Extremely knowledgeable deep product knowledge and can be very cost effective relative to what you find elsewhere today.

My general contractor recommended this place, and we paid top dollar for a custom front door. We worked with Kim and selected a door from a catalog, but what arrived looked nothing like the door we chose. On top of that, the door was hollow--something we were extremely unhappy with for a front door. We raised our concerns, but none of them were listened to or addressed. After waiting three weeks, we received an unfinished door that fell far short of what we expected and paid for. It's incredibly frustrating to spend this much on a custom door and end up feeling completely ignored and disappointed. Premium pricing, poor quality, and no resolution to our concerns. I would absolutely not recommend this place. read more

I worked with one of the folks that was my contractor's contact and found him to be disorganized. However, Kim and Ryan are the real deal and are super helpful. For the very same door that costs a whole lot more elsewhere, Lou's has the best prices. And they have great discounts on Emtek hardware as well. read more

Ordered an 18" hollow core door for a small closet. Not a size that is normally stocked (anywhere) so it was a special order. I worked with Ryan. He took the order, and the door arrived about a week later. All good so far. However, the "good" stopped there. When we tried to install the door, we found that they had left no space between the door and the frame in the top left corner. If you look at any installed door, it should have a 1/8-1/4" gap between door and frame so that it can open. With this door, no gap. The door was cut just a bit too wide. We couldn't open it. We contacted Ryan and he acted offended that we had this issue. He immediately blamed it on us and asked really condescending questions (perhaps because I'm middle aged female, though I worked for years as a carpenter and my contractor is an excellent carpenter and experienced door installer). He actually asked me (several times) if we had removed the shipment screws that secure the door to the frame for shipment. Wow! That is a truly condescending question. He said we were installing it wrong. He was sure there was nothing wrong with the door and was very defensive. We sent him pictures of the door showing the issue. (See photo) The door was completely level and plumb, and there was no gap. One of his sales guys even came by, looked at the door and saw the same problem. Since we didn't want to rebuild the whole door, we asked him for a slightly larger header piece (just 1/8-1/4" longer) so we could disassemble the frame and reassemble with a slightly longer header, and he grudgingly agreed. My contractor drove through rush hour traffic to their location to get the new header. Guess what, it was exactly the same length as the previous one. Exactly. Not a millimeter longer. He provide us with a stock header. Why did he waste 2.5 hours of my contractors time to come pick up a standard header? It feels vindictive and unprofessional on Ryan's part. He said that he would provide us with the item that would resolve the issue, but he didn't. And he was rude about it even though it was his error. We finally created a small shim to move out the side frame piece a bit, and the door worked fine. (see picture). This place might be OK for standard, premade doors, but don't use them for a custom door, and don't expect Ryan to treat you like you have a brain in your head if there are any issues. read more

Lou's Prehung Doors - This shows the thin shim we inserted so we could open the door. We disassembled the door frame, put in the shim, and then the door opened. - Building Supplies Near Me - San Jose, California

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I'm a dog sitter. We watched an Australian shepherd mix that has extreme separation anxiety issues. I left her locked in our bedroom alone because I had to take my two dogs to the vet. She attacked our bedroom door so severely, it could not be repaired, with 1/4" gouges at the door's base. Because it was stained and not painted, the time-honored Bondo repair was not an option. Time for a new door. Lou's doors educated me about external vs internal doors and that the framing was different. Unfortunately this was an external door, so unless I wanted to reframe it, I had to purchase an external door. After picking out a new door, I left them the old one including hinges to provide a copy with the hinges transferred over. What a copy! The hinges weren't off by even 1 millimeter. It slid into the receiving hinges like it had been there for 20 years. It's a solid, good looking door made from naked wood, which I will now paint. I've used them before to get a new front door for a rental property. One of the hinges was off due to an understandable error - the guy measured my old door and for the bottom hinge even said out loud the measurement was 8 & 7/16", but then probably wrote 8 & 7/8". Not a perfect experience, but I was able to rehang that bottom hinge in 10 minutes. They have quality products and when they get it right, they nail it. read more

Lou's Prehung Doors - Building Supplies Near Me - San Jose, California

Great selection Very nice staff Timely Extremely satisfied My favorite Great selection Plenty of parking read more

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Thank you very much, Kelly -- really appreciate you help with getting new Emtek locks for our front door! Looks awesome!! :) Thank you for your patience with getting the right design and color :) Kirill read more

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Knowledgeable, friendly service with fair prices and good lead times. They're efficient and truly the best place to go for any project--unless you're looking for something extremely customized. I would definitely refer this business. Shoutout to Vince! read more

Great experience working with Ryan and Kelly upgrading all the interior doors in my home including a new front door with sidelights. Super helpful with selecting the door styles and hardware. Doors and all the hardware were delivered ready for my contractor to install. One of the door handle sets was incorrect but Kelly resolved and had a replacement delivered immediately. Love the result. read more

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I worked with Pat, whom was very quick with providing an estimate with the door style I wanted. Once I signed and paid the deposit the door was done in 8 weeks, they delivered the door. The door was primed and prehung. I would definitely order from them again. I even dropped off my door handle since the measurements on the box didn't match the center holes. Pat held on to the door handle and delivered it with the door and it was perfect! My door was a custom size as well, 4x8. read more

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Hands down, best door shop in the Silicon Valley. Nobody takes greater pride in their business, than the owner Ryan. Been doing business with these guys for over a decade and they've never let me down. Professional, prompt, friendly service is what you can expect from Lou's. All of the salespeople and shop staff truly know their business and are ready to help with large or small orders. Vince is my primary salesperson, and he is one of the best in the industry. He takes time to carefully measure and triple check the orders, to avoid costly mistakes that can lead to delays. For all of your interior and exterior doors and hardware needs, Lou's is the best. read more

I like this place! They made 2 custom doors for a gorgeous Craftsman that I'm selling. The doors fit the space really well! Very reasonable pricing and high quality. I had to follow up a few times on the phone, but sometimes a few phone calls is worth a beautiful product. I recommend them for your custom door needs. read more

I've purchased doors from them for different properties numerous times over the past 10-15 years. Their pricing can't be beat -- typically has come in at least 1/3 less than quotes from other suppliers (for the exact same vendors and models). Customer service can sometimes seem "gruff", but this could just be because I'm a property owner, not a contractor (and don't always know the precise, proper terminology). :-) read more

We used Lou's for for most of the doors in our remodel and were really blown away by how good they are. Their best work by far was on custom doors. We had one laundry closet with a 52" wide opening where we needed to put in louvered bifold doors, which typically are made for 48" openings. I called around to several stores that claimed to offer custom doors. Lou's ended up offering us a price that was 75% cheaper than the next cheapest bid, and with a lead time of only 3 weeks (versus 6+ weeks at the other store). We have the doors installed now: they are made out of solid wood, feel sturdy, and fit the opening perfectly! For non-custom doors, Lou's was comparable in quality and price to other major retailers like Contractor's Warehouse. We still bought these doors from Lou's because we like supporting a local business. The areas where I would not use Lou's are if you want a door out of material other than wood or pre-painted in a certain color. In our remodel, we got a few doors with windows in them, which Lou's does not offer. They also only offer doors in raw wood or primed white, so you'll need to paint it yourself if you want a different color. It is true that the people at Lou's can sound a little gruff when they answer the phone. But their workmanship is good and they're friendly enough, so I won't ding them for that. Overall, highly recommended! read more

The business is mainly for contractors. They are close in the weekend and close early on weekdays. If you are looking for iron doors, there are very limited choices. read more

These guys custom built me a perfect fire door. Just the shaker style my wife wanted. It was cheaper than other places and hand built in only six days. read more

Lou's doors is the best place in the bay area to get all your interior and exterior doors. I asked around a few places and Lou's had the best price. They are prompt with their service and delivery and my wife and I had an excellent experience with them (Thanks Pat!). Advice to greenhorns (like us): Please make sure you go over the purchase order thoroughly before proceeding with the order. We overlooked that we had decided to change the closet doors from sliding to swinging, but agreed to the order with the earlier quote. Even though it was a slip up, since Pat had verbally agreed (not written!) to make the change, he went ahead and changed those for us. Excellent service with great price, couldn't ask for more. Good luck with your project! read more

Lou's doors was amazing! I had to replace all the doors in my house including the front door and closet doors. I worked with Kelly and she was knowledgeable, organized and made sure I got everything done in a timely manner. They are honest and you know exactly what you are getting! read more

Ryan was great. He's always busy and forgets to call you back, but as long as you are patient and call him, he will take care of you. He advised us on what options we would have for some pretty unique doors that we needed for our detached garage. Specifically we were looking for double doors to fit a 92" wide pre-existing opening on a detached garage. We found an 84" option at Lou's. No one else had anything like this and Home Depot and other places were ridiculous in their pricing, or not wanting to be creative. Ryan OTOH advised on what would be really expensive and what would work within our budget. We were advised that the doors would come in, within 10 days, they took 15 :-). But we weren't in a crazy hurry, so it was ok. They also delivered our doors to our location 40 miles away. There is a minor mistake with the doors, but we will live with it. He offered to make it right, but it really isn't a big deal. They look good. Since I found what we wanted, and they got it done and delivered it, I'd definitely recommend Lou's again. In fact I will be going back for another door for this project. read more

Lou's Prehung Doors - Cool doors - Building Supplies Near Me - San Jose, California

As a homeowner and DIY weekend warrior, I have ordered 12 pre-hung doors and 1 window from this company over the past 14 years, so I have a history with them. The products I have ordered are mostly solid wood, simple design with no complicated woodwork...a few with half-lite or full-lite, so take that as a reference point. I can say that the quality of the doors we received is generally "very good", the cost was "reasonable" when compared to big box stores if you consider that you can specify custom details. The turnaround was also relatively quick, 1-2 weeks, except the one window, which took a few weeks. The only reason I do not like going to Lou's is because the employees can be grumpy and often seem like they just don't want to help customers. Better customer service (and tidy up a bit) would make this place a 5 star experience. It really would help. read more

Small showroom with doors and locks but good service. Price is reasonable and low lead time. Got the doors ordered, waiting for delivery now. read more

Doors were done and installed. Their work is ok but their customer service needs improvement

best service, turn around, and delivery in the the bay. I have used these guys on multiple projects and will continue. read more

Ryan and Kim, thank you for your estimate I "got" from you after I kept sending the emails (over month) with the request get the estimate but no answer and no estimate. I almost lose my customer because of your unresponsive job. I will never do the business with you again. BTW, I got the estimate (detailed estimate) from other reliable company in SJ, after I gave up with you. read more

Not going to lie. We had a couple issues the timelines of our delivery. (Couple days here and there) But we couldn't find anyone in the south bay who could beat Lou's in quality and prices. And quite frankly Ryan is great to work with, patient, and takes the time to walk you through things. Don't think we'd ever work with another door vendor. read more

No so good, won't recommend at all. Many other places have better choices. I ordered several doors, but experience and quality is not as good as expected read more

Still wish I can give less than1 star. I've decided I'm going to keep updating my review until no one shops here ever again and they have to close their doors. Everytime I look at my doors I am filled with anger and hate at the fact that these unprofessional people got so much of mine and my husband's hard earned cash. Here's a hint... read all the non-recommended reviews on this page!!! Same experience as mine with lying, unprofessionalism and incompetence. Stay far away from this place. read more

I'm working with Patrick who was recommended by our builder. So far half our doors have come in and they are amazing quality. He came out 3 times to measure and help with consulting on door configurations. He even lent us dummy doors to do the framing while the other doors come in. Very satisfied. read more

Lou's Prehung Doors - Very early in construction process but quality of doors is great - Building Supplies Near Me - San Jose, California

My dutch door has held up great over the last 6 years. I recently worked with Lou's again and their service was excellent. Highly recommend. read more

Worst place to shop for doors. I have been requesting a quote from Gary for last month and still haven't received it. I could give a 0 stars if possible. Unfortunately I cannot. read more

It takes for ever to get a response from them. If you call they hang up the phone on you. They don't respect their customers

I ordered 9 pre-hung doors from Lou's. They were precisely measured because the openings for my 1940's house were smaller than average. When the doors were installed, all the pre-drilled holes were VERY low. After going over the measurements with my contractor, I figured out that they built each door about 2" too high. They all needed to be cut down from the bottom as they were pre-hung, and now every one of these door handles is too low. I called and spoke to Ryan, the owner, a few times, and emailed him a number of times with no response. They do not stand behind their products/service. I would would steer very clear of working with Lou's Doors. To date, I have sent multiple emails (as he had asked me to send him the chain of emails that I had with Kim) and it has been crickets. Very horrible experience. read more

Ask for Ryan. Go in and pick out the door you like. Good fellas here. As for customized doors expected a wait. I came across a series of trivial matters before getting my doors-Ryan is a man of his words. I am a satisfied customer & when I need MOAR doors I'll be going back to them for those as well. read more

Lou's Prehung Doors - Outside view of my new double doors-(better late than never) 4 months after installation. - Building Supplies Near Me - San Jose, California

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I've been working with them for many many years. Ryan has always been very accommodating and as always came through when when things are needed on our projects. Also their pricing has always been much better than other door and window companies read more

We had a great experience working with Lou's! Kim works so quickly so she was able to get a quote for us when we dropped by their showroom. They are extremely responsive, so it easy ask questions for suggestions and coordinate delivery. They are not the cheapest, but out of all the doors we looked at, I think it's the best value for the quality we got. read more

I tried to call in and ask for a quote for two interior door slabs. The lady picked up the call didn't give me the impression that they speak to or treat their customers with respect. I cannot imagine how hard to deal with them if I will have to order anything from them. Highly recommend the business owner to find someone else to speak and deal with the cusotmers. read more

We final got the door we have been wanting and when we found Lou's doors, Ryan made it all very simple and efficient. One can get overwhelmed with all the choice but again Ryan and his staff made it easy to get through and we got what we wanted. Thank you Lou's doors. read more

Great selection of doors along with great service! Best way to place an order is to look through the website of their catalog and place an order. They do have a lot of flyers as well. read more

Our experience was pretty straight forward. Nothing too custom. We wanted to replace our old hollow-core interior doors, so we ordered 5 solid pre-hung doors with different dimensions, different left/right-hand openings along with new handles. It helped that I knew what I wanted - a style that matched our kitchen cabinets (Shaker). The associate pulled a couple different catalogs and showed a few options. We settled on a manufacturer that he recommended, citing they had good experience with them. Everything showed up on time and correct. read more

Used this company to swap out all the doors in my house. They do a retro, where they take existing door and will cut the slots for the hinges for the hardware for a small fee. Made it very affordable to change all the doors to modern looking interior doors read more