Interior and Exterior Doors
A house's doors dictate both its initial impression and its daily flow. Marling Lumber and HomeWorks has doors for all seasons and reasons, catering to Wisconsin contractors and homeowners seeking everything from grand front entrances to minimalist interior bedroom doors. Useful, welcoming, sturdy or elegant, high-end quality, there are numerous options for interior and exterior doors.
From steel doors to sophisticated entry doors with textured and decorative glass inserts, a door helps define a space with a purpose, efficiency, color, and style. There are sliding doors, patio doors, doors with built-in pet access, French doors that open in or out, storm doors, service doors, and bi-fold doors. Pocket doors can disappear with a little push and an entry door with panels, architectural details, and a fine lockset and door knocker supplies added curb appeal with panache and flair.
Interior Doors – Our on-site Door Shop assembles pre-hung units straight from our local warehouse inventory. Our builders machine timber slabs up to eight feet tall, with choices ranging from hollow cores to sound-blocking solid cores. We stain wood units by hand to bring out the natural grain patterns, and we offer exact color-matching to blend with your current molding.
Exterior Doors – Engineered for harsh Wisconsin winters, our exterior lineup includes steel, fiberglass, and premium hardwoods. These units feature insulation sealed inside a tough outer skin to cut down on energy loss. We offer traditional multi-panel profiles, craftsman entryways with upper window grids, and utility doors for garages.
Custom Openings – For older properties or layouts with atypical wall depths, our shop creates custom-machined slabs and frames to match your exact blueprints. Marling also operates a certified Warnock-Hersey hollow metal fabrication facility, where our team welds industrial steel frames and supplies fire-rated assemblies that pass local commercial inspection codes.
Selecting the right door entails analyzing how people move through that specific area and what kind of privacy you need. Exterior entries face constant weather, so steel or fiberglass makes sense for home protection and climate control. Inside, it comes down to floor space and noise. A dense and solid-core slab works well for keeping a home office quiet; a sliding pocket door prevents traffic jams in a tight half-bath where a swinging door won't clear the vanity. If your home has settled out of square over time, a custom-fitted door is usually the best way to get a perfect close. Our staff can look over your floor plans to find the best materials and setup.
Take a walkthrough of the actual opening before finalizing any paperwork. Stand in the space to confirm which way the slab needs to swing so it does not block access to light switches, cover up wall outlets, or run into your furniture. You should verify the rough opening width and height, as well as check the exact thickness of the wall studs and the depth of the jamb. Keep in mind that specialty shapes, like arched or radius tops, require extra manufacturing time.
Marling Lumber partners with top-tier residential and commercial names to provide the highest quality across every price point. Our inventory features high-performance setups from WBP Exterior Doors, custom-cut natural wood options from Simpson Door Company, premium composite and timber panels from Masonite, and weather-resistant fiberglass systems from Therma-Tru Doors. Our team can help you find the right fit for your specific structural needs and design objectives.
It’s an exciting time to be in the door industry! There's a whirlwind of styles, advancements, and color schemes sweeping through the front door scene. From classic elegance to modern innovations, doors are not just entryways but statements of style and security.
There are several things to think about when you are replacing your exterior door. First, obviously, it's what people see first. It’s the image your home projects. Do you want your image to be cracked paint, dents, outdated and not exactly secure looking? Of course not.
Home improvement in stages may not be what you want. If you're thinking about breaking your next home improvement into stages, remember: colors and styles change for all home products, have a plan if an item becomes discontinued, be aware of trends in cabinet colors and styles, and remember, as wood ages, it develops a patina, so add those upper cabinets sooner rather than later.
