Boston’s residential streets showcase everything from 18th-century Colonials to modern infills. No matter the style, the front entry is the handshake of the home. A well-chosen exterior door has to greet guests gracefully, seal out Nor’easters, and satisfy local energy codes—all at once. CountBricks has delivered thousands of exterior door projects across Greater Boston, harnessing AI-driven takeoffs, real-time material pricing and seasoned craft crews to keep each install on budget and on schedule.
• First-impression value: Realtors estimate a new entry door can lift perceived home value by up to 8 percent.
• Energy savings: Boston’s 6A climate zone demands U-factor and air-infiltration ratings that cheaper doors rarely meet.
• Security: Dense urban lots make solid cores, multipoint locks and code-compliant peepholes non-negotiable.
• Historic compliance: Neighborhood commissions often require period-correct rail, stile and lite patterns.
Material selection
• Fiberglass: Mimics wood grain, shrugs off salt spray from coastal air and earns top Energy Star scores.
• Engineered wood: Warm appearance with factory-applied sealants that resist cup and bow better than solid pine.
• Steel: Budget-friendly strength, ideal for rental properties and basement egress upgrades.
Climate-proof finishes
Boston’s freeze-thaw cycles punish exposed thresholds. CountBricks specifies kiln-dried jambs, composite end caps and factory paint systems warrantied for 10-plus winters.
Glass options
Low-E argon lites cut heating bills. Laminated glass earns a nod from many historic boards because it stays thin while meeting modern impact ratings.
Traditional takeoffs rely on tape measures, scribbled notes and callbacks. CountBricks replaces that friction with real-time voice capture and AI estimation.
1. Speak measurements into your phone as you walk the property.
2. CountBricks AI converts those voice notes into dimensional drawings, line-item tasks and material SKUs within seconds.
3. Our Boston pricing engine syncs nightly with local suppliers, so every hinge, sill pan and spray foam bead reflects today’s cost.
4. Approve or edit the scope inside the app; CountBricks auto-generates a branded PDF proposal ready to forward to homeowners.
5. Once accepted, the platform schedules crew days, orders doors and pushes tasks to field tablets, keeping everyone in sync until the final invoice.
• Six-panel wood doors with antique brass hardware in Beacon Hill
• Craftsman-style fiberglass with dentil shelf in Jamaica Plain
• Contemporary full-lite steel entries in Seaport District condos
• Dutch doors for South Shore farmhouses, paired with colonial-blue paint endorsed by local historical societies
Door slab and frame
Entry-level steel: $350 – $550 • Mid-range fiberglass: $800 – $1,200 • Premium mahogany: $2,500 +
Labor
• Standard retrofit in a framed opening: 3-4 labor hours
• Masonry cut-in for a new opening on a brick façade: 12-15 labor hours plus lintel installation
Extras
• Smart lockset upgrade: $200 – $350
• Custom color factory spray: $150 – $250
• Historic review filing fee: $75 – $150, depending on district
Parking permits, narrow alleys and multi-family walk-ups often add setup time. CountBricks’ scheduling algorithm sets realistic load-in windows and flags any permit fees inside your estimate, eliminating surprises during walkthroughs with homeowners.
• Reuse existing trim where possible—CountBricks’ AI flags salvageable casings to cut material spend by up to 12 percent.
• Order adjustable sill pans; Boston foundations settle unevenly over centuries, and self-raking sills speed installs by 30 minutes.
• Bundle storm door installs within the same mobilization to save a second trip charge.
• Schedule insulation foam cure time during lunch to avoid idle crew costs.
• Photograph before-and-after with the CountBricks mobile app to wow clients and secure quick approvals.
Visit CountBricks.com/services to launch your next exterior doors Boston Boston project, or explore finished door transformations at CountBricks.com/portfolio. Prefer to talk it through? Book a free 15-minute voice consultation and let our AI capture specs while you focus on design.
When a property manager purchased a 1905 triple-decker off Savin Hill, each unit’s entry door leaked air and rattled in high winds. The project goal was to improve tenant comfort, slash heating costs and freshen curb appeal while respecting the building’s period details.
1. The manager walked the building with a smartphone, dictating jamb widths, sill rot notes and tenant access windows.
2. Within three minutes, the CountBricks platform produced a line-item estimate: three fiberglass two-panel doors, satin nickel hardware, composite jamb extensions and insulation foam—priced with that morning’s supplier feed.
3. An automatic PDF quote hit the owner’s inbox before he drove away.
• Doors arrived pre-finished in custom “Harbor Red,” shaving two on-site paint days.
• CountBricks scheduled installation on a Saturday to minimize tenant disruption and secure street-parking permits in one trip.
• Real-time field updates showed all three doors hung plumb by 2 p.m., prompting an auto-generated progress invoice.
• Air-seal blower tests recorded a 17 percent reduction in leakage per unit.
• Heating bills dropped an average of $27 per month during the first winter.
• A post-project survey sent from CountBricks.com recorded a 100 percent tenant satisfaction score, paving the way for repeat work on interior unit doors.
• Local supplier sync: Pricing pulls nightly from Boston warehouses, keeping quotes honest.
• Historic expertise: Our library of predefined stile and rail profiles aligns with most district requirements—no redraw fees.
• Voice-to-invoice workflow: Less typing, faster approvals, more profitable projects.
Whether you manage a multi-unit portfolio or own a single-family Victorian, CountBricks delivers the precision and pace modern contractors need. Explore more success stories at CountBricks.com/portfolio or schedule your AI-powered walkthrough at CountBricks.com/consultation.
