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Replacement of interior doors is the project that nearly each home owner has to do. Selecting the kind of door may be the toughest part. Solid wood doors can give you extra privacy plus durability, while hollow core wood doors are less expensive plus much easier to to put in. Solid wood doors provide you numerous designs to choose from plus all wood doors may be painted or stained. This can be a weekend project for solid doors and can take a few hours for a hollow core door. 

Measure the width plus height of the door opening. Subtract 1/4 inch and that is the size door you’ll need. If the door width has to be trimmed to fit, plane off evenly from both of the sides. If it is too tall, trim from the bottom. If your door is larger than 1/2 in. too big, you can use a circular saw to trim it. If this is the case, place painters tape along the cut line to prevent the wood from splintering. Trim the door with the blade on the waste side. Shim the door into the opening being certain it’s centered. Mark the places where the hinges and doorknob will go, by using the old hinge cuts and latch hole within the jamb. Take the door out and lay it with the hinge side facing up. Use half of a brand new hinge to mark for installation by placing the knuckles toward the out swinging side and the side half of an inch from the edge. Use a pencil plus trace out the hinge on the door. Then place the hinge next to the door plus mark for depth. Score the marks together with a utility knife. Chisel out the space for the hinge. Repeat for other hinges. Place the hinge within the area to make certain it fits flush. Discover more about interior wood door here.

Drill holes employing a hole saw kit within the face plus edge of the door for your knob set. The hole saw kit can go over the edge of the door plus you can set it for the size holes you have to drill. It will then stay in place plus be the guide for your hole saw. Make sure to adjust the jig to get the right distance from the door’s edge to the spindle. Stain or paint the door. If you are staining the door, use a wood sealer or a stain and sealer. This may make the door much less susceptible to humidity. Connect the half of hinge to the door. The half of hinge with the inner knuckles goes on the door. Repeat with the remainder of the hinges. Next, attach the other halves to the jamb. Hang the door by putting the knuckles together and slipping in the pins. Put in your knob set in the door and the new strike plate to the jamb.

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