Kick Plate Installation

$99.99

Get A Reno Custom Kick Plate Installation Service

Scuffed paint finishes, deep wood gouges, dented lower door panels, and moisture-stained framing borders do far more than just lower your property's initial presentation—they strip away your portal's defense against constant foot traffic, destroy your door's protective exterior coatings, and create easy entry pathways for wood rot to compromise your entryways. At Get A Reno, we provide professional Kick Plate Installation services to perfectly mount high-strength protective shields along the base of your doors, ensuring they remain fully protected against impact, structurally sound, and visually magnificent. Whether you want to install sleek door kick plates in aluminum, brass, or stainless steel on your front entry door, add a subtle touch of door decor while protecting the bottom of the door from damage, secure a heavy-duty stainless steel armor plate along a high-traffic garage entrance, mount a matching oil-rubbed bronze shield on a side utility portal, or protect your back patio doors from pet scratches, our skilled crew makes the installation simple. We manage the entire mounting project with a smooth, hassle-free approach, keeping you informed from our arrival until your entryways are completely tidy and spotless.

Our complete Kick Plate Installation service is an all-inclusive exterior and interior door detailing solution that permanently eliminates lower panel scuffs, splintering wood grains, and uneven hardware layouts around your portals. We manage every single step of the installation workday, including measuring your door width to maintain exact clearance margins, laying out standard plates at about 2 inches shorter than the door's width, mapping out precise symmetry lines, drilling clean pilot holes into wood, steel, or fiberglass cores, applying specialized moisture barriers, and fastening the protective metal plates with perfectly balanced mechanical tension. We know that trying to drill into tough metal-clad doors, align long metal sheets perfectly straight without buckling, and drive dozens of tiny screws cleanly on your own can feel completely frustrating and exhausting, leaving you with scratched plates, stripped hardware, and a lopsided look. That is exactly why Get A Reno takes care of all the precision laser measuring, specialized tool operation, and hardware anchoring on your behalf, allowing you to sit back, relax, and watch your entryways transform into a robust, beautiful asset without any of the weekend building stress.

The exposed bottom of the door is exactly where a kick plate helps prevent abuse from repeated impacts and everyday damage caused by boots, heavy grocery bags, strollers, and pets. When raw wood grain is left unprotected at the bottom of a door, it acts like a giant sponge, soaking up pooled rainwater and melting winter snow, triggering rapid structural wood decay, core swelling, and splitting that cause the door to bind against its threshold. Furthermore, attempting a hasty DIY installation without properly sealing the metal plate or checking clearance tolerances allows moisture to become trapped directly behind the metal plate, accelerating hidden rust and rot while causing the bottom edge to drag heavily across your clean interior floors. The Get A Reno Kick Plate Installation service acts as an essential defensive shield for your home envelope. By executing a rock-solid, perfectly leveled mechanical installation complete with premium non-corrosive fasteners and robust edge seals, we build a highly durable protective barrier that absorbs heavy impacts, seals out moisture, and keeps your property looking sharp across all seasons.

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The Get A Reno Kick Plate Installation service is a practical outdoor upgrade and property-sharpening solution designed specifically for homeowners who demand absolute structural neatness, reliable protection, and a flawless architectural presentation. Unlike basic handyman setups that simply slap a generic plate over a door with double-sided tape or uneven drywall screws—which quickly warp, catch dirt along the edges, and rattle loose within a few months—our specialized multi-surface crew operates with true technical accuracy. We start every single project with a thorough physical check of your door's core material, lock alignment, and threshold clearance, ensuring your new protective plate sits at the exact mathematical height required for smooth, friction-free door operation while accounting for the door frame so placement does not interfere with alignment or swing.

This premium mounting service covers a wide variety of custom hardware styles, high-end metal finishes, and layout configurations tailored precisely to match the unique architecture and style of your home's exterior and interior portals. Features include installing traditional screw-mounted brass plates, securing modern magnetic steel shields on insulated metal doors, fitting custom kick plates in sizes to match specific door widths, and treating interior basement doors with matching push plates. By utilizing commercial-grade laser levels, specialized drill bits that protect fiberglass or steel skins from marring, and premium rust-proof stainless steel fasteners, Get A Reno ensures your newly mounted kick plate does not just look magnificent on the day of completion, but remains a flat, rigid, entirely stable, and safely secured barrier through extreme seasonal weather shifts, with plates that typically measure 6 to 12 inches tall and, when ADA-driven compliance is required, extend to at least 10 inches high.

We take absolute pride in leaving your property completely immaculate, clean, and beautifully detailed when our work is finished. We refuse to leave messy wood shavings or metal curls on your entry mats, packaging trash scattered across your foyer floors, or loose hardware pieces cluttering your walkways; our technicians work with meticulous care to protect your surrounding hardscapes and interior living spaces throughout the workday. We test the swinging balance and latch synchronization of your doors multiple times to guarantee a completely frictionless arc, verify visual line symmetry from your property boundary line, and clean the workspace completely, leaving your entryways with a crisp, uniform, and pristine look that projects an unmistakable statement of quality, safety, and professional discipline.

Why We Do It

Increased Property Appraisal Value: Upgrading your front entrance with a crisp, professionally leveled metal kick plate instantly maximizes your home's curbside appeal and increases interest from real estate buyers.
Instant Neighborhood Distinction and Pride: Frame your home's primary portals with beautiful, perfectly aligned hardware details that stand out as a true benchmark of neatness and architectural sophistication on your street.
Advanced Weather and Moisture Protection: Applying a protective metal barrier over the door base shields vulnerable wood grain from driving rain, splashing mud, and melting winter snow, while helping maintain a smooth lower door area within 10 inches of the floor for accessibility compliance.
Enhanced Residential Energy Efficiency: Securing your door base with a perfectly aligned, heavy-gauge plate reinforces structural stability, helping your underlying door sweeps maintain a tight, draft-free seal.
Zero-Stress Project Management: From measuring exact door width margins and checking threshold clearances to drilling clean pilot holes and driving hardware, Get A Reno manages the whole project so you can completely relax.
Long-Term Maintenance Elimination: Using premium, non-corrosive metal shields prevents dents in the lower door panel and paint chipping, saving you from constant touch-up painting and sanding chores.
Improved Home Safety and Security: Reinforcing the bottom structure of your entry doors with a heavy-gauge metal plate adds a durable layer of mechanical strength to your primary security perimeter, and, where required, installations are planned to comply with ANSI and ADA standards, which means kick plates are set at least 10 inches high.
Preservation of Structural Integrity: Preventing moisture and heavy impacts from fracturing the lower edge of your door prevents core warping, keeping your primary entry portals fully protected from structural sagging.

What We Do: Stainless Steel Options

Thorough Door and Clearance Assessment: Checking your door's material composition, measuring lower threshold clearances, and identifying core types to plan the safest drilling and mounting path. We recommend 18-gauge plates for common high-traffic areas, while 16-gauge options are better suited for heavy cart traffic.
Precision Laser Layout and Symmetry Mapping: Measuring the door helps locate the center point for the plate, and a tape measure is used to mark the kick plate placement to ensure exact side and bottom margins. Using painter's tape can temporarily hold the position before fastening, keeping the layout uniform.
Core Surface Preparation and Cleaning: Wiping down the lower door face to remove dirt, dust, grease, wax matrices, and moisture is especially important for a strong adhesive bond, particularly before applying VHB tape or other mounting materials.
Advanced Masonry and Core Pilot Drilling: Using a power drill with specialized guides and calibrated bits, first drill two pilot holes at the far right and left to lock in alignment before you run the remaining screws. Safety glasses are recommended, and pilot holes help prevent wood from splitting while keeping wood, steel, or fiberglass faces from fracturing or denting.
Premium Protective Kick Plate Alignment: Position the high-end metal plate precisely over the pilot holes, using non-marring clamps and a level to keep the plate horizontally aligned for clean, lasting durability.
High-Tensile Hardware Fastening Setup: Kick plates can be installed with screws or adhesive, depending on the door and plate. For screws, mark the plate position and install screws after marking to secure the plate without warping the door core.
Friction-Free Swing and Clearance Review: Cycling the door through multiple full openings to ensure the plate completely clears the weather-stripping, threshold sills, and interior rugs. Remember to open the door fully and confirm nothing interferes with smooth operation.
Total Site Gathering and Final Clean: Collecting all metal shavings, wood curls, and packaging materials onto heavy-duty tarps and vacuuming the entryway to leave your entire entrance pristine.

Why Choose Get A Reno

When you choose Get A Reno for your Kick Plate Installation service, you are partnering with a friendly, highly trained team of fully licensed, bonded, and insured structural property preservation specialists. We know that home maintenance and exterior hardware modifications can look messy and disrupt your daily schedule, which is why our entire measurement, mounting, and cleaning process is planned out to be fast, highly efficient, and easy on your household routine. Our crew arrives exactly on time with modern, specialized hand gear, protects your interior foyer floors with clean drop cloths, and maintains a highly organized, safe workspace from our first layout check until our final quality walkthrough.

Real reliability is built into every single layer of our service. We do not cut corners; we do not drive screws blindly into loose or unaligned positions to save time, and we never leave an installation with sharp edges or rough fits. Every plate we level, every fastener we torque, and every boundary we secure is completed to look incredible and protect your home envelope for the long haul. With Get A Reno, you receive simple, flat-rate pricing models, clear updates from our active on-site team leader, and guidance to help you choose the right price-conscious option—we recommend 16-gauge plates for high cart traffic areas. Relax and enjoy the sturdy, beautiful results—your home's transformation is fully covered by our commitment to great work.

Our long-term reliability is backed by a solid satisfaction guarantee, ensuring your exterior entryway hardware stays straight, tight, and beautifully secure through heavy winter blizzards and changing seasonal conditions. Long after our trucks leave and your property pathways are completely clear, our customer care team is always available to give you helpful hardware maintenance advice, finish preservation tips, and seasonal property suggestions, including that #4 satin is the most popular brushed finish for metal kick plates because it offers excellent protection and long service life. We understand that your real estate is your most vital asset, and keeping it looking sharp and working safely requires real attention to detail. By combining high-quality structural materials with a clean, simple design, the Get A Reno Kick Plate Installation service delivers an easy way to enjoy a low-maintenance, stunning home. Let us take the hard work out of your property upgrade project and deliver the beautiful, worry-free property you deserve.