When it comes to major home improvements such as storm doors or windows, a thorough research is a must if you want to get the best quality for your money. Depending on the country you are living in, you can find various door manufacturers who offer such exterior doors, resistant to bad weather conditions, storms or even hurricanes. What you need to know is that storm doors are installed over your already existing doors.

Why Even Bother Installing a storm door?

One of the reasons you would want to buy and install a storm door is that in this way you can protect the paint of your exterior door from weather elements. Heavy Rain and winds can damage the paint, especially when it is fresh.

Storm Doors Buying and Installation Guides:

Comprehensive homeowner’s guides for buying and installing a storm door can be found on almost every manufacturer’s website. They are glad to give you such information for free. It is good for their brand awareness. Additionally, many clients would find the installation process too complicated, or maybe they just miss the required tools, so they would buy the storm door with installation included, being willing to pay a bit more to get the job done by professionals. The most popular storm doors brands come with lifetime warranty, and they can be made of various materials such as aluminum, aluminum clad wood, fiberglass or vinyl. They can be insulated, and usually they are available in several thicknesses. Of course, storm door prices will be different, according to the choice of material. Some door manufacturers, like Larson Doors, offer custom design storm doors, so you can make it personal, in order to match the other architectural elements of your house. Their door series Life-Core, Value-Core and Vinyl-Clad cover three areas of price, in order to fit every budget. My favorite is the Larson Designer series, because it provides a freedom of choosing so many elements like colors, glass design or handles.