On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 4:16:30 PM UTC-4, Tekkie® wrote:
Tony Hwang posted for all of us...



Tekkie® wrote:
Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us...



On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:14:48 -0400, Tekkie®
wrote:


Who manufactures the best storm door? Around here (PA) Larson is pushed.

Home Depot sells Larson
Lowe's sells Pella
Some independents sell Harvey

If you go with the better models, I'd rate them all equally good.

Thanks all! Blowes sells both Pella & Larson. The store person said the
Pellas are made by Larson...

The better Larsons look attractive because the screen can be pulled from the
"cassette" by the top window. It will also retract when the glass is pushed
up. My wife can't deal with switching a hunk o' glass in & out. Not tall
enough to reach the top of the door for latches, etc.

Near our home Home Depot and Lowes are facing each other across a road.
Often we go to HD and cross the road to Lowes to see if there is any
difference in price on a identical item. Most often Lowes price is
higher and their service is lesser friendly than HD. Last week we got
a pull out screen door kit for our back sun room. Lowers price was 20%
higher and did not even had one in stock. How are they in your neighborhood?

I didn't go to Homies because Larson told they didn't sell them.
Blowes is much closer. I don't go to either that much so can't judge the
minions. It ALL depends on management.

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Tekkie *Please post a follow-up*

You are aware that the big boxes aren't the only place to buy a storm door, right?

I bought all of my windows, exterior doors and storm door at a local Norandex-Reynolds supply house. In each case, I did the math and I estimate that for the same cost I would have paid at the big boxes I moved up at least one level in quality. For example, I got the features of the first level of a big box "special order" steel garage entry door for less than the price of their stock door.

You can't buy a ProVia door at a big box store, so you may be limiting your options by not going "outside of the box" - pun intended. I'm not saying you should spend the big bucks on a ProVia, just that there are more (and better) manufacturers of doors than what the big boxes carry.