Replacing an Interior Door?

[Nutdotnet]

So my brother, being the moron that he is, put a nice-sized hole in a bedroom door when he was moving around some furniture.

Eh...accidents happen, and these doors are ridiculously cheap so...it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Anyway, it appears that it's not as easy as going down to the local Home Depot and buying a replacement. It looks like I may have to mitre in the hinges, put in a new door hole, and even possible cut the overall length down to size...is this true?

I'm assuming there are places that will do this stuff for a fee? I could do it, I just don't have the tools.

 

[vi edit]

Spend an extra $50 and just get a prehung one. It's already mitred and hinged. You just need to shim, level, drill, and replace the door nob.

 

[mugs]

The owner of the apartment would probably do it... for a fee.

I accidentally broke a door frame at my old apartment, and they actually didn't charge me a dime because they were able to fix it without buying any materials.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

you should be able to replace the door. there is no need to replace the frame unless it has odd hainge locations.

 

[dullard]

Replacing doors is not an impossibly difficult job, but it is a lot of work. Is the old door repairable? If it is painted like most apartments, can you just fill in the hole, and repaint?

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
you should be able to replace the door. there is no need to replace the frame unless it has odd hainge locations.

I still think he'd end up spending more buying/renting the tools to do an unfinished one over a pre-hung and ready to go one.

If you have to do a whole bunch of them throughout a house it makes sense, but for a single application all you need is a prybar, a drill, a hammer, a screwdriver, a bag of shims and a handfull of 2.5" screws.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: dullard
Replacing doors is not an impossibly difficult job, but it is a lot of work. Is the old door repairable? If it is painted like most apartments, can you just fill in the hole, and repaint?

Shoot, where I come from...none of the doors are painted. Most of the places up here are fairly new-construction so they all have that "wood-look" but are essentially made of cardboard and particle-board.

I think I'll just stop by the nearby Home Depot during my lunch break and see what my options are.

Thanks!

 

[Gilligansdingy]

Its not so hard to cut down the door and install the hinges and cut the big hole for the knob. Just if you decide to cut a door down, know that they are HOLLOW. If you cut more then say a 1/4 inch off the bottom will need to glue something back in for support. Also a dremel comes in real handy for the hinge work. Just lay the old down directly on top of the new door and trace everything with a pen.

Prob 20 minutes of work.

 

[nakedfrog]

Is there a particular reason you can't just pop the hinge pins and take the door down to Home Depot or something to find one that matches exactly?

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
Shoot, where I come from...none of the doors are painted. Most of the places up here are fairly new-construction so they all have that "wood-look" but are essentially made of cardboard and particle-board.

You are quite lucky then. I hate painted doors. The wood-look doors are so much more pleasing to the eye. But of course, they are more difficult to repair.

Any handyman should be able to do the task you ask. They'll have the tools and it'll only take a little bit of their time.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Is there a particular reason you can't just pop the hinge pins and take the door down to Home Depot or something to find one that matches exactly?

Uhh...because the doors don't have the hinges mitred or the door knob hole aleady drilled.