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Originally Posted by CavSct1983
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Yeah, those are cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
I agree with all the above. A few things to consider.
Wall thickness, 2x4 or 2x6, it can impact your threshold/ flooring and jamb exposure.
True double opening French doors can be a pain, the secondary door eats up wall space and it's tougher to weatherproof. Also, some of the cheaper units are not real secure.
Make sure the correct flashing is used on the exterior, if you hire a contractor, tell him its going to be inspected by the city.
Not hard at all, the toughest part is lugging the thing around!
Are you thinking of french doors with screens?
Don't forget about interior trim either. They want to know if it's casing finished or drywall wrap and will affect the order detail as well.
FWIW, I don't know if they used to build them taller, or our old house was oddball, or the builder got some odd size special deal-e-o on their (aluminum) patio doors, but I found our old door was several inches taller than the current offerings. Enough that I had to scab a 2x4 onto the header and fix up the interior drywall. Exterior wasn't too bad, i just added a wider brick mold/casing to the top along with the new brick mold/casings on the side to cover up where we had to cut back to get at the nail fin to extract.
^^^This is the kind of shit you can run into if you're going to hump this kitty.
Oh, more fun was finding some moron had split the rim joists right under the effing door, and one joist end was warped. They had no shims under it, plumbed and attached on the nail fin only and had glued the door frame directly to the underlayment flooring. Thankfully, it never leaked. We only found that after tearing out the old door and (rotting) exterior kickplate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
Explained the hump that door track always had.
Running into someone else's crap work always costs you more time and money, and the aggravation to boot.
Since you're on the north end of the front range anyway, I'd suggest checking out D and I pre-hung doors I'm Loveland. They're really nice guys and I've found their pricing to be very reasonable. I've purchased a couple dozen doors from them over last few years. They're in the industrial area to the south of the east Loveland Wal-Mart.
If you go the route of "their" installers the quote will be for a basic install. Pull out, put in and reinstall the trims. If it requires bigger opening, smaller opening, prep and paint etc...will probably add to the quote. Not that it shouldn't, just be prepared and know what you're getting for the quoted price.
Fuck the French and their doors. [emoji16]
Hope the home project works out well though.
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