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OK, question time. I have a house about 40 years old or so, with
hollow core doors, and for whatever reason, they are 78" or were cut
to 78"... I Am replacing with clear pine solid doors, problem is, the
strike plate is at standard 36", meaning to properly center the
doorknob on the style in the center of the middle rail, i would have
to drop the knob to 34" from the floor to keep the knob centered....
or have it above center on that rail and leave it at 36"

Cutting 2" off the top will not leave me a thick enough rail at the
top of the 6 panels, esthetically...

My ideal is to NOT cut off the top of the door, so tha the top rail
is left the same width as the side styles, and to have the doorknob
centered on the rail at 36" from floor....

Is filling the current stike plate in with wood filler or alternate an
option?? I am painting the jambs and case white.

I would move the strike plate and fill in with auto body filler (Bondo).
Works great if your are going to paint.