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Posted by on July 2, 2006, 3:27 am
On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 15:47:53 -0700, "Eigenvector"
>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?
Just cut off the bottom of the door. If it has a built in weather
strip, cut off the top before you place the hardware.
For the window, you might have to get a custom replacement
(expensive).
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Posted by John Ross on July 2, 2006, 6:44 am
Eigenvector wrote:
> Today I took a trip to the Lowe's store so that I could get a replacement
> for a hollow core door.
In another post you indicated "keeping the draft out from the garage."
Does this mean you put a hollow door to a garage? Certainly against
code and definitely a fire hazard issue!
--
John Ross
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Posted by Eigenvector on July 2, 2006, 11:27 am
I can replace damaged items with like items correct, or do I HAVE to update
to code when replacing existing parts to my home? The hollow core that I am
replacing was the original.
I believe I somewhat understand what you mean by fire hazard, although what
would code compel me do to - replace with a steel door?
> Eigenvector wrote:
>> Today I took a trip to the Lowe's store so that I could get a replacement
>> for a hollow core door.
> In another post you indicated "keeping the draft out from the garage."
> Does this mean you put a hollow door to a garage? Certainly against
> code and definitely a fire hazard issue!
> --
> John Ross
>
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 2, 2006, 11:54 am
>I can replace damaged items with like items correct, or do I HAVE to update
>to code when replacing existing parts to my home? The hollow core that I
>am replacing was the original.
> I believe I somewhat understand what you mean by fire hazard, although
> what would code compel me do to - replace with a steel door?
Was it truly original or did the previous owner replace it? Code aside, do
you want your family protected by a hollow core door or a steel door?
Sometimes doing the right thing is far more important than saving a couple
of dollars even if the code may allow it.
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Posted by Eigenvector on July 2, 2006, 12:06 pm
>>I can replace damaged items with like items correct, or do I HAVE to
>>update to code when replacing existing parts to my home? The hollow core
>>that I am replacing was the original.
>> I believe I somewhat understand what you mean by fire hazard, although
>> what would code compel me do to - replace with a steel door?
> Was it truly original or did the previous owner replace it? Code aside,
> do you want your family protected by a hollow core door or a steel door?
> Sometimes doing the right thing is far more important than saving a couple
> of dollars even if the code may allow it.
Well actually at this point I'm more interested in the actual wording of the
code requirements. No I don't want to burn to death in a fire, but I also
don't want to turn my house into a bank vault.
A cursory look at the energy code, fire codes, and mechanical codes and I
didn't find any reference to requirments - other than a vague reference to a
door being able to survive 1 hour. Obviously a hollow core wouldn't survive
30 seconds but the reference that I found was couched in the form of a
suggestion rather than a requirement and it wasn't even coming from the code
commission.
So I'd like to know where you learned that the door has to meet a specific
requirement, if only so that I can learn for myself and not turn my house
into a deathtrap.
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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?