The cheapest door on the house, protecting the most expensive one. Fox Aluminum storm doors with heliarc-welded corners, hung in front of your entry by our own employees and backed by a 15-year labor warranty.
The Choices
Picking the door type settles how it opens and not much else. Every door we order is built to the exact size of your opening, and these six choices are what we actually sit down and go through, at your kitchen table or in the 4,000 sq. ft. Southgate showroom where you can swing the real thing.
Fiberglass with dovetailed hardwood stiles and rails for the stained-wood look without the upkeep, 20-gauge steel with a composite lock block for security and value. The main doors page compares both with real wood, which we do not carry, so you can see why.
Clear, privacy, or decorative glass, with insulated Low-E glazing wherever there is glass. Narrow sidelites beside the door and a transom above it turn a dark hallway light without giving up the wall.
Stained woodgrains in mahogany, cherry, oak, knotty alder and fir, or a smooth slab in the color you actually want. ProVia's home visualizer shows the door on a photo of your own house before anything is ordered.
Handlesets and deadbolts are the visible half. The working half is a three-point locking system that anchors the slab at the top, center and bottom, with a security plate behind the strike.
Widths and heights come in eighth-inch increments, so the door fills the opening it was measured for. Nothing is trimmed to fit on installation day, and the frame goes in as one piece with the slab.
An aluminum storm door in front takes the rain, road salt and afternoon sun so the entry door does not have to, and swaps its glass for a screen when spring shows up.
We do not publish a price per door, because an honest one does not exist. A storm door and a double entry with sidelites are not close to the same job. Cost tracks the size of the opening, the material, the glass and hardware you choose, and what the crew finds once the old frame comes out. What we promise is the full number in writing at the estimate, before anything is ordered, with no pressure to sign that day.
Flexible financing is available. You can also open and close the real thing at our 4,000 sq. ft. showroom in Southgate before you commit to anything.
In Detail
Inclement weather can strike at any time. And, while preparing for the unpredictable isn’t always an option, when it comes to protecting your home from extremes, there are some upgrades that can provide the 365-day weather protection you need. Storm doors are one of these smart investments. Available to homeowners in Southgate, Michigan, and throughout Ann Arbor and Downriver communities from the specialists at Adkins & Sons, these exterior doors are designed to keep weather out without sacrificing a residence’s curb appeal or functionality.
As one of your home’s most vulnerable access points, the front door requires an extra level of protection from Mother Nature and potential intruders alike. Storm doors offer this extra-secure padding, which can:
With a storm door, you can also open your front door and enjoy the surrounding landscape without fear of insect intrusion or kids escaping.
At Adkins & Sons, we source our storm doors from industry leader Fox Aluminum Products, Inc. These top-rated storm doors are crafted with:
And they can be customized with state-of-the-art finishes for an entrance that is sure to improve the overall aesthetic appeal of your residence.
To learn more about the benefits of storm doors for your home in Southgate, MI, reach out to Adkins & Sons today!
The physics are simple: the storm door takes the weather's first swing, and the pocket of still air between the two doors becomes a small insulating buffer in winter. The entry door's finish stops fading, its weatherstripping stops freezing, and the expensive door you chose for the front of the house stays looking chosen. In spring the glass panel gives way to a screen, and the entry becomes the best-ventilated doorway on the block without a single insect finding out.
A storm door lives a slammed life on the windiest side of the house, and a frame that is screwed together at the corners eventually racks out of square and drags. Heliarc-welded corners make the frame one piece, and interlocking hinges spread every gust and slam along the full edge instead of three screw points. It is the difference between a storm door that lasts a decade and one that lasts a tenant.
More Door Types
A door is chosen twice: once for where it goes and once for what it is made of. These are the other openings we build for, backed by the same 15-year labor warranty.
The front door, with or without the narrow sidelites beside it. This is the one that sets the tone for the whole front of the house, and the one a stranger judges first. Fiberglass or steel, glass or solid, in a finish you pick rather than one the big-box store had in stock.
Two leaves that meet in the middle and open into a much wider opening than a single door can. Worth it when the entry is grand enough to carry it, or when furniture has to get through. Both leaves are hinged, so nothing is lost to a fixed panel.
One panel glides sideways past a fixed one. Nothing swings into the room or out onto the deck, which makes it the practical answer for a patio where a chair or a grill sits close to the wall. Big glass, small footprint.
A glass door on hinges next to a fixed glass panel. It swings clear like a real door, so the whole opening is usable, and it seals against the frame rather than riding in a track. Available with blinds sealed between the panes.
The Advantages
A storm door is insurance that pays out daily: it takes the rain, salt spray and sun that age an entry door, adds a second lock to the entrance, and turns the front door into a screen door every spring.
Protects the Real Door
Rain, road salt and afternoon sun spend themselves on aluminum instead of your entry door's finish.
Glass to Screen in Spring
Full-view models swap the pane for a heavy aluminum screen, so the front door can stand open bug-free.
Welded, Not Screwed
Fox Aluminum builds the corners with heliarc welds and the hinges interlocking, so the frame stays square.
A Second Line of Security
Its own lock in front of your deadbolt, and a closed, latched barrier even when the entry stands open.
What Sets Us Apart
When the company that sold you the job is not the company that installed it, a warranty call two years later turns into a search for whoever did the work. We do not work that way. Our own employees do the installation, never subcontractors, and the 15-year labor warranty comes from us, so there is one company to call.
1979
Family-owned and operating since
15
Year labor warranty on our workmanship
3
Generations of the Adkins family
We are a Pella Platinum Elite Certified Contractor, which means our crews are factory-trained and certified directly by Pella. They are our own employees, on our payroll, not a subcontracted crew hired for the week.
View Our CertificationFactory-Trained Crews Certified Directly by Pella
Our Own Employees, Never Subcontractors
Our Process
A door is a one-day job done right and a lifetime of annoyance done wrong. Four steps, one point of contact, and a house that is closed up before we leave.
01
We measure the rough opening, check the sill and the framing around it, and give you straight numbers in writing. You can also come open and close the options yourself at our 4,000 sq. ft. Southgate showroom.
02
Widths and heights are made to your measurements rather than picked off a rack, so the door fills the hole it was built for. You choose the slab, the glass, the finish and the hardware before anything is ordered.
03
Our own factory-trained crew pulls the old unit, checks what is behind it, sets the new frame plumb and square, seals it, and finishes the trim. Floor protection goes down before the old door comes off.
04
We open, close, lock and unlock the door with you, adjust the threshold and the strike, haul the old unit away, and register your 15-year labor warranty before we go.
Warranty
15
Years Warranty
Every installation is backed by our industry-leading 15-year labor warranty, on top of the manufacturer's coverage on the door itself. If the workmanship ever needs attention, one call and we make it right, at no cost to you.
180 Month
2
Years Warranty
Most door companies stand behind their installation for only a year or two. Once that coverage runs out, drafts, leaks, and seal failures become the homeowner's problem to fix.
24 Month
Storm Questions
Most Michigan entries benefit, especially doors that face the weather or the afternoon sun. A deeply recessed entry under a big porch roof already has its bodyguard; there the case is about the screen and the extra lock rather than the weather.
The door is mostly one large panel: glass in the cold months, and a heavy aluminum screen you swap in when spring arrives. Your entry door stays visible behind it year-round, which is the point of buying a handsome one.
Fox Aluminum Products, an American manufacturer whose doors are built with heliarc-welded corners, interlocking hinges, and heavy aluminum screens, in finishes chosen to match your entry.
Adkins & Sons employees, factory-trained installers on our own payroll, never subcontractors. The unit is built to your measured opening, set plumb and square, sealed, and covered by our 15-year labor warranty on top of the manufacturer's coverage on the door itself.
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