True. But use caution in a historic house. Pre- hung doors are not an option if you want to preserve a certain look.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2011, at 1:14 AM, redghost <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote: I concur. replacing doors in jambs is a huge PITA. The door never fits, never swings right and you spend hours per door trying to make it at least look ok. Prehung is much simpler, as you can shim and mess with it and then put the moulding on and cover all your sins. Last door I tried to make fit the jamb cost me $2k once it was hung as close to proper. clay Gump - She is green, simple and runs and runs Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial POS SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Jun 29, 2011, at 6:19 AM, Douglas wrote: I recommend using pre hung doors. It seems that many interior doors though are 32" are actually 31 3/4" so when you buy a slab door it will be the full 32" which you will need to rip the door also. With pre-hung you pull the casing sawzall the nails holding the door in and then install the new pre-hung. I know it seems like it would take longer though it won't. Douglas -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Herrman Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 8:49 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] OT: Hanging Doors I am looking for advice or a good tutorial on how to replace existing doors in the house. I plan to replace all 10 of the interior doors, and I will need a template for the router to cut for the hinges and the lock set recess on the opposite edge of the door. I already have all I need for installing the new locks. I will be using the existing cutouts on the door jambs.I would be looking for any time and labor saving devices. Thanks in advance. Jerry 82 240D __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 6248 (20110628) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
