Storm door cost in Coeur d'Alene, ID

Cost by quality level and size in Coeur d'Alene

Three bands are cut from the same cited range and localized for Coeur d'Alene wages and prices. They overlap on purpose: a good standard job and a modest premium job can cost the same. The grid below prices the same bands at 2 common sizes.

Coeur d'Alene against nearby metros and the rest of Idaho

Of the five closest metros, none is cheaper than Coeur d'Alene. Missoula comes closest at about $620.

Across 300 US metros, Coeur d'Alene comes in at #155 from the top. The priciest is Honolulu, HI at $820; the cheapest is Brownsville, TX at $530 (midpoints, 1 door). Statewide, Coeur d'Alene is 2% above the Idaho figure.

Other Idaho metros

Cities with a workforce like Coeur d'Alene's

Big cities and small ones price differently, so here is Coeur d'Alene against the 4 metros with the closest total employment.

Climate in Coeur d'Alene: timing your storm door job

We use NOAA's 1991-2020 climate normals for Coeur D'Alene (in the city). These are 30-year monthly averages, not forecasts.

March through October is the stretch where exterior installation runs into the fewest weather problems in Coeur d'Alene (8 of 12 months). January, February, November and December have an average daytime high under 45°F.

In January, February, November and December the average high stays below 45°F. Sealants, adhesives and some materials, such as vinyl, are harder to install well in the cold, and short daylight cuts the working day.

Coeur d'Alene gets about 25 inches of precipitation in a normal year. The wettest months are January, November and December (3.5 inches in December). Inside the workable window, July and August are the driest, at 0.7 and 0.8 inches. The station averages about 18 days a year at 90°F or above.

Does the season change the price? Probably, but we do not have a sourced seasonal price curve, so the estimator shows a year-round figure and does not adjust by month. When you collect quotes, ask whether scheduling in a slower month gets a better rate.

What nearby projects cost in Coeur d'Alene

Because every project leans on different trades, Coeur d'Alene's wage level does not move all prices equally. Against the US midpoint, window replacement runs −3% and front door −5%.

Coeur d'Alene labor market for storm door

Wages are the part of this estimate that changes most from town to town. 2 trades carry the job here, and each is compared with its US median. The weighted result for Coeur d'Alene is 0.93 times the national level.

For carpenters (47-2031, weighted 80%) the local median is $27.00 an hour, which is 7% below the national $29.12. The middle half of them earn between $23.14 and $30.11 an hour. BLS counts 790 of them working in the area, 109.3 for every 10,000 jobs (US: 43.1), so the local bench is deeper than average.

General maintenance and repair workers (49-9071), 20% of the weighting: a median of $22.96 an hour, 4% below the US median of $23.84. The middle half of them earn between $19.56 and $27.78 an hour. About 790 work in the metro. That is 109.3 per 10,000 jobs, compared with 98.4 nationally, so the supply of crews looks typical.

Quotes come from real crews, not medians. If the carpenters on your job are paid at the 75th percentile ($30.11 an hour) instead of the median, the labor line grows by about $20. At the 25th percentile ($23.14) it shrinks by about $30. The total moves by 3.6% or 4.5%, so wages alone rarely explain a quote that is far outside our range.

For context on the local economy, BLS counts 72,280 jobs in the Coeur d'Alene area. That makes it the 254th largest of the 300 metros we cover, with 0.05% of US employment.

Specs and site conditions that change a Coeur d'Alene bid

• Replacing versus new

  Replacing an old storm door runs $400-$1,050 because the old door has to come off.

• Screens and features

  Self-storing and retractable screens, ventilating glass and security features all raise the price.

• Permit

  No permit fee is included in this estimate; storm doors rarely need one.