- Document Entry and patio door installers
- For Window and door companies
- Country Canada
- Revised September 17, 2026
Entry and patio door installers: show the door first
For companies whose main work is front doors, sidelites and transoms, patio doors and storm doors. Buyers choose a door with their eyes first, so the site has to show before it tells.
Who is on the other end of the search
The buyer a site for entry and patio door installers has to win, and what they want answered before they pick up the phone.
A door buyer is choosing something they will walk through every day, so the decision is as much about looks as performance. They want to see styles, glass inserts, finishes and hardware before they talk to anyone. Many want to visit a showroom or hold a sample before they commit.
The other question is disruption. A front door is the one opening a household can’t do without for a day, least of all in January. Buyers want to know how long the opening is exposed, whether the trim and threshold are replaced, and whether you install in cold weather at all.
A site that shows real installs on real houses, and answers the winter question on its own page, removes the two reasons people put a door off for another year.
The jobs your site has to sell
- Entry door replacement
- Steel or fibreglass slab and frame, often with new sidelites.
- Sidelites and transoms
- Added or replaced around an entry door, changing the rough opening.
- Patio doors
- Sliding or hinged patio doors, often replacing an old aluminum slider.
- Storm doors
- Added in front of an entry door, sold with or without a new door.
- Garden and side doors
- Smaller jobs that often come with a larger order.
What we usually have to fix
Four faults we meet on most sites for entry and patio door installers. Each one quietly sends a homeowner to the next installer in the search results.
| On the site now | On the new build |
|---|---|
| Door styles are manufacturer catalogue images with no finishes, inserts or hardware shown on a house. | Style pages with the options you can order, and photos of the same styles on homes you installed. |
| The showroom address sits in the footer with no hours and no way to book a visit. | A visit page with hours, parking and a visit request, linked from every door page. |
| Nothing addresses installing in winter, so buyers wait for spring and call someone else then. | A plain install-day page covering how the house is kept warm and secure while the opening is out. |
| Patio and storm doors are a line on the entry door page. | Their own pages, because a patio door buyer searches for patio doors and nothing else. |
What the website must show, and why
| Item | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Door styles with finishes and inserts | Buyers shortlist by looks first. Each style page carries the options you can order. |
| Sidelite and transom options | Changing the opening changes the job. Showing the options early avoids a surprise at the measure. |
| Hardware photographed on real installs | Handlesets and smart locks sell the door. Photos from your jobs beat catalogue images. |
| Showroom hours and visit booking | If you have a showroom, booking a visit is often the real first step, not a quote. |
| Winter install explained | How you keep the house warm and secure on install day answers the main objection. |
| Service area | Door installs are local jobs. List where you go. |
The pages your site will carry
A starting build sheet. The final structure follows your content checklist and what you actually sell, not a template.
- P-01 Home Door type tabs, a showroom visit button, recent installs.
- P-02 Entry doors Styles, slab materials, glass inserts, sidelites and transoms.
- P-03 Patio doors Sliding and hinged options, sizes, screens.
- P-04 Storm doors Styles and what they add in front of an existing door.
- P-05 Hardware Handlesets, deadbolts and smart locks you install.
- P-06 Installing in winter Install day step by step, and what the homeowner needs to do.
- P-07 Visit or quote Showroom hours and the quote form.
Not every page has to exist on day one. We put the pages a homeowner checks before booking a measure ahead of the rest, so the site is ready for the spring and summer run. See the install-season board.
A quote form that asks what you need to know
A generic form asks for a message and gets one sentence back. This one asks the questions you would ask on the phone, as taps on a phone screen, so your first callback starts with the job instead of “tell me more”.
| Question | Answers |
|---|---|
| Which door? | Front entry, patio, storm, side or garden |
| Keep or change the opening? | Same size, add sidelites, not sure |
| Glass in the door? | None, small insert, full glass, not sure |
| How would you like to start? | Showroom visit, measure at home, pricing by email |
Name, email and phone come last, with a note saying what they are used for.
What this site can do without
Every extra page is another thing to keep current through install season. These win no work for entry and patio door installers, so we leave them out.
- Every style the manufacturer makes. Show the ones you sell and install, and retire the rest as lines change.
- Long security claims. The maker’s own documentation covers the lock; the site repeats what it states.
- A pop-up discount. One clear visit button does more than a timer.
Things to get right on this kind of site
- Style pages grow stale when a supplier drops a line. Keep them tied to what you can still order, and use monthly edits to retire old styles.
- Security claims about locks and doors need to come from the product’s own documentation. The site repeats what the maker states, no more.
- If you are a service-area business that doesn’t receive customers, your Google profile should hide the address; the website can still list a showroom if you have one.
Google’s guidelines say a service-area business should keep one profile with a designated service area and hide its address if customers don’t visit it 1 .
A sample design for this kind of business
Coded for a fictional company. It shows layout and structure; your site is built from your own content.
Entry and patio doors that close tight in January.
Steel and fibreglass entry doors, sidelites and patio doors, supplied and installed across the prairies.
Choose the slab
Steel or fibreglass, with or without glass inserts. Each style page lists the sizes and finishes we can order.
Add sidelites
One side, both sides or a transom above. We show the rough opening each option needs.
Pick hardware
Handlesets, deadbolts and smart locks, photographed on our own installs.
Installing in winter
How we swap a door in one day, keep the cold out while the opening is empty, and what we need from you before we arrive.
Questions from entry and patio door installers
Can customers book a showroom visit on the site?
The site can carry a booking button for visits if you use a calendar tool, or a visit request on the quote form. Either way, the page shows your showroom hours as you supply them.
I sell doors and some windows. Which page structure fits?
Lead with doors on the home page and add a windows section. The structure is built from your content checklist, so it follows what you actually sell.
Can the site show door finishes?
Yes, from photos and finish names you supply. Phone screens show finishes differently, so the page can suggest seeing a sample in person.
I don’t have a showroom. Does the structure still work?
Yes. The visit page becomes a measure-at-home page, and the style pages carry more of your install photos instead.
Can the winter install page change with the season?
Yes. Moving it up the home page in November and back down in April is a single content edit each time.
One plan, whichever business you are
Plan data
Managed website, window and door companies, Canada- Monthly fee
- CA$249/ month
- Setup fee, one-off
- CA$499
- Minimum term
- 12 months, then month to month
- Site live
- Within 14 days of receiving your content
- Content edits
- Up to 5 a month
- Hosting, SSL, updates
- Included
- Inquiry report
- Monthly
Prices in Canadian dollars, plus applicable taxes. One plan, no tiers.
There is no special price for entry and patio door installers, and no upgraded version either. Every window and door business gets the same plan: the site built from your content and live within 14 days of receiving it, hosting, SSL and security updates, up to 5 content edits a month and a monthly inquiry report.
What changes is everything above: the pages, the quote form and what gets left out. See everything the plan includes or the pricing page.
Other kinds of business
Talk through a site for entry and patio door installers
A door is chosen by eye. Give buyers something worth looking at, and a clear way to come and see it. A short call covers your products, your area and what you would send us. Nothing is signed on the call.
CA$249 a month plus a CA$499 setup fee, plus applicable taxes, 12-month minimum term.