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cwalk
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Username: Cwalk
Post Number: 68
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 2:57 pm: | 
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We have den with an opening the size of a reguar door. However all of the homes on the block have "french" doors in that space(meaning some version of 2 skinny doors with glass in them). For some reason ours were not there when we bought the house. but the moulding around the door clearly shows that there used to be doors there.
Question #1 is where can we get doors to replace them without spending a fortune because they are custom made? We only need the actual doors, NOT the door frame because the place where the hinges go is already carved out of the door moulding (which is original and expensive).
Next, is my laundry room in the basement, We want to put some kind of door to not only close off but to control the noise level of the washing machine. the opening is odd and of course not standard (like everything in our house), but our attic closet has a similar height and it has these hollow wooden doors on sliding tracks. That could possibly work for us, but I have no idea where to find these and if these too would have to be built from scratch.
Every carpenter we've ever asked has had basically no idea of how to address this non standard opening in a low ceiling basement so they think up a number as if they will be carving a totem pole with our family crest out of a block of solid mahogany so that we naturally say "forget it!" and they seem almost relieved. ARe we just not talking to "creative thinkers" or is the solution really this complicated? |
greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7486
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 - 3:03 pm: |
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Doors and frames shift over time. You may be better off replacing the whole thing. Otherwise, you are looking at custom door to match up to the hinges. |
Sherri De Rose
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Username: Honeydo
Post Number: 158
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 7:04 am: |
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Let Rich take a look. He is a genius in assessing a situation and coming up with a fix. Our house is old as well and we've spent years doing things to keep the original feel to it. (Honey Do List LLC 973.763.4726). |
sportsnut
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Username: Sportsnut
Post Number: 2395
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 7:17 am: |
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We put in one of these on our laundry room.
http://www.trinityglass.com/pages/signamark/laundry660.html
The door had to be cut down to size. I called Signamark and asked them how to do it properly - it's not as simple as taking a little off the bottom of the door and they informed me that one of their wholesalers would do it for us. The wholesaler then sold it to a lumber company (I think the name was Stelton Lumber down near Piscataway) who then sold it to us. They actually cut the door down and re-sized the jam for us so that everything fit perfectly. It wasn't cheap (as far as interior doors go). I'm thinking that the price was a little over $500 but it looks great and it solved the noise problem for us.
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Bob K
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 11380
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 7:56 am: |
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HD and Lowes carry some interior french doors and I am sure they can order other standard sizes for you as can places such as Jaeger Lumber and other lumberyards. Hanging doors can be tricky as Greentree points out, although most out of plumb situations can be handled by trimming the door.
Depending on how much has to be trimmed a carpenter or handyperson may be able to cut down a solid core door for the utility room. Don't try this with a hollow door.
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Deidra
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Username: Deidralynn
Post Number: 558
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - 12:39 pm: |
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Man, I have A LOT of door issues too....A LOT!
We had the same issue with our den, but it was an opening to fit two regular size french doors and we had Essex Door and Window install them (in the yellow pages). The owner offers good ideas and works with you with payment.
Also, we had an old back door from the kitchen and we used Tico's (973-378-3530) for creative solutions for a sliding patio door. I purchased the door from Jaeger Lumber in Union - who are VERY helpful, and Tico's picks it up and does the installation. Tico's also offers interior solutions using HD doors.
I just visited Jaeger yesterday because we want to replace the old storm door on our front enclosure with a wooden french door and the guy at the counter gave me two nice door catalogues to look through to decide what I want. Try Jaeger for ideas, then call Tico's for measurements and they will help you out.
Good luck.
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