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Posted by Steve on April 29, 2008, 10:44 pm
> I have a closet door that is 81 inches high and 49 inches across
> (these measurements are without the jam that is 3/4" thick).
> With the jam, the total length across is only 47.5 inches and the
> standard door in Home Depot is 24" across (or 48" with 2 doors).
> Does anyone have an easy solution?
>
> Sorry. Forgot to include the most important part. I want to hang a
> door in that space. The original owner had bought a sliding door
> but because they put a hot water heater in the closet, they didn't
> have enough room to install the sliding doors as the heater sticks
> out a bit. So they tacked wood outside the frame and hung the door
> on that. i would like to rehang doors that are flush with the wall.
You can get standard doors in 2" width increments, but you'll have to
special-order the less common widths. You can get custom-made doors in any
size you want, but you'll have to pay extra.
For a 49" rough opening, I would buy a 46" door and add shims to both
sides to make up the difference. The documentation the door will tell you
what size rough opening it needs. I like to have 1.5" extra width for a
prehung door so I can put shims around it to make it plumb and square.
--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement
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