ProVia doors give a Denver, CO home an entry that can stand up to the block it sits on. On a west-facing porch in Congress Park or a bungalow off Wash Park, the afternoon sun and 5,280-foot UV are brutal on a finish, and the daily temperature swing pries at any seam a cheap door leaves open. Because every ProVia door is built to your opening’s exact measurements, it fits tight and stays tight. GS Exterior Experts installs the full line across the metro, entry, patio, and storm doors.
Doors are the newest part of the exterior work we do. We build around ProVia because each door is made to order in the USA, carries ENERGY STAR efficiency, and is engineered for the security and curb appeal that a front entry, often the single most-seen feature of a Denver facade, is supposed to deliver.
A door in Denver has to do more than look good, and ProVia is engineered around the same three priorities most homeowners here care about.
A ProVia entry door is built around a 20-gauge steel option, an insulating foam core, and reinforced framing and hardware. That construction is what turns a door from something that latches into something that genuinely secures the house.
ProVia builds to ENERGY STAR standards, with weatherstripping and a sealed threshold that holds up to Denver’s day-to-night swings. Fewer air trades across the entry, so the room by the door stays comfortable, and the HVAC works less.
A new front door is one of the higher-return exterior upgrades a homeowner can make, and ProVia’s factory-applied stains, paints, and glazes, plus its glass and hardware options, make the result look designed for the house rather than pulled off a shelf.
We treat a door the way we treat any part of the exterior: door installation and replacement are measured, ordered, and fitted to your home rather than forced into a rough opening. Here's what that covers across the ProVia range.
The front door is where most projects start. We measure the existing opening, pull the old unit, address any damage or rot around the frame, and install a ProVia entry door built to your finish and hardware choices, sealed and weatherstripped for the Front Range.
For a back wall or a walkout, we install ProVia sliding patio, hinged patio, and French doors, fitted and flashed so the larger opening stays airtight and operates smoothly through Colorado’s temperature range.
A ProVia storm door adds a layer of weather protection, ventilation, and security over your entry door. We help you choose the configuration that fits how you use the entrance and install it to close and seal correctly.
Cutting a new opening in a remodel or addition? We frame, flash, and finish it from scratch to Denver’s building code, so a brand-new doorway performs like the rest of the envelope.
Start with the exposure. A north-facing entry under a deep porch and a west-facing one that takes four hours of direct afternoon sun are not the same job. That’s the first thing we ask about, because it drives both the material and the finish more than style preference does.
Then the material. ProVia entry doors come in fiberglass and steel, and its patio doors add vinyl-framed options. Fiberglass offers a realistic woodgrain look, resists dents, and holds its finish under high-altitude UV. Steel is the strength-and-value pick. On a hard-sun entry, we work back from the finishes rated to hold up to it.
Then the look. Across ProVia’s fiberglass and steel entry lines, plus factory finishes, decorative and privacy glass, sidelites, and hardware, it can suit nearly any home, from a Wash Park bungalow to a contemporary infill.
Whichever direction you go, we guide the choice from first measurement to final install for homeowners across our Denver-metro service area.
Denver’s climate is hard on an entry, and it wears a door in ways that are easy to miss until a draft or a stuck latch shows up. Intense high-altitude UV fades, and chalk finishes fastest on south- and west-facing doors. Dry air and 30-to-40-degree daily swings make materials expand and contract, which is how gaps, warping, and air leaks start. Wind-driven storms and the occasional hail event batter anything exposed.
ProVia’s construction and factory finishes are built to take that, and correct installation is what locks it in. We set the door plumb, flash and seal the opening, and weatherstrip it so it holds its seal through the seasons rather than loosening after the first hard winter.
Denver’s historic districts and individually designated landmarks, including parts of Wash Park, Congress Park, and Park Hill, carry an extra layer of review, and a front door is exactly the kind of feature it covers. Through Denver’s Landmark Preservation design review, exterior work on a designated property needs a Certificate of Appropriateness before it begins, and the city’s guidelines are specific about front-facade doors: a replacement should echo the original’s design and be exterior-rated for the elements.
ProVia’s custom approach is built for that. Its panel styles, glass options, and factory finishes make it realistic to match an original entry’s proportions and character while adding the security and efficiency the old door never had. We know Denver’s older housing and the review process, and we’ll tell you at the estimate whether your project is likely to need a Certificate of Appropriateness.
See more finished projects across the metro in our project gallery.
The visit starts at the opening, not the door. We check whether the jamb is still square, find where the air is actually getting through, and note how much sun that entry takes across an afternoon, then measure. You’ll leave knowing which problems a new door solves and which ones belong to the frame it hangs in.
Every ProVia door is built to order, so the spec has to be right before it goes to the factory. We work through material, style, glass, finish, and hardware with you, preview the combination on your own facade with our design tools, and check it against how the entry faces the sun. Nothing gets ordered until you’ve seen it.
Once the door arrives, we carefully remove the old unit and inspect the frame and surrounding wall, since older Denver homes often hide rot or other damage that needs correcting before the new door goes in.
Hanging the door is the short part. The time goes into squaring and shimming the opening so it stays plumb, then flashing and sealing the perimeter so wind-driven weather has nowhere to get in. Hardware and weatherstripping come last, once the door is already hanging true.
Trim goes on inside and out, and we run the door through its full swing and latch before calling it done. A door that shuts tight in the morning can bind by afternoon if it hasn’t been adjusted for the swing this climate puts it through. Then the site gets cleaned and the old unit leaves with us.
A door is only as good as the opening it’s set into, and that’s where a lot of installs go wrong. A quality ProVia door hung in a poorly sealed, out-of-square opening still leaks air and lets weather in. We treat the measurement, the frame prep, and the sealing as the job, not an afterthought. The recognition we’ve earned over the years comes from doing that part right, not the sales pitch.
Here’s what makes homeowners trust our expertise:
For ProVia doors in Denver, CO, call (720) 683-6288 or request a free project estimate, and we’ll take a close look at your entry and what it needs.
For most homeowners, yes. ProVia builds each door custom to your opening and offers strong security, ENERGY STAR-level efficiency, and factory finishes that hold up to high-altitude sun. Paired with a correct install, that combination addresses the security, comfort, and curb-appeal reasons most people replace a door in the first place.
Fiberglass, in most cases. It keeps a woodgrain look and holds its finish under the UV a hard-sun entry takes all afternoon. Steel still wins on raw strength and value, so we weigh both against your exposure and budget.
For a straight swap into the existing opening, generally no. A permit applies when the opening itself changes, like widening it, adding sidelites, or cutting a new doorway. Landmark review is separate, so a designated property can still need approval on a same-size swap.
Yes, but a Certificate of Appropriateness comes first through Denver’s Landmark Preservation design review. The guidelines ask that a front-facade replacement echo the original’s design and be exterior-rated. Because every ProVia door is built to order, matching an original entry’s proportions is realistic. We’ll tell you at the estimate whether your address needs a COA.
Yes. An old door with worn weatherstripping and a loose seal leaks conditioned air and lets Front Range wind in. A properly installed, well-sealed ProVia door cuts that air infiltration.
It depends on what’s wrong. A faded finish alone can sometimes be refinished, but structural problems, a door that no longer seals, poor security, or persistent drafts usually make replacement the better long-term value. We’ll give you a straight assessment after we see it.
