New windows and doors improve comfort, cut energy bills and add long-term value to your home. Juniper Windows San Antonio pairs proven product lines with our own installing crews for lasting performance - and a price we put in writing.
Choose your installer
The unit is half the job - the install is the other half. Our own background-checked crews measure, set, seal and insulate every opening, and they know the lines we quote inside and out because they install them every week.
Select the right products
Compare styles, materials and glass packages side by side until the fit is right for your rooms, your budget and your goals. The product-line comparison below is the place to start.
Prepare your home for install
Before install day we walk you through a short checklist - furniture pulled back, treatments down, a clear path to each opening - so install day is watch-it-happen, not scramble.
Compare the Lines We Quote
Every project is priced on the same lines, side by side - the price indicators below are relative, and your consultant shows exact numbers on your actual openings.
PGTThe line Florida homeowners arrive naming - the most Miami-Dade certifications in the industry$$$
- More Miami-Dade NOA certifications than any other line we quote
- WinGuard, EnergyVue and ClassicVue Max systems built for every wind zone
- 99% on-time delivery keeps your install date on the calendar
CGIThe heavyweight impact line$$$$$
- Large-missile impact ratings for the strictest wind zones
- Architectural-grade aluminum with commercial-depth frames
- The line we quote when protection is the whole point
CWSThe Florida value pick$$
- Vinyl systems built in Florida for Florida codes
- Strong energy packages at the friendliest price point
- The smart start for whole-home replacements on a budget
ESWSlim lines, big glass$$$$
- Narrow-sightline aluminum for modern elevations
- Oversized openings and floor-to-ceiling glass
- Impact-rated without the bunker look
ECOThe aluminum impact workhorse$$$
- Miami-built aluminum impact systems
- A strong price-to-protection ratio for coastal homes
- Proven inventory lines with short lead times
Fast, Reliable Door Replacement Across Live Oak
Door replacement in Live Oak typically runs $600 – $2,900 per door installed, depending on whether we’re swapping a basic interior slab, reframing a rotted opening, or installing an impact-rated exterior unit. We serve every street in Live Oak, from the older 1970s neighborhoods off Toepperwein Road to the newer subdivisions near Retama Park and along Loop 1604. Our crews know this city’s housing stock down to the original aluminum sliders and single-pane glass that still hang in hundreds of north-side homes. Juniper Windows San Antonio coordinates scheduling from our San Antonio office, but the technicians who show up at your door live and work right here in the Live Oak area. Call (903) 488-7019 and you’ll speak to a real person who can book a free estimate, give you a written price, and answer questions about your specific door situation without making you wait through a phone tree.
Why Juniper Windows San Antonio Is Live Oak’s Preferred Door Replacement Company
We’ve replaced hundreds of doors in Live Oak homes, and the feedback we get from customers on streets like Meadow Gate, Autumn Woods, and the subdivisions around Retama Park is consistent: the written price we quote before the job starts is the exact price on the invoice when we finish. No change orders whispered at the door. No “we found something” phone call that doubles the bill. That’s not a marketing line; it’s how Sean Mackey has run this company since 2001.
Every Juniper technician who works in Live Oak is background-checked, uniformed, and trained on the eight product lines we stock: PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, Mr-Glass, Therma-Tru, and ViewLux. When a Live Oak homeowner calls about a sticking slider or a rotted door frame, the person answering the phone knows which products fit which opening sizes and which neighborhoods tend to have which original builders. That local knowledge saves time and prevents misquotes.
Our response time to Live Oak is fast because we schedule crews who already work this side of San Antonio. You’re not waiting on a crew driving across town during rush hour. The Relay Visibility Guarantee means you get a live arrival time you can track from your phone, photo updates during the job, and a digital invoice you can pay by link when the work is done. And if anything isn’t right, the 365-Day Done Right Promise covers it in writing for a full year, parts and labor.
Door Frame Repair in Live Oak
Door frame repair in Live Oak is the work we do when the jamb, threshold, or rough opening around an existing door has been compromised by moisture, termite damage, or plain decades of Texas humidity, and it typically runs $300 – $1,100 on the homes here. In Live Oak specifically, we most often see this on the original single-pane aluminum sliders and side-hinged patio doors installed when homes were built in the 1970s through the 1990s. The aluminum was never flashed properly at the threshold, water wicked into the wood subframe, and by the time someone notices the door dragging or the floor feels soft, the framing underneath needs surgical repair before a new unit can go in.
What We Pull Out and What We Put Back
When our door replacement team gets a frame repair call in Live Oak, we don’t guess at what’s behind the trim. We remove the old door, cut back the drywall or stucco at the jamb, and inspect the rough opening down to the studs. What we find determines the fix: replacing a section of rotted sill plate, sistering a water-damaged jack stud, or rebuilding the threshold with pressure-treated lumber and proper flashing. We price that repair line by line, in writing, before we touch anything.
Why Live Oak’s Climate Makes Frames Fail Faster
The hot months and humid air here do more than make you uncomfortable. They push moisture into every seam and crack around a door opening. When an original aluminum frame collects condensation in June and July, that water sits against the wood subframe for weeks. Live Oak homeowners who catch this early save thousands versus those who wait until the rot spreads into the subfloor and a simple frame repair becomes a structural repair.
Interior Door Replacement in Live Oak
Interior door replacement in Live Oak typically runs $180 – $450 per door for a standard hollow-core or solid-core slab hung in an existing opening, and it’s one of the most straightforward upgrades we do for homeowners in this city. A lot of the 1980s-era homes around Woodlake Parkway and the streets east of Toepperwein still have original flat-panel hollow-core doors that sound like a drum every time a kid slams one. Replacing them with solid-core doors changes the acoustics of the whole house and tightens up the look without touching drywall.
Matching New Doors to 1980s Trim and Hardware
We regularly match new interior doors to existing trim profiles in Live Oak homes so the job doesn’t turn into a full trim rip-out. We measure the existing casing thickness, hinge offsets, and hardware bore patterns, then order slabs that fit what’s already there. If a homeowner wants to keep their original brass or oil-rubbed handles, we’ll prep the new door to match the existing hardware bore rather than forcing them into new hardware they didn’t budget for.
Going Beyond the Slab: Pre-Hung Units
When a Live Oak homeowner has settled framing, bowed walls, or an opening that was never square to begin with, hanging a slab door into that opening is a losing game. In those cases we go to a pre-hung unit, typically $460 – $800 per opening installed. We shim the new jamb square, insulate the rough opening, and leave you with a door that closes on the first try, every time.
Trusted Brands We Service in Live Oak
We’re not tied to one manufacturer, and that matters when you’re replacing doors on a Live Oak home built 40 years ago. The original rough openings here often don’t match modern standard sizes, so having eight product lines to choose from means we can order the right door for what’s actually there instead of forcing the wrong size into your house. For Live Oak homeowners, we stock local parts and common components for Door Replacement work from Therma-Tru, ViewLux, and ECO Window Systems, which covers most of the fiberglass entry doors, steel security doors, and energy-efficient patio sliders we install in this area. That means faster turnaround on parts when something isn’t in a local supply yard, and no two-week dead time waiting on a special-order hinge or threshold cap.
Common Door Replacement Problems We See in Live Oak Homes
- Original aluminum sliding doors that bind in the humidity. The tracks and rollers on 1970s-90s aluminum sliders were never designed for Live Oak’s summer moisture. The frame swells, the rollers wear flat, and the door ends up needing a two-handed shove and a body lean to move at all.
- Failed waterproofing at the threshold that no one sees until the floor rots. Builders in this area often ran the patio door flashing only partway up the jamb legs, leaving the bottom corners exposed. By the time a homeowner notices a soft spot near the slider, the subfloor under the door is usually gone.
- Warped builder-grade exterior doors from UV exposure. The south-facing and west-facing entries on Live Oak homes take direct afternoon sun for eight months of the year. Hollow-core steel and cheap fiberglass units warp and delaminate faster here than in shaded neighborhoods, and the fix is usually a new impact-rated Therma-Tru or PGT unit.
- Interior slabs that no longer fit their openings. Foundation movement in this part of Bexar County is real. Slab settlement makes door frames shift, and doors that closed fine in 1990 now stick at the top or drag at the bottom. We can often resolve that with a rehang and trim adjustment rather than a full replacement.
Pricing for Door Replacement in Live Oak, TX
A basic interior slab door in Live Oak runs $180 – $450 installed. A pre-hung interior door runs $460 – $800 per opening. An exterior fiberglass or steel entry door runs $1,200 – $2,900 installed, depending on size, glass options, and whether we need to reframe the rough opening. An impact-rated patio slider in the PGT or Therma-Tru line typically runs $2,200 – $4,800 here, and that range covers the tear-out, reframing if needed, new flashing, and disposal. What moves the number is what we find after removal: if the existing jamb is rotted or the rough opening was never flashed, the repair is priced separately and approved in writing before we proceed. Every estimate is free, and every price is fixed before work starts. Call (903) 488-7019 for a written line-item quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Live Oak
Juniper Windows San Antonio handles Door Replacement in Live Oak plus the surrounding communities. We regularly send crews to San Antonio, Fair Oaks Ranch, Windcrest, and Leon Valley. Same written pricing, same background-checked technicians, same 365-Day Done Right Promise wherever we install. If you’re just outside the Live Oak city line, call (903) 488-7019 and we’ll confirm coverage for your street.
Serving Live Oak, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Live Oak area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Door Replacement in Live Oak
Yes, and it’s one of the biggest returns you’ll see on this kind of project in Live Oak. The single-pane aluminum sliders installed on 1970s-90s homes here have no thermal break and no low-e coating, so they leak cold air all summer and radiate heat back into the house by late afternoon. A new impact-rated PGT or Therma-Tru slider with a U-factor of 0.30 or lower will typically drop your cooling load in the rooms nearest that door by enough that you’ll notice it the first July you run the AC. Most Live Oak customers we talk to see the difference on their next utility bill. Call (903) 488-7019 and we’ll give you a written quote with the exact door spec so you can run the numbers yourself.
We stop work, show you what we found with photos, and hand you a written price for the repair before any more work happens. On Live Oak homes from the 70s-90s it’s common to find rotted sill plates or water-damaged jack studs behind a sliding patio door that was never properly flashed. The repair typically adds $300 – $1,100 to the project, and you approve it in writing with the exact scope and cost before we cut anything. No surprises on the invoice, no “while we’re in there” add-ons. That’s the standard Sean Mackey has run this company on since 2001.
For a straight door swap in the same rough opening, Live Oak generally does not require a permit. For exterior door replacements that involve modifying the rough opening, moving the opening, or adding a new opening, a building permit is typically required, and we pull the permit and handle the inspection as part of the job. When the permit triggers a code requirement, like upgraded framing or threshold flashing, we price that separately and get your written approval before proceeding. Call (903) 488-7019 and we’ll tell you exactly what your specific project requires.
Yes, and we do it regularly in Live Oak because so many homes here still have their original 1980s trim profiles and door hardware. We measure your existing casing thickness, hinge offset, and hardware bore pattern, then order slabs that fit what’s already there instead of ripping out perfectly good trim. If you want to keep your original brass or oil-rubbed handles, we prep the new door to match that existing hardware bore. The new door goes in, the old trim stays, and the whole job looks original to the house.
The original aluminum frames on Live Oak homes expand in the humidity and the rollers wear flat against the track, which is why the door gets harder to open every June and July. Once the frame warps from repeated thermal cycling and UV exposure, no amount of silicone spray fixes it because the frame itself has taken a set. We see this constantly on the north side, where homes still have their original thin aluminum sliders from the 70s and 80s. Replacing that slider with a properly set impact-rated unit with a reinforced frame and sealed track solves the sticking for good. Call (903) 488-7019 for a free estimate and we’ll tell you exactly what’s causing yours to bind.
Written by Sean Mackey, Owner at Juniper Windows San Antonio, serving Live Oak since our founding in 2001.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose Juniper Windows San Antonio
Laminated glass and reinforced frames hold up to wind-driven rain, hail and flying debris, so your openings stay sealed when the weather turns.
Low-E insulated impact glass from our manufacturer lines commonly cuts monthly cooling bills 20-30%.
Laminated impact glass shuts out up to 40% of outside noise - traffic, neighbors, weather.
Monitoring services run $30-90 a month. Laminated impact glass resists forced entry around the clock, with no subscription.
Tighter seals and insulated glass even out hot and cold rooms and stop the drafts at the frame.
A full impact package upgrades curb appeal, buyer confidence and appraised value in one project.