Front door

[houstondallas]

Anyone have a good places they have used to buy a front door? We are needing a 36x96 front door and lowes/home depot are limited in this size. We want a rustic solid wood door with speakeasy style.

Id like to use a local company or someone who has done solid work in past to support the area. Let me know

[UserX]

Check craigslist if you haven't already. I bought a $2,000 door when I still lived in TX for $350. I wish I would have kept it when I moved.

[8mpg]

You can get those speakeasy doors at Builders Surplus. They run $800-1000 or so if I recall (unfinished). Check out Resdoor (they are a wood mill and build custom doors as well as can order doors). Their pricing was way better than HD/Lowes on a french door for us.

[Chuck_Finley]

Several years ago I replaced our front entry door with a new insulated steel one. The company is called Provia now, and honestly it's hard to top 20-gauge thick steel on a door, whereas most others are a little thinner. http://www.proviaproducts.com

[houstondallas]

Wife and I went to builders surplus today. They had a great selection of all kinds of stuff for the house. We ended up buying the 8 foot door we liked and were looking for. Problem now is finding someone qualified to stain and hang it for us. I have searched online and all I keep getting is garage door people.

[8mpg]

staining and sealing is easy..hanging is another story. They did have prehung doors though in the same style if you wanted to do your own install.

[Snodgrass]

That is going to be a tough one for someone to hang considering there isnt a jam or the whole for the knob. Are the hinges mortised out?

[houstondallas]

I may try staining it myself. Wasn't sure how hard it was.

At builders surplus they offer a service to have it cut and hinges installed. It's expensive though. Like $300 bucks

[8mpg]

Easier to return it and get the prehung for $200 more

[UserX]

It's very easy to hang. Lay the doors side by side and mark the hinge and knob locations from old door to new. Chisel, drill, hang, done.

[dblack1]

F paying $300 for mortising some hinges and buying a $30 door hole saw kit. That is seriously a couple hours of work.

That said, I'd buy pre hung. My grandfather never installed pre hung. Not sure why, but I've seen him install a serious amount of slab doors, I think he just liked doing it that.

[houstondallas]

F paying $300 for mortising some hinges and buying a $30 door hole saw kit. That is seriously a couple hours of work.

That said, I'd buy pre hung. My grandfather never installed pre hung. Not sure why, but I've seen him install a serious amount of slab doors, I think he just liked doing it that.

Tell your grandfather to PM me...lol