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Therma-Tru Construction in Lompico, CA | Iron Beam Contractors
Iron Beam Contractors provides independent Therma-Tru door service across Lompico, from full prehung replacements to frame repairs, threshold rebuilds, and lock hardware swaps. We are not a Therma-Tru authorized dealer, and we don’t pretend to be. What we are is a Lompico General Contractor that has hung and repaired enough Fiber-Classic and Smooth-Star doors in this canyon to know exactly how they fail when shaded redwood canopy and wet winters get involved. Call (833) 756-5936 for a free estimate on any Therma-Tru door in Lompico.
Why Lompico Residents Choose Us for Therma-Tru Service
Most door installers treat a Therma-Tru in Brookdale or elsewhere like any other slab. We don’t. Nolan Driscoll built Iron Beam Contractors on a simple principle: tell the homeowner exactly what’s in the wall before you open it, not after. That matters in Lompico because the wall behind your door often hides rot nobody flagged when the place was built, or an unpermitted addition someone framed decades ago without flashing. We carry OEM Therma-Tru slabs, sill pans, lock sets, and weatherseal for doors that are otherwise sound. When a frame assembly is too far gone, we say so and replace it properly rather than re-skinning a rotting jamb. That’s the whole job: know the brand, know the canyon, and don’t sell work that won’t hold.
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Common Therma-Tru Construction Problems We Solve in Lompico
- Bottom rail and threshold rot from unflashed entries. Older Lompico cabins were often set with the door directly on the subfloor, no pan flashing under the threshold. Moisture wicks up into the bottom rail and hinge-side jamb every winter. We cut the rot, install a proper sill pan and moisture barrier, and rehang the door so it drains instead of soaking.
- Fiberglass slab edge and stile swelling with finish blistering. In a shaded canyon with heavy redwood canopy, a Therma-Tru door that stays wet against a poorly flashed jamb will eventually blister at the bottom rail. The slab itself is often salvageable if you correct the flashing and refinish the fiberglass. We’ll tell you when it’s not.
- Multi-point lock and deadbolt hardware that no longer latches cleanly. The damp-cold-fog cycle in Lompico does a number on the zinc and steel internals inside Therma-Tru lock sets. The slab can still be perfectly sound while the hardware jams or fails. We replace the lock body, strikes, and shoot bolts with corrosion-resistant components, OEM where available, quality aftermarket for discontinued configurations.
- Compression and sweep gaskets flattened, torn, or just gone. On a WUI-zone property, the weatherseal perimeter on your entry door is also your ember resistance line. Once those gaskets flatten, water and embers get past the slab. We replace the full perimeter seal and check the threshold-to-jamb corners where embers like to collect.
- Hinge-side jamb rot that keeps the door from closing square. We see this on legacy cabins along the creek and on steep lots where one corner of the house catches runoff longer than the rest. The door sags, the reveal opens uneven, and moisture keeps getting in through the gap. We rebuild the rough opening, shim it square, and set the door so it latches cleanly the first time.
Therma-Tru Service in Lompico: What Local Conditions Mean for Your Equipment
On Lompico’s single-lane private roads and steep graded driveways, a full-size Therma-Tru prehung door delivered on a standard truck often can’t make the turn or the climb. We measure openings first, then plan for a smaller flatbed or a staged drop near the driveway mouth before the door ever goes up the hill. That’s a logistics step no down-slope Scotts Valley or Santa Cruz job requires, and it’s why a door install here can’t be quoted the same way as a flat-lot suburban job. The damp shade of the San Lorenzo River watershed means the door you pick has to handle standing moisture for weeks at a time. The WUI fire-severity zone means the hardware and weatherseal have to handle ember intrusion. Combine those two and the door has to do more work in Lompico than it would in town. We spec for that from the first measurement, not as an afterthought.
On a redwood-cabin property up a long private driveway off the Lompico Road corridor, our crew found an original Fiber-Classic entry door with a rotted bottom rail and a threshold that had never been flashed. Moisture from the shaded canyon had been wicking into the jamb for years. We staged a replacement slab and frame assembly near the flat spot at the driveway mouth, shuttled it up by pickup, rebuilt the rough opening with a proper sill pan and moisture barrier, and hung a new Therma-Tru door with corrosion-resistant hardware and a fresh weatherseal so it closed and latched cleanly. If the structure makes sense on paper, it’ll hold in the field. If it doesn’t make sense on paper, we fix it before we touch a beam.
Therma-Tru Models & Products We Service in Lompico
We work on Therma-Tru Fiber-Classic entry doors, Smooth-Star fiberglass doors, Classic-Craft collection doors, and Therma-Tru patio and hinged exterior door systems. Parts approach: OEM Therma-Tru slabs, lock sets, sill pans, and weatherseal where the door is current and the frame is sound. Quality aftermarket hardware for out-of-production configurations, especially older Classic-Craft lock bodies and hinges no longer cataloged. We keep common sill pans, corner seals, and corrosion-resistant threshold screws on hand for faster Lompico turnarounds, but full door assemblies are ordered per opening and brought up on a staged delivery schedule that accounts for your road and grade.
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What you’ll pay depends on whether the door assembly is salvageable or whether the rough opening under it has to be rebuilt. That’s the honest variable in Lompico: sometimes the Therma-Tru door is fine and the wood behind it is not. Here’s how common scopes price out when a Therma-Tru entry door is involved:
| Scope | Typical Range in Lompico |
|---|---|
| Kitchen Remodel with Therma-Tru door opening coordination | $14,000 – $45,000 |
| Small Kitchen Remodel | $9,000 – $20,000 |
| Bathroom Remodel including exterior door opening | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000 – $12,000 |
| Backsplash Installation | $800 – $2,500 |
A standalone Therma-Tru door replacement or frame repair is quoted per opening after we measure. A free estimate includes the measurement of the existing rough opening, an honest assessment of what’s behind the jamb, and a line-item quote so you know what you’re paying for. Call (833) 756-5936 and we’ll schedule it.
Serving Lompico, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lompico 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 – Therma-Tru Construction in Lompico
Usually yes, but not the way a flat-lot delivery works. We measure the opening first, then stage the door at the flattest accessible point near your driveway mouth and shuttle it up by pickup or a small flatbed. If the road is too tight for any truck, we carry it the last stretch. We plan for this before ordering, so the door arrives intact and doesn’t get wrenched up a grade it shouldn’t climb. Call (833) 756-5936 and tell us about your road, and we’ll tell you what the delivery plan looks like.
Not necessarily. The slab can be perfectly sound while the bottom rail, threshold, and hinge-side jamb have soaked up years of moisture from an unflashed original install. We repair what’s repairable: cut the rot, install a sill pan and moisture barrier, reinforce the jambs, and rehang the original slab if the fiberglass is still structurally sound. If the frame is too far gone, we replace the assembly. We’ll show you what we’re seeing before we cut anything.
Yes, with the right detailing. A fiberglass slab is non-combustible, which helps, but the ember resistance of an entry door depends on the weatherseal, threshold, and the corners where the door meets the jamb. We install ember-resistant perimeter seals, corrosion-resistant thresholds, and check the side and head flashing so there’s no direct path for an ember to get behind the jamb. That’s how a Therma-Tru door contributes to Chapter 7A-type ignition-resistant detailing in Lompico.
Often yes, depending on scope. Lompico is unincorporated, so Santa Cruz County and Cal Fire permitting apply. A straight door-for-door swap in the same rough opening may be exempt, but if we’re rebuilding the rough opening, modifying the frame, or touching exterior assembly details, a permit is typically required. We pull permits, schedule inspections, and don’t leave you with an unpermitted opening that bites you when you sell or refinance. Ask about your specific property when you call (833) 756-5936.
We spec corrosion-resistant lock bodies, stainless steel strikes and shoot bolts, and marine-grade or stainless hinges on every Lompico door. The factory zinc and steel components in many Therma-Tru locks will fail faster in this damp shade, especially near the creek. When OEM hardware is available in a corrosion-resistant version we use it. When it’s not, we use quality aftermarket hardware rated for coastal or high-moisture exposure. For an exact quote on your door, call (833) 756-5936 – estimates are free.
Service Areas Near Lompico
We run Therma-Tru service out to neighboring Santa Cruz Mountains communities including Ben Lomond, Seven Trees, and downslope toward the county line. See our Therma-Tru service in Ben Lomond and Therma-Tru service in Seven Trees pages for project details in those areas. We also cover broader Lompico service area work across the 95005 zip. For more on our overall Therma-Tru capabilities, see Therma-Tru sales & service.
Book Your Therma-Tru Service in Lompico Today
We measure, quote, and schedule around your road and your weather, not against a generic bay-area timeline. Call (833) 756-5936 for a free estimate on any Therma-Tru in Mount Hermon, Lompico, or surrounding areas—door, frame, or hardware repair. Nolan and our crew will tell you straight what needs replacing and what doesn’t.
Written by Nolan Driscoll, Owner at Iron Beam Contractors, serving Lompico and the Santa Cruz Mountains.