Building Doors Yourself:

Advantages

• Make more profit off a job
• Errors can be caught while in production
• Can make patterns more suited to clients need
• Choice of wood

Disadvantages

• Need more equipment and space
• Costs more in overhead
• Employees must be skilled for making doors
• Less choice of profiles if not fully equiped
• Need to order, unload, and store wood

Outsourcing:

Advantages

• Lets you focus on more profitable tasks
• Less equipment & space needed lowering overhead
• Less employee cost
• Have preset samples to show clients

Disadvantages

• Less profit on a job
• Less quality control
• Can't finish before assembly
• May be delivered late
• Mistakes are known only after they are delivered