Check in the yellow pages for your local area, you should be able to locate
a manufacturer/wholesaler/building materials supplier who can supply such a
door. I think calling it a utility door is your problem, most are actually
fire doors or at least made by companies that make fire doors. A call to
them will tell you if they have such a beast, or who carries such a product,
most likely an industrial building materials supplier. Possibly you could
obtain their web site if they have one to select a particular door to fit
your needs.

"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message
...
The door from the garage into the back yard, not used especially often, is
a
builder's special which after several decades has "seen better days", as
they
say. And the framing around it was hit by termites quite severely - I
think I
nuked them but the frame is heavily damaged.

After digesting everything I could read on the internet, I think I'd like
to
put a steel door there, but not the typical dents-easily 26 gauge guy; I'd
rather pay a few bucks more for a 20 gauge unit.

But I'm having trouble locating a source here in Southern California. I
read
a well-written recommendation for the products by a company called
Precision,
but they don't seem to have a presence out here.

Can anyone suggest a means of getting a decent non-ornate heavy steel
pre-hung
door around here, or brands that I might consider? This has been a
surprisingly futile search target.

Art