I have an older home and I want to install french doors in the doorway between the living room and dining rooms. The wood frame around the doorway opening is about 6 inches wide and there is a notch cut-out at both top corners about an inch wide by 4 inches long where the doors pivot hinges used to be mounted. There are also 4 screw holes directly below these cut-outs in the floor where the bottom hinges were. I want to mount new french doors in the same way because this will have the doors centered in the framing, and also hide the cut-outs. However, I cannot find the necessary hinges. I tried the local Lowes, Home Depot, and they referred me to a "specialty" hardware store, who said they could special order hinges at a cost of about $200 per pair. Does anyone know what hinges I could use to mount the doors in the center of the framing so that the doors will swing open in both directions as on a pivot hinge? Thank you.

Hello, I just moved into a house and found that the back door window frame is severly warped and cracked. It is plastic and I'm figuring that because of the humidity and heat here (Missouri) and the fact that there is a glass storm door in front of it (conducting heat from the sun) is what caused the damage. I removed the whole bottom section and a portion of the right side today and thought I would just get some wood molding and some new caulking to fix it for now...but I'm wondering if there is such a thing as a completed frame that I can just replace the old one with, without having to purchase a new door. Also, the inside frame seems to be screwed into the oustide frame and so I'm wondering if that should be replaced at the same time...I'd rather do it all right now instead of later. Any suggestions or where to go from here? I've looked at local hardware/home improvement stores on the web but haven't found anything that would help. Thanks! Kate :)