Replacing old French doors with new ones   An Angie’s List member asked me if I could replace his double French doors in the back of his house without replacing the original jamb and trim. The house is located in the historic district of Phoenix AZ. Any work on those historic houses have to be approved by the city. Installing new doors have to mach the original doors. The original doors were installed with no weather stripping and door...

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Removing a beautiful mahogany door and a side light and installing a new fiberglass door with two side lights   A new client of mine invested a lot in the front yard of the house and wanted to to replace the front door with a new one to go with house. I would say that the house style is ‘Ranch’ When a came to the house to visit with the owners I saw a beautiful mahogany door and one side light. They told me that they found what they...

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  The Job: Removal of an old entry door and installing a new solid Mahogany door. My client found me on Google search and asked me to install a pre-hung Mahogany door he found at Home Depot. After I met with my client, reviewing the job, we went together to Home Depot to make sure the special form order are done correctly such as door swing, left hand or right hand. We also ordered interior and exterior Mahogany trim. Since the exterior walls...

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    Replacing interior doors without replacing the door jambs.   We call it ‘Matching doors on site’ to fit the existing jambs. The door ‘slab’ as we call it come in full size, let say, 30″ by 80″ The existing door is 29″ 3/4″ by 79 1/2″ It means that I have to cut the door down in length and reduce the door width by using a power planer. The door jamb is not always all that square and hung...

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    Termite damaged knotty alder door jamb replaced with custom new jamb.   My client asked me to replace a door jamb that had bad termite damage with a new jamb. He asked me to save the door if possible and refinish the door. As you see, the door has a radius top and so is the jamb. The jamb has to follow the curve of the door perfectly.   As I started to remove the old jamb I saw how much the termites had deteriorated the jamb behind the...

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  Custom Bi-Fold Doors between bedroom and a bathroom.   My new client called me, she said, “my neighbour that you did some work for her recommended you to me. I would like you to install ‘Cafe Doors’ between my bedroom and the bathroom.” I came to her house and found that the opening was three feet wide by eight feet. She did not want a full size regular door, she wanted small ‘Cafe Doors’ that would swing...

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