2x6 Interior Doors

Posted by on July 18, 2006, 9:55 am

Do you have to special order an interior door for 2x6 framing or do
Home Depot type prehung doors have enough adjustable jamb to cover it?
Somehow I doubt it but I wouldn't think that 2x6 interior framing is
that uncommon?

Thanks for any input.

Posted by Robert Allison on July 18, 2006, 10:37 am

ssdd2007b@yahoo.com wrote:

> Do you have to special order an interior door for 2x6 framing or do
> Home Depot type prehung doors have enough adjustable jamb to cover it?
> Somehow I doubt it but I wouldn't think that 2x6 interior framing is
> that uncommon?
>
> Thanks for any input.
>

If you check your yellow pages under "doors", you will find
door mills that will gladly supply you with any door you want
on any kind of jamb that you want. You will find that they
are cheaper than Home Depot. If you insist on HD, you can
make jamb extensions to make your door fit your wall. You can
buy jamb extensions from real lumber yards or door mills, but
it is cheaper to make your own.

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

Posted by HerHusband on July 18, 2006, 11:00 am

We bought 36"x80" prehung pine doors from Lowes a few years ago. They had
doors for 2x4 framing in stock. We had to special order the ones for our
2x6 framing (and one for a swing they didn't have in stock). We only had
two interior doors that needed the 2x6 jambs, but the doors came in within
a few days.

We finished our pine doors with two coats of amber shellac, first coat
straight, sanded lightly, second coat thinned 50% with alcohol. They turned
out great.

Anthony

Posted by Wayne Whitney on July 18, 2006, 12:04 pm

> We finished our pine doors with two coats of amber shellac, first
> coat straight, sanded lightly, second coat thinned 50% with
> alcohol. They turned out great.

I thought the usual practice was to thin the first coat to improve
penetration into the bare wood. What is the motivation behind your
recipe?

Cheers, Wayne

Posted by Glenn on July 18, 2006, 1:05 pm

I have never known of a pro painter who didn't thin both (all)
coats but especially the one you want to penetrate.

All painters I know though, have gone to urethane (30 years ago)
which is better by far. Gosh, I didn't know you could even buy
shellac anymore.

>> We finished our pine doors with two coats of amber
>> shellac, first coat straight, sanded lightly, second
>> coat thinned 50% with alcohol. They turned out great.

> I thought the usual practice was to thin the first coat
> to improve penetration into the bare wood. What is the
> motivation behind your recipe?
> Cheers, Wayne

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