WZ Carpentry provides door installation and door replacement in New Canaan, CT. Antique doors with original hardware and wide mid-century openings sit in the same town, and each one needs a completely different hand.
An antique New Canaan door carries original hardware and mortises that a modern lockset does not match without modification.
A mid-century opening is usually wider and flush, where a heavy slab and a clean reveal matter more than period detail.
WZ Carpentry reads which house it is standing in. That assessment happens during a free visit anywhere in New Canaan, CT.
Antique New Canaan openings have settled and are no longer plumb, so a prehung unit set to factory dimensions leaves an uneven reveal.
Mid-century openings are often non-standard in width, and a stock door leaves gaps that show badly against a flush wall.
Door installation in New Canaan works from the actual opening rather than from a catalog dimension, in both cases.
Entry door replacement in New Canaan covers the unit, jamb, threshold, hardware alignment, weatherstripping, and casings on both sides.
Interior door replacement in New Canaan, CT covers passage and closet doors, including matching panel count and edge profile to existing doors.
Exterior door installation in New Canaan covers side and patio entries with sill pan and flashing set before hanging.
Send the doors and the house type. Wilmer checks each jamb, swing, and hardware situation on site before quoting.
The written scope separates frame work from the unit, so the New Canaan homeowner sees both numbers before choosing.
Residential door work in New Canaan is insured, with written proof of coverage available before scheduling.
Door Services in New Canaan
A door contractor in New Canaan, CT deals with two opposite tolerances. On an antique, a slightly irregular reveal reads as age. On a mid-century wall, the same reveal reads as a mistake.
New Canaan door services from WZ Carpentry account for that. Openings are measured, hardware is matched to what is already there, and the reveal is set to suit the house.
New Canaan holds antique colonials and mid-century houses, and their doors, hardware, and tolerances have little in common.
Door work may require a permit if the opening changes.
Settled antique openings and non-standard mid-century widths both appear, so prehung units rarely drop straight in.
22 years of residential carpentry in Connecticut, covering period hardware and clean modern reveals.
Often yes, if it still works. Original mortises rarely match modern locksets, so keeping the hardware is usually simpler than adapting the door to a new one.
Usually. Panel count, edge profile, and height are what give a mismatch away, and those are the three things worth matching first.
Because the opening settled, or because it was never a standard width. Either way the unit has to be fitted to the opening rather than the reverse.
Yes. The tolerance is tighter, since a flush wall shows every variation in the reveal that an antique casing would hide.
Separately, on the written scope. You see what the jamb and threshold add before deciding how far to take the project.
WZ Carpentry also installs and replaces doors nearby. Door services near New Canaan, CT extend to the following areas.
Tell us which doors are giving trouble and what each one does. Wilmer checks the frames in New Canaan in person before quoting a unit.
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Interior and exterior trim, stairs, railings, fascia, and custom woodwork.
Window installation and replacement, with sills and trim rebuilt on both sides.
Deck construction, repair, replacement, and restoration, starting at the framing.
