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24" exterior doors - where to buy?

49K views 11 replies 8 participants last post by  Leo G 
#1 ·
I need to replace a set of double (48" wide) shed doors on the side of a 80 y/o home. Each door is 24" x 72" (clearly non-standard). The set I'm replacing were interior foam-core doors that someone cut down to size and which have badly weathered.

The local HD only has 24" solid pine panel interior doors - which I hesitate to use because the glue the mfr used was probably only for interior application & won't survive our extremes of heat, humidity & cold + ice. The local discount supply store has cheap steel doors - which I don't want to mess with - because the doors have to be cut down to size. This is for a good customer (whose given me several leads) - but who also doesn't want to spend a great deal on this eyesore.

Anyone know of a good place to get inexpensive solid core wood or pvc doors that I can use in this application?
 
#2 ·
Lowes can special order solid core interior doors in 24"-they're 6-8, so you'll have to cut 8" off. I'm willing to bet if you double exterior prime and 2 coat exterior enamel, they'll hold up for many years...but I won't bet too much :) I just bought a 26" solid for around $74-so the price is right. If you put a good piece of flashing at the top and have it stick out a little more than usual, it should help. On the other hand, if it's facing the direction of the prevailing winter wind, all bets are off.

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#6 ·
But who could possible make a door such as that? :rolleyes:



:whistling
 
#11 ·
Those doors are a piece of cake Leo. Two weeks at best IF the scrollwork on the lower panels have to be hand carved inside and out.

Panzer, a local millwork would have no problem with the doors. Inexpensive is difficult, have you priced quality wood lately?
 
#12 ·
Took me about a month to make the whole entryway and the doors. Doors took 3-4 days.
 
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