Are these doors any good?

https://tinyurl.com/MDF-Slab-Door

Full Link

https://www.homedepot.com/p/JELD-WEN...1026/202036884

I threw one in as part of my freshen-up project before the kids showed up
for Thanksgiving. I need at least 6 more to do the upstairs rooms, maybe
a dozen if I do all the closets too.

The prices are right, but am I going to have issues later on?

I went from this...

https://i.imgur.com/Mq74uix.jpg

....to this:

https://i.imgur.com/18PhvFH.jpg

(Not painted yet)

On 11/29/2019 6:04 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
Are these doors any good?

https://tinyurl.com/MDF-Slab-Door

Full Link

https://www.homedepot.com/p/JELD-WEN...1026/202036884

I threw one in as part of my freshen-up project before the kids showed up
for Thanksgiving. I need at least 6 more to do the upstairs rooms, maybe
a dozen if I do all the closets too.

The prices are right, but am I going to have issues later on?

I went from this...

https://i.imgur.com/Mq74uix.jpg
Takes me back - WAY back, like, to the house I grew in during the 50s.

Dave in SoTex

On 11/29/2019 6:04 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
Are these doors any good?

https://tinyurl.com/MDF-Slab-Door

Full Link

https://www.homedepot.com/p/JELD-WEN...1026/202036884

I threw one in as part of my freshen-up project before the kids showed up
for Thanksgiving. I need at least 6 more to do the upstairs rooms, maybe
a dozen if I do all the closets too.

The prices are right, but am I going to have issues later on?
....

They are what they are...lightest possible MDF. If you can get away
with not having to trim and they aren't used hard, they'll be ok for a
while, anyways...There's only 1" solid on edges at most for hanging.

As the site also says, be certain to prime and paint all six sides or
they _will_ warp.

I'd not use for a bath door for that reason...

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On Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 9:00:11 AM UTC-5, dpb wrote:
On 11/29/2019 6:04 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
Are these doors any good?

https://tinyurl.com/MDF-Slab-Door

Full Link

https://www.homedepot.com/p/JELD-WEN...1026/202036884

I threw one in as part of my freshen-up project before the kids showed up
for Thanksgiving. I need at least 6 more to do the upstairs rooms, maybe
a dozen if I do all the closets too.

The prices are right, but am I going to have issues later on?
...
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They are what they are...lightest possible MDF. If you can get away
with not having to trim and they aren't used hard, they'll be ok for a
while, anyways...There's only 1" solid on edges at most for hanging.

Actually, they can be trimmed, per the page I linked to:

"Door trimmable for custom fit up to 1/4in T, 3/4in B & 1/8in S"

I had to trim the closet door by 1/8" in width and at a slight angle on the top since the
opening wasn't square. Many of the other doors will need the bottom trimmed due to
the new carpet, but not by 3/4€�.

They won't be used hard, it's just the two of us.


As the site also says, be certain to prime and paint all six sides or
they _will_ warp.

I'd not use for a bath door for that reason...


Good point.

On 11/30/2019 9:23 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
"... & 1/8in S"

is no trimming sides of any consequence...

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On 11/30/2019 10:33 AM, dpb wrote:
On 11/30/2019 9:23 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
"... & 1/8in S"

is no trimming sides of any consequence...

If you have no narrow openings, or badly out of square/plumb, that may
be sufficient. Just saying check for sure.

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On Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 8:50:32 AM UTC-5, Dave in SoTex wrote:
On 11/29/2019 6:04 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
Are these doors any good?

https://tinyurl.com/MDF-Slab-Door

Full Link

https://www.homedepot.com/p/JELD-WEN...1026/202036884

I threw one in as part of my freshen-up project before the kids showed up
for Thanksgiving. I need at least 6 more to do the upstairs rooms, maybe
a dozen if I do all the closets too.

The prices are right, but am I going to have issues later on?

I went from this...

https://i.imgur.com/Mq74uix.jpg
Takes me back - WAY back, like, to the house I grew in during the 50s.

Dave in SoTex

That makes perfect sense. The house was built in the same year that I
was, 1955. ;-)