Slab Door Installation in Columbus, Ohio

Transit & Flow Group installs slab doors, meaning just the door panel itself, into existing door frames across Columbus and Central Ohio. This is the right service specifically when your current frame and jamb are still solid, square, and properly sized, and only the door has failed, is damaged beyond repair, or you simply want a different style. It is faster and less expensive than replacing the frame too. If your existing frame is damaged, rotted, out of square, or you are resizing the opening, our Prehung Door Installation page is the correct service, since that includes a new frame. If you are unsure which situation applies to you, our Interior Door Replacement page is the umbrella starting point that sorts it out. Describe your door and frame with photos in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.

Is this the right service for you?

Slab Door Installation is the right choice when the frame is not the problem. Common situations:

• A door damaged beyond repair, but the frame is fine. Cracked panels, water damage, or wear that has gone past what our Interior Door Repair page can reasonably fix, on a frame that is still straight and solid.
• A style update. Swapping a flush door for a six-panel look, or updating hardware prep, when the existing frame’s dimensions are standard and sound.
• Matching an existing standard size. Most interior doors are a handful of standard widths and heights; if yours is standard and the frame is true, a slab swap is straightforward.
• Budget-driven replacement. When a new frame is not needed, there is no reason to pay for one, and slab installation is the more economical path.

If, once we look, the frame turns out to be out of square, rotted, or the wrong size for a standard slab, we will tell you honestly and point you to Prehung Door Installation instead rather than force a door into a frame that won’t hold it properly.

How pricing works

Slab Door Installation is priced per door, since the scope is narrower and more predictable than a full prehung replacement.

• Standard slab swap. Removing the old door, hanging the new slab on the existing hinges or new hinges as needed, and fitting it to the frame is the base scope.
• Trimming and fitting. Slab doors typically need trimming to fit the exact opening and hardware mortising (hinge, lockset, and strike) cut to match, priced as part of the standard install.
• Door material and style. Solid wood, molded composite, hollow-core, six-panel, flush, and glass-lite French-style doors price differently based on material and finish.
• What changes the price: if the existing frame turns out to be slightly out of true, minor shimming or planing can usually correct it within this scope; if it’s more than minor, we flag it as a frame issue rather than forcing a bad fit.

As general market context, not a Transit & Flow quote, Angi’s 2026 data puts slab door installation at roughly $300 to $500, noticeably less than prehung installation because no new frame is involved. Enter your project details and photos in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate. Final scope and price subject to verification on site.

What’s included

• Assessment confirming the existing frame is sound and standard-sized
• Removal and haul-away of the old door
• New slab door trimmed, fitted, and hung in the existing frame
• Hardware mortising and installation: hinges, knob or lever, and strike plate
• Minor frame shimming or planing to correct small imperfections
• All workmanship is backed by a 1-year labor warranty on labor, parts, and equipment covered per manufacturer terms.

What’s not included

• Frame or jamb replacement, covered on our Prehung Door Installation page when the frame itself needs work
• Closet-specific bifold or bypass door systems, covered on our Closet Door Installation page
• Barn-style sliding door hardware, covered on our Barn Door Installation page
• Casing and trim replacement beyond minor touch-up
• Structural repair to the wall or header around the opening, handled by appropriately qualified professionals where required

Slab door installation across Central Ohio

Slab door installation tends to be the more common request in Central Ohio’s newer construction, subdivisions around Dublin, Powell, Hilliard, and New Albany built from the 1990s onward generally have square, standard-sized openings, so when a door itself fails or a homeowner wants an updated look, the frame underneath is usually still fine and a slab swap gets the job done without extra framing cost.

Older neighborhoods can go either way. In parts of Clintonville, Grandview, and Bexley with well-maintained original frames, a slab swap works cleanly. In homes where the frame has settled or seen water damage over the decades, a slab install would not hang correctly, and that is exactly why we check frame condition first rather than assuming based on the door’s age. Basement doors installed during finishing projects are also frequently standard-sized and straightforward candidates for slab installation, since those openings were framed to code more recently than the rest of an older house.

Our process

1. Describe your door and confirm your frame looks straight and undamaged, with photos, through the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.
2. On-site confirmation that the frame is square, sound, and standard-sized, with final pricing confirmed before work begins.
3. Removal of the old door slab, keeping the existing frame intact.
4. Trimming, hardware mortising, and installation of the new slab door.
5. Final check: the door swings freely, latches cleanly, and seals evenly against the frame.

Services completed by appropriately qualified professionals where required.

Related services

Interior Door Replacement | Prehung Door Installation | Closet Door Installation | Barn Door Installation

When the frame is solid, replacing just the door is the faster, less expensive path. Get a preliminary online estimate in the Estimate Builder, book service online, or call Transit & Flow at (614) 382-0000 to get started.