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Posted by Goedjn on December 1, 2006, 7:20 pm
On 1 Dec 2006 15:45:19 -0800, a2rjh@altavista.net wrote:
>hello all,
>
>hoping somebody may know a trick or two or a workaround to
>my problem.
>
>renovating an older house (20's or 30's craftsman type). the
>door walls are studs, wrapped with 12" lap boards. we have
>put up sheetrock on top of that.
>
>since the original was stud, lap boards and wallpaper; now
>i have about 1/2 inch (each side) to make up. i will add an
>inch to the door frame to make up for the difference.
>
>the problem is two of the three hinge screws ended up right at
>the join of the interior door frames and their casing. hollow
>core new doors would not be a problem. however the original
>wood doors are heavy solid yellow pine doors.
>
>butting up the sheetrock to the casing would be a problem,
>since it is a pier and beam. any movement will separate
>the join between the casing and the sheetrock.
>
>i don't want to replace the casings (good old clear southern
>yellow pine, stripped bare and ready for polyurethane). they are
>all 3/4" thick and 5" wide.
>
>thanks in advance for any input/idea.
Find hinges with a different hole-pattern?
Or, if the ones you've got are unexceptional
and hidden, just drill new holes in them.
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