Pella Storm door required?

8 years ago

Hoping this windows forum is the best place for a door question? Okay, so we have a house built in 2011/12 that has all Pella doors and windows. I don't really like the exterior doors, don't seem to have a perfect seal. Not looking to have them replaced but getting a storm door seems like a good step. The house is vinyl sided and the doors are full glass panel and fiberglass. I've gotten conflicting information on the storm door brand I need to get. Some people/places have said it has to be a Pella storm door (something about how the Pella doors have a narrow frame/trim or something. Others have said that's not true. Anyone know for sure? I'm looking to do full glass storm door (don't really care about screen, we run central AC all summer anyhow. If any brand can be used, any recommendations? Thanks!

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PRO

HomeSealed Exteriors, LLC

8 years ago

The brickmold (exterior trim face) does not provide much area to mount a storm on. I don't install enough Pella doors to know if that is due to the design of the door (if it is they may have designed it that way to preclude use of other products), or if the installer simply used an unconventional finishing technique because he was not installing a storm at that time.

Options are :

1) Check and see if Pella has some weird, special way of mounting their storm to that door (if one of the other pros here installs a lot of Pella perhaps they can comment)

2) Build that out as alluded to by WOW above to facilitate a mounting surface for a storm. By the time that is done, wrapped, possibly cutting back siding, etc, it will add a substantial additional cost to the project if needed

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Windows on Washington Ltd
8 years ago
Post up a picture of the exterior trim of the door. Sometimes you have to build out the exterior for the proper depth if the door was not ordered with the idea of a storm down the road.
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toddinmn
8 years ago
Most storms doors need casing 1" in depth and - 1/8 to +3/8 in width between the casings 0n a standard inswing door. I believe Pella bought out Larsen storm doors.

Provia,Gerkin makes nice storms . You may want a vent in your storm door especially if the prime door is a dark color.
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Greg Rodenhiser
Original Author
8 years ago

Above is an exterior shot of the door.
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toddinmn
8 years ago
It is hard to tell for me, a closer pic of casing and intersection would help.
Greg Rodenhiser
Original Author
8 years ago
Not sure what intersection is, but here's a closer pic
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Windows on Washington Ltd
8 years ago
That's gonna be tight for a standard mount.
Greg Rodenhiser
Original Author
8 years ago
Is this the reason I've been told Pella exterior doors need Pella storm doors, something about narrow frame or something? Does that what you mean by standard mount would be tight? I can't imagine they'd make an exterior door incapable of getting a storm door?