Therma-Tru Benchmark Doors 36-in x 80-in Shaker Right-Hand Inswing Front Door with 6-9/16" Jamb and Larson Signature Selection Full-View Storm Door

Not an easy door to install

DIY makes this look easy. It is not. Maybe if your door already has one of these installed, and you can just replace it fine. My door was anything but standard. I had to first build out the door frame about three inches to accommodate the door and handle. Two one by three strips then the brick molding. That has nothing to do with Larson, I understand, but you are on your own to figure out how to fix this problem. I measured the opening, using their chart and installed meticulously to tho...

Not great, not the worst

Page won't let me make paragraphs, so get ready for a long block of text. *Door had a lot of scratches, chips, scuffs, etc. Did not appear to be handled properly and made it look like a cheap product. *Installation fairly easy and did it by myself. Worst and longest part of Installation was the awful screw cover strips. I had to watch multiple videos till one guy said use a carpenters pencil. I opted for the handle of a butter knife wrapped in corduroy fabric. Still annoying but made it possi...

Nice door, worst instructions ever

I own a Larson door that is 20 years old and when a friend needed a new storm door, I suggested this one. The door itself is a good choice. It is well built. The instructions are a disaster. At first glance the pictures would seem to make things simple and easy. They do not. A lot is missing from the steps. Let me give you a few examples. 1. Make sure the door frame is square. Great. Nothing said about checking if it is also plumb, meaning that it does not lean forward or backward at t...

Door Defective - Don't Count on Larson Support

Let me start off by saying we have this same door installed on our house in 2 other locations. The third door we installed - the retaining strips would not snap in as described. There was a metal portion on the outside of the door which I sent into them showing it was slightly bent. Apparently they couldn't "see" it lol. They asked me to disassemble the door and take photos. I did this three times and explained the glass had no imperfections on it. It's a tricky door to install. Despite the door...

Window falls out

The door looks amazing...when the window isn't falling out of it. We had this installed one year ago during a full renovation of our home. I can't speak on ease of installation as our contractor installed it. But, we're very disappointed that the glass is coming out of the door after only a year. The black trim that holds it in keeps coming out. I said maybe we can use clear silicone glue to put it back in place, but that shouldn't even be necessary. And now the door isn't sold at Lowe's anymo...

Know this before buying

If you purchase this product then there are certain things to be aware of. Firstly, the installation video breezes over adding shims in a half a sentence. However, doing so is no mean feat and needs to be planned correctly. My advice is to measure the total width of the gap beyond the 36 inches limit, divide it by two and install shims that have half the width of the gap on each side of the door frame. This will keep the door centered in the frame and still allow space for the locking bolts to s...

Absolute Junk

After struggling with the lackluster instructions that just show pictures and “put it here” instead of giving you measurements and where what hardware goes where I go to install the screen and notice the frame is very undersized and is so cheap and weak that it bows in in the middle like an hourglass and pushes right through the door frame. I then get to the step of securing it to the door frame and literally LOL’ed with their design. We’ve been to the moon and 50+ years later this is the best L...

Missing parts & awful customer service.

The door came missing essential pieces to place the screen into the door. The glass was popping out of its frame too. I contacted Lowe’s support who understandably referred me to Larson support. The Larson support representative was incredibly rude and unhelpful. I was told to “tap the glass back in” and that the missing piece would be sent as a “one time curtesy”. It was implied it was my fault that the door is apparently older (bought brand new, not clearance or returned) and that it was on sa...

Good quality - Misleading Store Rebate

We wanted to get a good quality full-glass/full-screen door. The store associate was very pleasant, helpful, and knowledgeable about the different products. We felt lucky to find that we had the option of buying the door and the handset separately AND get a rebate for doing so. Imagine our surprise when we get a note back from the rebate processing center saying that what we bought didn't qualify for the rebate. Well, after printing off the rebate form (we used the online rebate submission becau...

More Complicated to Install Than Expected

This is a quality product. I wanted an aluminum door to replace a steel one that had rusted out. My opening was slightly small due to the reveal on my Colonial casing being tight, but I replaced that with PVC. It was trickier to determine the exact width that they wanted, despite the giant instruction sheet that came with it. A more standard multiple page version would have been much easier to handle. If you are mounting this door to flat casing that is a standard 3/4", you will need to s...