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February 21, 2006
The First Door is Hung
To bring some harmony to the hodge podge of doors, and Lowe's happened to have $10 interior doors, 30" and 32", we bought some. Then this weekend we hung the first of the doors. What a task!! When the door fits well into the already existing frame, you think all is good. Then you measure the doorway and it says 32" and your door measures 32" - all seems great. That is until you put the hinges on! After many tries of getting the hinged areas routed deeper and deeper to get the door to fit without having to cut it....at last we had no choice and she had to be trimmed ~ an 1/8 of an inch! But to be on the safe side Brian took a wee more than that. It took half the day, but some valuable lessons were learned like check the size of the existing door, if it measures 31 7/8" the new door will most likely need to also! The door is still in its primed state, I'm currently looking for a color to go well with the kitchen and the living room colors, since they are an open floor plan, all colors need to be harmonious. The previous door will become the back door so that we won't have to buy a new one.
Old Door
New Door
Comments (2)
Derek:I've had the same problem with doors. I've learned to leave a 1/8" gap on both sides. I've heard that the edge is bevelled sometimes, so you can have a tight gap, and close the door, seems like a lot of work though.
Posted by Derek | February 21, 2006 11:54 AM
Posted on February 21, 2006 11:54
Jessica:Hello Derek! Thanks for the tips! I'll have to tell Brian about the bevelled edges!
I know one thing I will be glad when we put the doors up in the new house, since we will be building the frames to match the doors instead of vice-versa! We HATE cutting the doors like that!
Posted by Jessica | February 21, 2006 3:45 PM
Posted on February 21, 2006 15:45
