RicodJour wrote:
Evodawg wrote:

Cleetus Awreetus wrote:

I 've attempted to install a 48" x 80" double prehung door (made by
Masonite, from Home Depot) into a pre-framed entry way in my house, and it's
turned out to not be as easy as I thought. When I bought the house, the
door way was simply finished with dry wall. I started by pulling off the
dry wall from the inside, to expose the 2x4's all around the inside of the
door way. After pulling off the dry wall, the exact width of the doorway is
48". I figured since it was 48", then I needed a 48" x 80" prehung door,
which they sold at HD. Little did I realize, that 48" was the interior
measurement of the prehung door frame and that the width from stud to study
would need to be an inch or two more. What's the right way to proceed on
this? Should I even think about trying to pull out one of the 2x4s on one
of the sides to give me an extra 1.5" - 2" or so? Is there another size of
a prehung doors that would better fit my dimensions? Or do I just need to
hire a carpenter to build a custom frame and doors? Any advice appreciated.
Thanks.

The advice so far is flawed, just reframe the opening to the spec's
for that door. It's right on the door somewhere. If you go and
special order a door it will cost you twice as much. Tearing out a
few 2x4 is a few dollars. If you don't know what your doing have a
pro do it. For all you know you are dealing with a bearing wall and
if it's not done right it could cost you thousands in the end. Do
you know what a jack stud and cripple stud are?? If not then you
should not be doing this project, PERIOD !!!!


So your advice is to have an obvious newbie "just reframe the opening"
instead of ordering a door...? Then you scare the dude with "could
cost you thousands" if he doesn't know what a jack stud is??

WTF is wrong with just ordering a pre-hung sized to fit? I AM a pro
and I wouldn't reframe for that. Why mess with the drywall and
everything else. You must not value your time at all.

R



It was my understanding he had taken out the drywall already. But
when I reread the post it would be easier and probably less money
for him to reorder the door to the existing rough opening. You are
right RicodJour.

Rich

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