Does anyone sell prehung, prefinished real wood doors?

Anyone know of a place that sells prefinished, prehung doors made of real wood? We're using a contractor to do the work (we're doing a huge redo of our co-op in NYC) but I don't want to spend the outrageous amount of money that it costs to stain and varnish 8 doors. Note that I'm looking for real wood (oak, maple, mahogany, etc) or at least wood veneer, and I don't want painted (which I can order from Lowes). I've found only one place so far online, and their reviews were horrendous (many people complaining about non-delivery).

Thanks!

Steve

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Not that it helps but we buy the doors and have them finished by another company. Seems like we'd eliminate one of these steps if we could so I can only assumed what you're seeking doesn't exist where I am, maybe more likely in a larger population center like yours.

 

I have been a few jobs where the doors were factory finished but the frame still needed to be finished onsite. Some of the larger paint shops will prefinish wood at their shop but after the prehungs are installed you'd still need to putty the nail holes and apply the final coat of poly/varnish to the jamb/casing.

 

We're thinking that the frames would be painted to match the walls, rather than stained like the doors.

 

Hmm... I can't think of a place I've been where the door frames were painted to match the walls and the door slabs were stained - frames and doors are normally finished the same here but it could certainly be different where you are.

 

I've painted 100s of houses where the woodwork was painted and the doors stained/natural. While the woodwork paint color might match the wall, it wouldn't be the same paint [trim enamel on the woodwork, wall paint on the walls]

Staining/finishing doors isn't that difficult, have you considered diy? alternatively you could take the doors down after installation [mark where they go] and take them to a shop to have them do the work.

 

My place in VA had stained trim (frames and casing also) but Masonite doors were painted. Pretty common in that area.

Current place has flat doors all stained, along with frames and trim. Been wanting to replace doors with painted paneled, but circumstances dictated otherwise.

Don't think I've ever seen painted trim and stained doors...not sure I would like that look.

I can't imagine there would be a huge cost savings having them done onsite or at a shop over pre-stained from the manufacturer. 8 doors would be about 8 hrs of work I would think?

Just looked at a few of the big manufacturers I'm familiar with, and none of them offer pre-finished wood doors except for patio doors. Can't imagine small companies being any cheaper.

 

Yes, and I've done it before, which is why I don't want to do it again. It takes a lot of work to get them to look professionally done.

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I can't imagine there would be a huge cost savings having them done onsite or at a shop over pre-stained from the manufacturer. 8 doors would be about 8 hrs of work I would think?

Factory-done work is almost always cheaper than doing the work onsite, by a significant amount. They have specialized tools and processes that individual contractors wouldn't have, plus they're doing the work in bulk.

 

I've probably stained 1000's of doors onsite and don't consider it a big deal to get a nice finish. I don't know what 'specialized tools' a shop/factory would have although finishing a large amount of doors assembly line style is more efficient.

Vic, I've only painted for 1 builder that used stained woodwork with masonite doors. I always thought it looked a little odd but that was his SOP. I worked for another builder that used luan doors and fingerjoint trim for both his painted and stained houses. I also thought that was odd but after a few dozen you kind of get used to it

 

The tool difference I can think of is the shop we use to finish our doors and trim sprays lacquer whereas an on-site job is typically brushed polyurethane.

 

I guess it depends on the painter. I've always had an air compressor and cup gun along with an airless either in my van or at the shop. On new construction I almost always sprayed the doors. On remodel work it depended on whether or not there was a good convenient place to spray - you always have to be mindful of where the overspray will go.

 

Definitely depends on the painter - onsite painter in my example was me, who is not a painter