Are these doors any good?
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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...
...to this:
(Not painted yet)
Takes me back - WAY back, like, to the house I grew in during the 50s.
Dave in SoTex
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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.
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...
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.
Good point.
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.
That makes perfect sense. The house was built in the same year that I was, 1955. ;-)
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