How Long It Takes
Wade Hampton sits about 7 miles from our shop in Greer, which is close enough that a measure-and-quote visit and the install itself usually happen inside the same week, not the same trip. We come out once to measure the opening, check headroom, and look at what's already bolted to the frame. Then we order the door and come back to put it in. On a standard single or double opening with no structural surprises, the install itself runs half a day to a full day. The 7-mile drive means we're not burning half the morning just getting there, which matters more than it sounds like when a crew is trying to fit two jobs into one day. What we can't promise is a same-week slot during the weeks everyone wants one - spring and the run-up to summer storms are when the schedule fills fastest.
The DIY Question
A new install is not a bolt-it-on-and-go job, especially on a frame this old. You're setting a new door against an opening that's had five decades to shift, settle, and get painted over at the jamb, then tensioning a torsion spring that can put someone in the hospital if it's wound wrong. On a house from the early '70s there's also a real chance the header or jamb needs shimming or sistering before the new track will sit square - something you only find once the old door is off the hinges. We'll tell you straight if your opening is a clean swap or if it needs carpentry first, because guessing wrong on a spring is the kind of mistake you don't get a second try at.
The Cost of This Job
We don't quote a number sight unseen, because the honest price depends on whether your 1973-era opening takes a door straight in or needs the frame squared up first. What we can say is that Wade Hampton households run a median income of $75,522 - well above the $55,671 median across our wider service area - and that shows up in what gets ordered: more owners here go for insulated steel or heavier wood-look doors instead of the bare minimum. None of that changes what the job actually needs. We measure, we tell you what the opening requires, and we price that specific job, not a generic 'new door' line.
