"John/Charleston" wrote in message
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On 10 Feb 2005 11:44:28 -0800, wrote:

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Another alternative is to buy pre-hung doors (add $50 per door?) which
are much easier to install.
Either way, start with the least important door first.....
On a 1970s cookie cutter, the odds are rather good that all the doors are
stock sizes, so this is all probably a moot point. Should be able to just
buy slab doors, buy or borrow the jigs for the hinges and lockset, and get
underway. Maybe buy 1 door with same measurements, and take it home a set it
in frame w/o cutting on it first, to check? If it is unscarred, most places
take returns, if needed.

I agree with previous poster- I'd also price out prehung doors. On a mass
buy, the cost may be close enough to make the chisel/router work just not
worth it. Since he wants paneled doors, he's gonna be painting anyway, and
the skill level required to hang a prehung is less than hanging a slab in an
old frame. (IMHO, of course, YMMV.)

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