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I have a closet that houses my furnace and water heater. I has large
louvered doors that covers a space that is 8ft tall and 6ft wide. I've
checked a home center and found that new louvered doors are at a max of 80"
tall. My guess is that I could order custom sized door but they'd be very
expensive. Any ideas on a better solution for this?

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On Dec 4, 9:37 am, "J" wrote:
I have a closet that houses my furnace and water heater. I has large
louvered doors that covers a space that is 8ft tall and 6ft wide. I've
checked a home center and found that new louvered doors are at a max of 80"
tall. My guess is that I could order custom sized door but they'd be very
expensive. Any ideas on a better solution for this?

Thanks.


Sure,drop the head jamb down to take normal sized doors and finish off
the area above.
What is wrong with the original doors?
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J wrote:
I have a closet that houses my furnace and water heater. I has
large louvered doors that covers a space that is 8ft tall and 6ft
wide. I've checked a home center and found that new louvered doors
are at a max of 80" tall. My guess is that I could order custom
sized door but they'd be very expensive. Any ideas on a better
solution for this?


96" high louver doors aren't particularly rare. Lots of places they
are used more than 80" ones. Check around on the net, local lumber
yard, etc.


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The original doors are cracked, chipped and generally beat up.

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On Dec 4, 9:37 am, "J" wrote:
I have a closet that houses my furnace and water heater. I has large
louvered doors that covers a space that is 8ft tall and 6ft wide. I've
checked a home center and found that new louvered doors are at a max of
80"
tall. My guess is that I could order custom sized door but they'd be
very
expensive. Any ideas on a better solution for this?

Thanks.


Sure,drop the head jamb down to take normal sized doors and finish off
the area above.
What is wrong with the original doors?



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That's great to know. Thanks for the tip. I'll keep looking.

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J wrote:
I have a closet that houses my furnace and water heater. I has
large louvered doors that covers a space that is 8ft tall and 6ft
wide. I've checked a home center and found that new louvered doors
are at a max of 80" tall. My guess is that I could order custom
sized door but they'd be very expensive. Any ideas on a better
solution for this?


96" high louver doors aren't particularly rare. Lots of places they
are used more than 80" ones. Check around on the net, local lumber
yard, etc.


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