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Posted by on October 12, 2008, 1:19 pm
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:05:13 -0400, "John Grabowski"
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>> Hello,
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>>
>> I need a little advice on replacing one of our exterior doors.
>> The door measurement is 31 1/2" x 79" so I'm assuming that the door I
>> need to order is 32x80? Also the current door is wood, I have another
>> exterior door which is steel, should I change the wood door to steel
>> or will the wood door hold up better? I would have to paint it white
>> so it matches the top one. We have painted the wood door a few times
>> and it has held up excellent over the past 30 years.
>>
>> One other question on labor, I'm getting quotes between $500-600 for
>> the installation which will have to include the removal of the
>> existing storm door and reinstallation onto the new door as well as
>> picking the door up from the local supply company. I live just outside
>> of the Philadelphia area, Home Depot charges $450 for the
>> installation, is a budget of $300 unreasonable?
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>*Apparently it is since you haven't got a quote for less than $450.00. Take
>a framing square and insert in your door frame. If your house has settled a
>bit in the past 30 years that door frame will be a little out of square. It
>will take a lot of work to make a new door swing perfectly. It might be
>easier with a prehung door, but I am no expert.
Sorry I should have mentioned that I was going with a prehung door.
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