County, and our own licensed techs handle storm doors in all 21 New Jersey counties — no call center, no subcontractor sent from two states away. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies go to the nearest crew, 24/7.
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Call (201) 676-3099, text us a photo, or book a free in-home estimate — you get a written price before any work starts.
About $695 to $2,600 installed. A basic aluminum ventilating door on a sound, square opening sits near the bottom; a retractable-screen or security door, a custom size, or an opening that needs a rebuilt jamb and threshold pushes toward the top. Any wood repair is priced as its own line before you sign.
For most New Jersey houses, a ventilating door — you change seasons by sliding the sash instead of hauling a glass panel to the basement twice a year. Full-view looks the best and gives the most light. Retractable-screen is the nicest to live with if you buy a good one. Security doors make sense on back doors and ground-floor entries.
It can, on the wrong wall. A full-glass storm door in front of a dark fiberglass or steel door facing south or west traps heat between the two and can warp the slab or void the entry door warranty. On those exposures we use a ventilating or low-E storm door, or we advise against one. Ask any installer about this before you buy.
Yes, and that's most of the older houses we work on. We measure the opening in three places, cut the hinge and latch rails to the real dimensions and shim the door plumb. Where the opening is badly out, we rebuild the jamb first. What we won't do is force a stock door into a crooked hole and call it done.
Generally no — a storm door in an existing opening is maintenance in most townships. If we're enlarging the opening, replacing the entry door and frame, or doing structural work on the header, that is permitted work under the NJ Uniform Construction Code and we pull it.
Yes. Several storm door lines come with a factory pet door in the lower panel, which is far better than cutting into one after the fact. Give us the shoulder height and weight of the animal and we'll spec the flap size. It pairs well with a pet door in the entry door itself if you want the dog to let itself out.
If you're anywhere in New Jersey, yes. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus and handles storm doors across all 21 counties with our own licensed crew. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies are dispatched to the nearest crew 24/7. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free in-home estimate.
Jamb rebuilt first · hung plumb · closer actually adjusted
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