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Posted by Eigenvector on July 1, 2006, 6:47 pm
Today I took a trip to the Lowe's store so that I could get a replacement
for a hollow core door. I also wanted to check out the windows and see what
they had.
So I measured my door and it came out to be 30x79" and the windows were
34x71"
Looking at the doors, the hollow core doors were only in 30x80" My
assumption is that I mis-measured my door and didn't worry about it. On a
lark I re-measured my existing door - yup it is literally 30x79 and the
replacement is 30x80. Did my door shrink? It certainly wasn't altered,
Now onto the windows. When I measured them I measured from the inside box.
I mean the rectangular cavity that the window fits into. When I was looking
at the windows at Lowe's, they are something like 36"x72", nice normal
dimensions and slightly larger than my window's dimensions. Again the
similiarity tells me that I simply mis-measured the window.
But if I did, how do I measure a window when trying to find a replacement?
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Posted by Dottie on July 1, 2006, 6:55 pm
On the door .... are you the original owner of the house? Was the door
ever cut off to accommodate high carpet? Some of our doors were.
Don't know about the windows but depending on how old your house is,
these things do change. I've found similar situations when trying to
find replacements for things in my 20 yr. old house. The spaces left
in the kitchen for the refridgerator isn't wide enough for a double
door (or it would be a pain to try to get it in there)....and other
things. Depending on how old your house is, you may find other similar
problems.
Eigenvector wrote:
> Today I took a trip to the Lowe's store so that I could get a replacement
> for a hollow core door. I also wanted to check out the windows and see what
> they had.
> So I measured my door and it came out to be 30x79" and the windows were
> 34x71"
> Looking at the doors, the hollow core doors were only in 30x80" My
> assumption is that I mis-measured my door and didn't worry about it. On a
> lark I re-measured my existing door - yup it is literally 30x79 and the
> replacement is 30x80. Did my door shrink? It certainly wasn't altered,
> Now onto the windows. When I measured them I measured from the inside box.
> I mean the rectangular cavity that the window fits into. When I was looking
> at the windows at Lowe's, they are something like 36"x72", nice normal
> dimensions and slightly larger than my window's dimensions. Again the
> similiarity tells me that I simply mis-measured the window.
> But if I did, how do I measure a window when trying to find a replacement?
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Posted by Eric in North TX on July 1, 2006, 7:31 pm
6' 8" (80") is the standard for doors in the USA, my bet is that yours
was cut down. doors would be more outrageously priced than they are if
there wasn't some standard.
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on July 1, 2006, 7:34 pm
Its easy to trim a inch off the bottom, no doubt it was a carpet
issue....
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Posted by Eigenvector on July 1, 2006, 7:54 pm
> Its easy to trim a inch off the bottom, no doubt it was a carpet
> issue....
Yeah, I pulled the runner and found out the previous owner shimmed it ~3/4
inch with some boards to make the door float above that atrocious shag
carpet that was so popular in the 60's.
I should be okay, there was nice Oak flooring under that carpet so I only
need a thin runner to keep out the buggies and the draft from the garage.
The trick will be to countersink the hinge in the door, since it wasn't
pre-cut into the door, I guess the hinge location is too variable. Once the
hinge is countersunk, or I can find a thinner hinge material the door will
be a nice tight fit!
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> for a hollow core door. I also wanted to check out the windows and see what
> they had.
> So I measured my door and it came out to be 30x79" and the windows were
> 34x71"
> Looking at the doors, the hollow core doors were only in 30x80" My
> assumption is that I mis-measured my door and didn't worry about it. On a
> lark I re-measured my existing door - yup it is literally 30x79 and the
> replacement is 30x80. Did my door shrink? It certainly wasn't altered,
> Now onto the windows. When I measured them I measured from the inside box.
> I mean the rectangular cavity that the window fits into. When I was looking
> at the windows at Lowe's, they are something like 36"x72", nice normal
> dimensions and slightly larger than my window's dimensions. Again the
> similiarity tells me that I simply mis-measured the window.
> But if I did, how do I measure a window when trying to find a replacement?