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I just had a number of interior doors replaced in an old house that I am
having renovated. The door replacements were done to make all of the interior doors in the house match instead of having mismatched door styles throughout the house. The original doors were 77" to 78" high. I had the doors replaced with inexpensive hollow core Masonite veneer 6-panel door slabs. The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? When I search in stores and on the Internet, I can't seem to find interior door slabs that come in any size less than 80' high. Am I missing something? Don't manufacturers sell hollow core doors that are 78" high so that when they are cut a little shorter there is still a solid end piece at the top and bottom? Is my only other option to use solid core replacement interior doors? And, if so, do they sell solid core interior replacement doors that are 78 inches high? |
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There is at least 2 inches of solid wood at the top and bottom of the door
which can be trimmed. Try pinching the door in the store or use a stud finder to determine the exact cutoff limits. If it were much shorter than you would need a solid door but you should be able to trim 2" total, 3" will be close. Look for a spec sheet for the door, it may be there. Cut as much as you can from the bottom then the rest from the top so it looks good. "nnnnnnnnn" wrote in message . .. I just had a number of interior doors replaced in an old house that I am having renovated. The door replacements were done to make all of the interior doors in the house match instead of having mismatched door styles throughout the house. The original doors were 77" to 78" high. I had the doors replaced with inexpensive hollow core Masonite veneer 6-panel door slabs. The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? When I search in stores and on the Internet, I can't seem to find interior door slabs that come in any size less than 80' high. Am I missing something? Don't manufacturers sell hollow core doors that are 78" high so that when they are cut a little shorter there is still a solid end piece at the top and bottom? Is my only other option to use solid core replacement interior doors? And, if so, do they sell solid core interior replacement doors that are 78 inches high? |
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nnnnnnnnn wrote:
I just had a number of interior doors replaced in an old house that I am having renovated. The door replacements were done to make all of the interior doors in the house match instead of having mismatched door styles throughout the house. The original doors were 77" to 78" high. I had the doors replaced with inexpensive hollow core Masonite veneer 6-panel door slabs. The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? You use the section you cut out. Pull off the masonite veneer and the edge and you have a straight piece you can use in that "open hollow" Glue and finish nails to hold it in place When I search in stores and on the Internet, I can't seem to find interior door slabs that come in any size less than 80' high. Am I missing something? Don't manufacturers sell hollow core doors that are 78" high so that when they are cut a little shorter there is still a solid end piece at the top and bottom? Is my only other option to use solid core replacement interior doors? And, if so, do they sell solid core interior replacement doors that are 78 inches high? They sell really nice solid wood 6 panel pine doors you paint about 100.00 each. -- "You can lead them to LINUX but you can't make them THINK" Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586 |
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Years ago interior doors came in two heights, 78" and 80". I see now that
masonite.com only shows 80" as the smallest door that they make. Someone stocking older models may have smaller sizes or another manufacturer may make smaller sizes. "nnnnnnnnn" wrote in message . .. I just had a number of interior doors replaced in an old house that I am having renovated. The door replacements were done to make all of the interior doors in the house match instead of having mismatched door styles throughout the house. The original doors were 77" to 78" high. I had the doors replaced with inexpensive hollow core Masonite veneer 6-panel door slabs. The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? When I search in stores and on the Internet, I can't seem to find interior door slabs that come in any size less than 80' high. Am I missing something? Don't manufacturers sell hollow core doors that are 78" high so that when they are cut a little shorter there is still a solid end piece at the top and bottom? Is my only other option to use solid core replacement interior doors? And, if so, do they sell solid core interior replacement doors that are 78 inches high? |
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pipedown wrote:
There is at least 2 inches of solid wood at the top and bottom of the door which can be trimmed. Try pinching the door in the store or use a stud finder to determine the exact cutoff limits. If it were much shorter than you would need a solid door but you should be able to trim 2" total, 3" will be close. Look for a spec sheet for the door, it may be there. Cut as much as you can from the bottom then the rest from the top so it looks good. Dude you never cut the top of a door. NEVER! If you cut the solid piece out of the bottom you reuse it in the hollow area. 2-3 inches off the bottom of door is not that big a deal. Your largest panels are at the bottom. as you go up they get smaller, including the stiles. -- "You can lead them to LINUX but you can't make them THINK" Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586 |
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nnnnnnnnn wrote:
I just had a number of interior doors replaced in an old house that I am having renovated. The door replacements were done to make all of the interior doors in the house match instead of having mismatched door styles throughout the house. The original doors were 77" to 78" high. I had the doors replaced with inexpensive hollow core Masonite veneer 6-panel door slabs. The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? When I search in stores and on the Internet, I can't seem to find interior door slabs that come in any size less than 80' high. Am I missing something? Don't manufacturers sell hollow core doors that are 78" high so that when they are cut a little shorter there is still a solid end piece at the top and bottom? Is my only other option to use solid core replacement interior doors? And, if so, do they sell solid core interior replacement doors that are 78 inches high? Yes, you can piece in the filler strip, but it is a pain in the ass. You may need to cut from the top and bottom of the blank, to avoid trimming away the entire strip on one end. Your contractor is an idiot, or lazy. I wouldn't accept the work. -- aem sends... |
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nnnnnnnnn wrote:
The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Keyword here is THEY, who is they? Contractors, Handyman, Illegal Alien hourly worker. Did you pay them yet? If you did you got screwed. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? See my solution in prior post -- "You can lead them to LINUX but you can't make them THINK" Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586 |
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On May 19, 10:03 pm, "nnnnnnnnn" wrote:
I just had a number of interior doors replaced in an old house that I am having renovated. The door replacements were done to make all of the interior doors in the house match instead of having mismatched door styles throughout the house. The original doors were 77" to 78" high. I had the doors replaced with inexpensive hollow core Masonite veneer 6-panel door slabs. The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? When I search in stores and on the Internet, I can't seem to find interior door slabs that come in any size less than 80' high. Am I missing something? Don't manufacturers sell hollow core doors that are 78" high so that when they are cut a little shorter there is still a solid end piece at the top and bottom? Is my only other option to use solid core replacement interior doors? And, if so, do they sell solid core interior replacement doors that are 78 inches high? What I prefer in that situation is to buy prehung doors, and sawzall the opening, fix the drywall, and then it takes a standard door. there is usually enough meat in the header to do that without compromising the structure, when not, you can build a new header inside the wall. It is a bit more work, but the results are worth it, and if a new door is needed in the future it will fit. |
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"pipedown" wrote in message
. .. There is at least 2 inches of solid wood at the top and bottom of the door which can be trimmed. . . . . , I'll check again and post back here tonight or tomorrow, but I don't think that's correct. I saved the pieces that were cut off and I think the solid part at the top and bottom is much less than 2 inches. |
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"evodawg" wrote in message
news:dArYj.728$ah.406@trnddc06... You use the section you cut out. Pull off the masonite veneer and the edge and you have a straight piece you can use in that "open hollow" Glue and finish nails to hold it in place. Thanks. I was thinking that may be what they do. I saved the cutoff pieces in case that is the way to do it. I haven't tried separating the masonite from the wood filler strips, but hopefully thta won't be too hard to do. |
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"evodawg" wrote in message
news:wYrYj.731$ah.444@trnddc06... Keyword here is THEY, who is they? Contractors, Handyman, Illegal Alien hourly worker. Did you pay them yet? If you did you got screwed. Well, supposedly they are genuine bona fide real-life contractors with experience in the field. They have all of the right tools and equipment and the impression I got is that they know what they are doing. I decided to start them out on a couple of basic things first to see how they work, etc. Now I am finding that I have doubts about their true skill level, but I thought I'd check here to see what is considered normal and what isn't. |
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"Eric in North TX" wrote in message
... What I prefer in that situation is to buy prehung doors, and sawzall the opening, fix the drywall, and then it takes a standard door. . . . I did think about that option, but it's an old house with and older style trim throughout. If I used pre-hung doors, it would mean changing the trim on both sides for more than a dozen doors. So, I thought that just replacing the slabs would make the most sense. When looking at the job, they measured each door and I just assumed that contractors could buy hollow core interior doors in various sizes, including 78-inch high doors. Then each door would only require minimal cutting to fit the opening. To my surprise, it appears that no one sells new 78-inch hollow core 6-panel interior doors. It also appears that no one sells hollow core interior doors with pre-cut door hardware openings. |
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Ummm.... 78" high is a standard door height. Just one that they don't
stock it in the stores. You have to order it. It's more expensive than an 80" door, but not by a whole lot. In my opinion, better than hacking more than the manufacturer's recommended amount from an 80" door. Most people are too stuipd or lazy to do it the right way and actually order a door that's the right size. |
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On May 19, 11:35*pm, evodawg wrote:
pipedown wrote: There is at least 2 inches of solid wood at the top and bottom of the door which can be trimmed. *Try pinching the door in the store or use a stud finder to determine the exact cutoff limits. If it were much shorter than you would need a solid door but you should be able to trim 2" total, 3" will be close. *Look for a spec sheet for the door, it may be there. Cut as much as you can from the bottom then the rest from the top so it looks good. Dude you never cut the top of a door. NEVER! If you cut the solid piece out of the bottom you reuse it in the hollow area. 2-3 inches off the bottom of door is not that big a deal. Your largest panels are at the bottom. as you go up they get smaller, including the stiles. -- "You can lead them to LINUX but you can't make them THINK" Running Mandriva release 2008.0 free-i586 using KDE on i586 Dude you never cut the top of a door. NEVER! Never? And in all caps? That's a pretty drastic statement. Consider a 6 panel pine door that needs 5 - 6" cut off. True situation - basement bathroom remodel in a house with a really low basement ceiling. If I cut everything off the bottom, it would have look really out of balance and the door knob would have been down around my knees. Instead I determined the proportional differences of the top and bottom rails and divided my cuts proportionally. Came out great. |
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So, where can I order 78-inch 6-panel hollow core interior doors?
I have checked everywhere I can think of on the Internet and can't find anyplace that sells them. Thanks. "zzyzzx" wrote in message ... Ummm.... 78" high is a standard door height. Just one that they don't stock it in the stores. You have to order it. It's more expensive than an 80" door, but not by a whole lot. In my opinion, better than hacking more than the manufacturer's recommended amount from an 80" door. Most people are too stuipd or lazy to do it the right way and actually order a door that's the right size. |
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"pipedown" wrote in message
. .. There is at least 2 inches of solid wood at the top and bottom of the door which can be trimmed. Try pinching the door in the store or use a stud finder to determine the exact cutoff limits. I just went and checked the new 80-inch hollow core doors. There is a 1-inch solid core across the top and a 3/4-inch solid core across the bottom. That's it. I was surprised myself. |
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"nnnnnnnnn" wrote in message ... So, where can I order 78-inch 6-panel hollow core interior doors? I have checked everywhere I can think of on the Internet and can't find anyplace that sells them. Thanks. "zzyzzx" wrote in message ... Ummm.... 78" high is a standard door height. Just one that they don't stock it in the stores. You have to order it. It's more expensive than an 80" door, but not by a whole lot. In my opinion, better than hacking more than the manufacturer's recommended amount from an 80" door. Most people are too stuipd or lazy to do it the right way and actually order a door that's the right size. try the custom desk at a big box, or at a real lumberyard. you can also look up doors in the yellow pages. when i was building my house, i found a small shop that just builds doors for custom houses, that was the same cost as buying all the doors at a big box. |
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ddb had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/main...es-307769-.htm : OK...Let's make this simple. Having just cut down about 15 of these very same doors (six panel hollow-core), from 80" cut down to as small as 76", let me say this: 1) Any so-called contractor leaving open ends on a door is not a real contractor. Don't pay them. Don't hire them. Don't let them on your property. 2) If you're cutting the door down by 3/4 or less, you can cut the bottom. Don't cut the top. 3) Contractors habitually don't cut the top because (a) if you've got a pre-hung, you'll leave a gap, or (b) if it's a replacement slab (you're just replacing an existing door and keeping the old jamb and stop) with no hinge or handle cut outs, they'll measure top-down to get hinge placement on the door vs. the ones they'll route or chisel out on your new door. However, this isn't a hard-and-fast rule (see #4 below). 4) If you've got to cut down more than say 2 or 3 inches, and you feel that the 'balance' between the door panels is too wacky from top to bottom, you CAN cut the top and bottom. However, you're going to have to chisel out a new hinge placement to ensure you don't leave a gap a the top of the door. In the case where you're replacing existing doors, buy a 'slab' door with no hinges and handle cut outs, and buy an inexpensive Irwin doorhandle/hinge install kit at Home Depot and a good, sharp, 1" chisel. It worked perfect for me. To cut down a hollow door more than 3/4" and make it right, this is what I did: * Measured the offset *carefully* on my circular saw to the outside of the blade, in my case, 1 12/32". * Clamped a straight-edge to the top or bottom of the door that I wanted to cut. This was measured off at Offset + the amount I want to shorten the door by. * Cut the door with the circular saw. I ended up with a cut end with the entire solid plug sandwiched between the veneers of the door. * Used table saw to line up the plug to trim *just* the veneer off. Worked awesome every time. I set it so I could literally peel the last bit of veneer off about the thickness of a piece of paper, so I knew the plug was perfect. * Spread wood glue on inside of door where plug will go. Wipe with finger to get even coat. Do the same on the door plug. Insert. Clamp for 30 minutes. Done. I've done both bi-folds and interior doors with this method, and it works awesome. I have a 1962 basement+main with original doors at 78", plus a new basement reno that is 80" standard with a lower ceiling in my laundry taking it down to 76". PS: If you need to cut the door lengthways to trim it, use a table saw and get a friend to help you handle it through. Don't use the circular saw method for that ... too slow, and if it's not perfect, you'll notice the tiniest imperfections lengthways, whereas at the top and bottom, you don't notice any small stuff at all (like saw blade marks). Your 'contractor' is an incompetent buffoon. Sorry...I've had one of those too...who hasn't? ------------------------------------- nnnnnnnnn wrote: I just had a number of interior doors replaced in an old house that I am having renovated. The door replacements were done to make all of the interior doors in the house match instead of having mismatched door styles throughout the house. The original doors were 77" to 78" high. I had the doors replaced with inexpensive hollow core Masonite veneer 6-panel door slabs. The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? When I search in stores and on the Internet, I can't seem to find interior door slabs that come in any size less than 80' high. Am I missing something? Don't manufacturers sell hollow core doors that are 78" high so that when they are cut a little shorter there is still a solid end piece at the top and bottom? Is my only other option to use solid core replacement interior doors? And, if so, do they sell solid core interior replacement doors that are 78 inches high? ##-----------------------------------------------## Delivered via http://www.thestuccocompany.com/ Building Construction and Maintenance Forum Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup - alt.home.repair - 345202 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## |
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"nnnnnnnnn" wrote in
: I just had a number of interior doors replaced in an old house that I am having renovated. The door replacements were done to make all of the interior doors in the house match instead of having mismatched door styles throughout the house. The original doors were 77" to 78" high. I had the doors replaced with inexpensive hollow core Masonite veneer 6-panel door slabs. The replacement door slabs were 80 inches high, so they had to be cut. But the cuts meant that either the top or bottom ended up as just an open hollow space between the front and back veneers. Somehow that doesn't seem right to me. What do contractors normally do in this situation? Do they really just leave the top or bottom open like that? Do they try to fill in the space with a replacement filler piece? When I search in stores and on the Internet, I can't seem to find interior door slabs that come in any size less than 80' high. Am I missing something? Don't manufacturers sell hollow core doors that are 78" high so that when they are cut a little shorter there is still a solid end piece at the top and bottom? Is my only other option to use solid core replacement interior doors? And, if so, do they sell solid core interior replacement doors that are 78 inches high? As Dennis said, 1) Any so-called contractor leaving open ends on a door is not a real contractor I am not a real contractor either but I sure wouldn't do that. If the door looked OK after the cut and hung I would have taken the paneling off the cutoff piece which would leave the wood "filler" piece, put some glue on it, slide it back up in the opening and clamp for a few hours. Heck, might even get away with not clamping and just put some brads in to hold it till dry. Probably never see them. Especially if they get painted. Too bad you don't have the cutoffs??? |
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replying to charlie, CHW3 wrote:
charlie.spitzer wrote: "nnnnnnnnn" wrote in message ... try the custom desk at a big box, or at a real lumberyard. you can also look up doors in the yellow pages. when i was building my house, i found a small shop that just builds doors for custom houses, that was the same cost as buying all the doors at a big box. I appreciate everybody's responses, yet no one has answered the question, "where can I get a non standard sized door?" SOMEBODY makes them, because builders continue to install them. The door I am trying to replace is 23 5/8 inches wide, but yet is a standard height. It's a 6 panel hollow core interior closet door. It came with the house - do I need to go back to the builder and get a door from them? -- |
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CHW3 wrote:
replying to charlie, CHW3 wrote: charlie.spitzer wrote: "nnnnnnnnn" wrote in message ... try the custom desk at a big box, or at a real lumberyard. you can also look up doors in the yellow pages. when i was building my house, i found a small shop that just builds doors for custom houses, that was the same cost as buying all the doors at a big box. I appreciate everybody's responses, yet no one has answered the question, "where can I get a non standard sized door?" SOMEBODY makes them, because builders continue to install them. The door I am trying to replace is 23 5/8 inches wide, but yet is a standard height. It's a 6 panel hollow core interior closet door. It came with the house - do I need to go back to the builder and get a door from them? No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5° . -- Snag |
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replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote:
snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? . -- Snag Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 inches)? My guess is no they are not. I am really not trying to be difficult - but its ridiculous that a builder can get a door that size but no one else can. Are they buying in bulk from a manufacturer and specifying a non standard size just to be difficult? Guess I'll go back to my builder and find out where he gets his doors in bulk. I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem selling one to me. Stupid to have to put a hundred dollars of effort into a 30 dollar door. If I have to do that, I may as well just give him the hundred bucks. -- |
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CHW3 wrote:
replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote: snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? . -- Snag Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 inches)? My guess is no they are not. I am really not trying to be difficult - but its ridiculous that a builder can get a door that size but no one else can. Are they buying in bulk from a manufacturer and specifying a non standard size just to be difficult? Guess I'll go back to my builder and find out where he gets his doors in bulk. I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem selling one to me. Stupid to have to put a hundred dollars of effort into a 30 dollar door. If I have to do that, I may as well just give him the hundred bucks. It's not the builder . I'm just guessing , but I'd bet he bought the doors as pre hung units . -- Snag |
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CHW3 wrote:
replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote: snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? . -- Snag Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 inches)? My guess is no they are not. You are 100% correct. That would be incredibly stupid...unless he had to do so to make a standard door fit because somebody had screwed up the rough opening size. |
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| Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting
| these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 | inches)? My guess is no they are not. I'm afraid your guess is wrong. It's just as Terry Coombs said. Doors typically come in sizes at every two inches. Even hollow core doors can be trimmed a bit for height and width. They generally have wood around the outside. A door replacing an existing door often has to be trimmed, especially in old houses where one side of the door frame can be 1/2" higher than the other side. The typical way to get doors is by ordering through a local lumber yard for items in the Brosco catalogue, which is a supplier that will deliver stock items to lumber yards within 2-3 days. (Home Depot actually has better selection at better prices, but it takes *weeks* to get anything through them.) If you can find a Brosco catalogue you can see the way doors are typically sold. The options depend on the door, but the typical option is 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, or 36" wide and 78 or 80" high. You don't need a table saw to make a good cut. Just clamp a straight edge onto the door as a guide and you can cut it with a circular saw. What you have, hollow core 6-panel, is almost certainly masonite (junk, but they look pretty good... until someone kicks a hole through them) that came pre-hung. If it's 23 3/4" that's probably a 24" door, but you're not likely to find the exact same thing sitting around a lumber yard or in a Brosco catalogue. Your options are to buy a stock 24" wood panel door or find a place to order a masonite panel door. In either case, expect to do some trimming to fit, and unless you find exactly the same brand you may have to settle for slightly different panels. (Wood, for instance, will probably have more relief than the masonite version.) If you can find the brand and exact model you might be able to order a 24" replacement at Home Depot. You may or may not be able to get just the "slab". (Not prehung.) |
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On 7/8/2015 6:12 AM, dadiOH wrote:
CHW3 wrote: replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote: snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? . -- Snag Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 inches)? My guess is no they are not. You are 100% correct. That would be incredibly stupid...unless he had to do so to make a standard door fit because somebody had screwed up the rough opening size. +1 Take a look at any door manufacturer's site, Jeld-Wen, for instance. All of their doors come in widths sized in an even 1" increment. You won't find a 23 5/8" or 28 ˝" in the lot. Somebody screwed up the rough opening and accommodations had to be made. How many doors this size are in your home? That could be a clue as well. |
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On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 6:08:06 AM UTC-5, Terry Coombs wrote:
CHW3 wrote: replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote: snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? . -- Snag Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 inches)? My guess is no they are not. I am really not trying to be difficult - but its ridiculous that a builder can get a door that size but no one else can. Are they buying in bulk from a manufacturer and specifying a non standard size just to be difficult? Guess I'll go back to my builder and find out where he gets his doors in bulk. I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem selling one to me. Stupid to have to put a hundred dollars of effort into a 30 dollar door. If I have to do that, I may as well just give him the hundred bucks. It's not the builder . I'm just guessing , but I'd bet he bought the doors as pre hung units . -- Snag When I was born, the nurses gasped, pointed at me and called me a pre-hung unit. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Swinging Monster |
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On 07/07/2015 09:44 PM, CHW3 wrote:
try the custom desk at a big box, or at a real lumberyard. you can also look up doors in the yellow pages. when i was building my house, i found a small shop that just builds doors for custom houses, that was the same cost as buying all the doors at a big box. I appreciate everybody's responses, yet no one has answered the question, "where can I get a non standard sized door?" SOMEBODY makes them, because builders continue to install them. The door I am trying to replace is 23 5/8 inches wide, but yet is a standard height. It's a 6 panel hollow core interior closet door. It came with the house - do I need to go back to the builder and get a door from them? 23 5/8 inches is almost exactly 60cm. Is it possible that that is a standard metric-sized door? I understand that some parts of the USA started moving toward the metric system, but then the whole thing fizzled out. (My wife was trained to teach metric conversion. Her late mother said that if she could get used to the crazy US system when she was in her 40s, all Americans could get used to it if they learned it as children.) Perce |
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| 23 5/8 inches is almost exactly 60cm. Is it possible that that is a
| standard metric-sized door? Not likely. I've never seen such a thing. (Nor do we have $2.50 nails to replace 6 penny nails. The system has been in place for a long time and would take a lot of trouble to convert.) | I understand that some parts of the USA | started moving toward the metric system, but then the whole thing | fizzled out. (My wife was trained to teach metric conversion. Her late | mother said that if she could get used to the crazy US system when she | was in her 40s, all Americans could get used to it if they learned it as | children.) | I've never understood why we *need* to convert, but it has become a problem with imported cars, hardware, etc. European hinges in the US often come with directions only in metric. Two sets of tools or bits are often needed. There's something absurd about getting directions in 3 languages but without native measuring standards. Awhile back I accidentally bought a dual tape measure. I had to throw it away. One edge of the tape had metric, so I could only measure using the other edge. That doesn't seem like a big deal, but it turned out that it was. I actually keep a VBScript on my desk to convert between F and C, so I know what those wacky Brits are talking about when they claim to be having a "brutal heat wave". Despite seeing C temps for years, I still have a hard time getting used to it. It's not enough to merely know how to convert. One needs to get used to it. |
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On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 01:44:01 +0000, CHW3
wrote: I appreciate everybody's responses, yet no one has answered the question, "where can I get a non standard sized door?" Let me break the news. Visit the door shop that can build what you want. I've done it for one nonstandard door. Give the shop the RO numbers, if you want the size done in a pre-hung. How old is the thread? I know stuff. |
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On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 07:12:10 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote: the rough opening size. I did that. Door shop built what I needed and wanted. |
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On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 03:44:01 +0000, CHW3
wrote: replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote: snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? . -- Snag Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 inches)? My guess is no they are not. I am really not trying to be difficult - but its ridiculous that a builder can get a door that size but no one else can. Are they buying in bulk from a manufacturer and specifying a non standard size just to be difficult? Guess I'll go back to my builder and find out where he gets his doors in bulk. I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem selling one to me. Stupid to have to put a hundred dollars of effort into a 30 dollar door. If I have to do that, I may as well just give him the hundred bucks. Having worked in the window and door business in the past, yes, builders are cutting down standard doors to make them fit, Custom doors are MUCH more expensive (and in most cases, it is still just the standard door cut down - but cut at the factory instead of on-site) This is particularly true of the "styled" doors - the ones that look like raised panel doors. They don't make non-standard dies to press non-standard panel sizes - they just cut down the styles |
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On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 06:08:04 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote: CHW3 wrote: replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote: snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? . -- Snag Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 inches)? My guess is no they are not. I am really not trying to be difficult - but its ridiculous that a builder can get a door that size but no one else can. Are they buying in bulk from a manufacturer and specifying a non standard size just to be difficult? Guess I'll go back to my builder and find out where he gets his doors in bulk. I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem selling one to me. Stupid to have to put a hundred dollars of effort into a 30 dollar door. If I have to do that, I may as well just give him the hundred bucks. It's not the builder . I'm just guessing , but I'd bet he bought the doors as pre hung units . Generally "non standard" sizes are used where something happened in the planning that precluded the use of a "standard" door. I've seen "prehung" doors modified, as well as "slab only" doors being modified to fit into modified "jam kits" |
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replying to clare , CHW3 wrote:
clare wrote: On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 03:44:01 +0000, CHW3 Having worked in the window and door business in the past, yes, builders are cutting down standard doors to make them fit, Custom doors are MUCH more expensive (and in most cases, it is still just the standard door cut down - but cut at the factory instead of on-site) This is particularly true of the "styled" doors - the ones that look like raised panel doors. They don't make non-standard dies to press non-standard panel sizes - they just cut down the styles I hope everybody who has replied to my query can read this, because I sincerely appreciate everyones input, thoughts, etc. You have all, collectively shed much light on this isdue and as a result I, and everyone else is much better for it. I have a much better understanding of the workings of this faction of the home building industry. I have acuired a 24 in wide door and am cutting it down. The thing that bugs me the most is that we purchased the house new, from a very reputable builder in Maryland who has a long and distinguished history. The house is solid. Couldnt figure the door issue, but it appears as though its just one of those inditry quirks, and a stick built house I guess can exacerbate these things. You guys rock! Thanks so much! :-) -- |
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| 24 in wide door and am cutting it down. One last thought: Check the fit after cutting the width and before hinging it, to make sure you don't also need to cut the top at an angle. In a new house that shouldn't be necessary, but frames can get out of square. |
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replying to Mayayana , CHW3 wrote:
mayayana wrote: | I have acuired a | 24 in wide door and am cutting it down. One last thought: Check the fit after cutting the width and before hinging it, to make sure you don't also need to cut the top at an angle. In a new house that shouldn't be necessary, but frames can get out of square. Gotcha! Thanks! :-) -- |
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Uncle Monster posted for all of us...
On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 6:08:06 AM UTC-5, Terry Coombs wrote: CHW3 wrote: replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote: snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door . I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? . -- Snag Thanks Snag one, appreciate it, but let me ask this - are builders cutting these doors down from 24 inches wide, to something less (in my case 23 5/8 inches)? My guess is no they are not. I am really not trying to be difficult - but its ridiculous that a builder can get a door that size but no one else can. Are they buying in bulk from a manufacturer and specifying a non standard size just to be difficult? Guess I'll go back to my builder and find out where he gets his doors in bulk. I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem selling one to me. Stupid to have to put a hundred dollars of effort into a 30 dollar door. If I have to do that, I may as well just give him the hundred bucks. It's not the builder . I'm just guessing , but I'd bet he bought the doors as pre hung units . -- Snag When I was born, the nurses gasped, pointed at me and called me a pre-hung unit. ^_^ [8~{} Uncle Swinging Monster So they hung you up and let you dry. -- Tekkie *Please post a follow-up* |
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Oren posted for all of us...
On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 07:12:10 -0400, "dadiOH" wrote: the rough opening size. I did that. Door shop built what I needed and wanted. Also doing this the backset and hinges will be right. -- Tekkie *Please post a follow-up* |
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On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 3:35:29 PM UTC-5, Tekkie® wrote:
Uncle Monster posted for all of us... On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 6:08:06 AM UTC-5, Terry Coombs wrote: CHW3 wrote: replying to Terry Coombs , CHW3 wrote: snag_one wrote: No , you need to cut 3/16" off each side of a standard 24" door .. I prefer a table saw for this , and don't forget to angle the latch side 5? |
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