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Movable barriers at the entrance of buildings, rooms, cupboards, etc. which can be used to allow or deny access to the space beyond. Typically attached to surrounding structure using hinges, sliders, swivels, etc.
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What material does a door in your garage that leads outside need to be?
You're mostly correct about the varieties of door, with the caveat that most manufactured wood core doors are probably particleboard inside. … There's also fiberglass or steel skinned foamcore doors.
For an exterior door, solid is generally preferable. They're more secure, more durable, and better insulated (especially the foamcore). …
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How do I add a door to an already existing wall?
Add 2 inches to the door width to get your RO (rough opening) width. Add 2 inches to your height, to allow for a gap at the floor. (You probably won't need all of it, but sometimes level on the floor …
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Spring loaded roller door latch
You were close with your search term, but try searching, "roller catch". You'll find a ton of choices.
(edit to add a couple of thoughts...)
Regarding repair versus replace: it's impossible at this …
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Interior Door upgrades
Isherwood might be on to something about your measuring... you might have plain old 32" doors without realizing it. … Plus, you'll be able to specify unbored and unmortised.
if your existing doors fit well, you could even bring the doors to the aforementioned door place as templates and let them cut/bore/hinge them for …
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Cutting door w/ chipboard center
I'd suggest you chuck the door. Chipboard won't hold hinge screws well, nor will it make an attractive surface for the strike side.
If you were desperate to use this door, you could cut a channel in …
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Hanging temporary doors and then replacing
If you order cheap slab doors and the fancy doors from the same supplier, then swapping the old for the new should be extremely easy and not prohibitively expensive. …
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fitting heavy duty brass door hinges
I'm assuming you're asking about drilling holes in the jamb and the door because the new hinges have different holes. If I've misunderstood your issue, I'll edit.
Mark your holes from the hinge with …
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Door handedness
Door handing descriptions vary, so my best advice is to draw a picture for your door supplier and let them decide what they call it.
From Schlage.com (https://www.schlage.com/blog/categories/2017/01/ …
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Bottom rail of wood panel door falling off
Hard to say whether it's a tenon or a few dowels, but assuming the wood is sound, you can pull the rail into place with a clamp (or a strap if you're low on 8' clamps) and put a couple of 8-10" screws …
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Providing additional support for door hinges with no stud behind
Your idea isn't terrible -- it's really nice to have long screws through the hinges, but it still might be overkill.
Long screws through the main part of the jamb that pass close to tight shims and g …
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How to measure, order, install exterior door
Check plumb of the sides to see if it’s way out, and measure the shortest width for your rough opening. (Outside of 2-by to outside of 2-by.) Take 1/2” off this for luck. Do this on the side not pictu …
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Are you able to make a 3 hinge door into a 2 hinge door?
If you really wanted, you could buy a hollow core door blank (no hinge mortises, no knob bore) from a real door place. The key here is “hollow core”.
The door place could, with your old door, match hi …
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Do I remove plastic feet on bottom of prehung door?
Yes, remove the shipping protectors. As noted in the comments, they’d show in most circumstances.
And if your floor is out of level, you might be cutting the jamb leg anyway, and cutting staples is a …
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How to keep closed a door that doesn't have a handle without drilling holes?
(The most common application here is for doors between garages and houses, as one doesn't want exhaust in a house.) …
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Frame a door under or around a beam?
Cutting a door isn't hard: clamp a straightedge to the door and go at it with a circular saw.
If you wanted to maximize height, you could use the beam as the head of the jamb. Maybe skin it with 1/4" …
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