Interior Door
Interior doors look simple and aren't. Jamb width and rough opening dictate everything. Old plaster walls are almost never a clean 4-9/16, and a pre-hung unit forced into the wrong jamb depth will bind, drift, or never latch right.
Common questions
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- Pre-hung or slab?
- Pre-hung is faster, plumb out of the box, and what we recommend for a new opening or a full replacement. Slab makes sense only when the existing jamb is sound and you just want a new door face.
- Solid-core or hollow-core?
- Solid-core for bedrooms, bathrooms, and anywhere sound matters. Hollow-core is fine for closets and pantries. The price difference is real, but the sound difference is bigger.
- Why won't my door latch?
- The strike plate is misaligned with the latch bolt, almost always vertically. Two minutes with a chisel to lengthen the strike mortise solves most of these. The rest are hinge problems.
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