selling house with patched door
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02-18-11, 12:14 PM
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selling house with patched door
When we moved into our house, the door to the basement had a medium sized pet door in it. This is a heavy, solid wood door, probably just before 1950.
When our first son started scooting around, I took the pet door off and screwed in a piece of plywood over the 14"x8" hole from the back.
Now we're selling the house. Our kids are still too small to take the board off the hole and put the pet door back on. How would you handle this - just buy a cheapo interior door and replace?? The rectangular square was cut over the ridge where the where the set-in panel is so I don't know any way to patch it up.
When our first son started scooting around, I took the pet door off and screwed in a piece of plywood over the 14"x8" hole from the back.
Now we're selling the house. Our kids are still too small to take the board off the hole and put the pet door back on. How would you handle this - just buy a cheapo interior door and replace?? The rectangular square was cut over the ridge where the where the set-in panel is so I don't know any way to patch it up.
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02-18-11, 12:38 PM
I am assuming this is an exterior door. If so, don't let a sale go for a $100 slab. Replace the door. If that isn't fiscally feasible, then make your patch with a piece of luan on both sides of the panel and glue them on. Use 3/4" #6 screws to screw the panels, yours and the original, together from the inside, leaving the outside presentable.
#4
02-18-11, 01:25 PM
If you can find a complimentary door to the others in the house, same answer......change it. Don't let a sale fail because of ugly.. Any patch you do to the door will be a...............patch.
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02-20-11, 08:25 AM
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Measure the thickness of the door, if it's 1-3/4 it's made to be an exterier door, thiner would be in inside door. To replace it you need to know which one to buy.
If it's an inside door you could replace it with an MDF door for about $50.00 or far less.
If it's an inside door you could replace it with an MDF door for about $50.00 or far less.
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04-04-11, 06:55 AM
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For the record, I bought a solid wood interior door at the store. Mostly because I couldn't patch the existing door it with wood, and the hollow core doors have a fake wood grain on them which wouldn't match. The inlay on the new door isn't 100% like the other doors, but it's close enough.
What i did learn from this process was that I can't mortise a hinge to save my life. But the door is up, painted and you'd be surprised what a difference the lack of a massive hole makes.
What i did learn from this process was that I can't mortise a hinge to save my life. But the door is up, painted and you'd be surprised what a difference the lack of a massive hole makes.
#8
04-04-11, 01:05 PM
I don't know that I'd use it on a solid door but for hollow core luan doors [light weight] I often use a non mortising hinge. It's similar to a bifold door hinge but a little bigger and has a removable hinge pin. It's so easy even a painter can play carpenter 
