Ideas for filling door frame gaps in the house?

[Joe Ferguson]

Something I've been wanting to look at / get some ideas on is the gaps in the doors of the house.

Front Door: it's metal on metal with a clear gap, would simple weather stripping fix this?

Back Door: We don't have another external door + it looks like the door frame is in pretty rough shape. Do we need to / should we replace the door frame + door or is there some other fix we can do to fill in the gaps (all around the door really)

All the windows that had issues have been replaced, so to keep as much cool air in the house over the summer, doors are the next thing we should look at.

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- Joe Ferguson
http://www.midsouthmakers.org

[Danny Chamberlin]

For the rear door, I would just replace the door and casing all at one shot and get a prehung door:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=100074233&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=100074233&cm_mmc=shopping-_-googlebase-_-D30X-_-100074233 

I figure we'll probably have to fix the door framing no matter what, but we could also install it so it swings out instead of bumping into the fridge. we'll also probably need some fiberglass batting and some drywall, tape and mud  to cover the repairs.

Danny

crit...@gmail.com

[Dan Hess]

I'm game for it.  Ben and I were working on things for the back room any how, this could be an extension of that.  A little later in the month I can toss in $30 towards it.  Anyone else?

Thanks,

Daniel H.

Google Voice:  (901) 214-5326

- Copying one is plagiarism, copying many is research.

[ry...@ghruaim.net]

I don't know too much about construction, so this isn't a leading question
or anything, but is this something that would stand up well to the level of
traffic expected?

I can match your donation later this month.

On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 13:56:10 -0500, Dan Hess <dan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm game for it.  Ben and I were working on things for the back room any
> how, this could be an extension of that.  A little later in the month I
> can toss in $30 towards it.  Anyone else?
> Thanks,
> Daniel H. Google Voice:  (901) 214-5326
>
> - Copying one is plagiarism, copying many is research.
>

> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Danny Chamberlin wrote:
> For the rear door, I would just replace the door and casing all at one
> shot and get a prehung door:
>

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=100074233&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=100074233border-left:1px
> #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Something I've been wanting to look at /

[Joe Ferguson]

I can throw in $30 later in the month as well. 

That brings us up to $90

I don't know enough to say how well it would hold up to traffic either.

[Dan Hess]

Good point.  Seeing as Hulk (Ben) broke the door last time, we may need to find a way to Hulk-proof it.

Thanks,

Daniel H.

Google Voice:  (901) 214-5326

- Copying one is plagiarism, copying many is research.

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:00 PM, <ry...@ghruaim.net> wrote:

[Danny Chamberlin]

This is an exterior prehung door that is steel over polyurethane - I think it should suffice. I'm just most concerned about what we'll find when we take out the old casing - we need to be prepared for anything. The door is $120 and we'll need a locking doorknob/deadbolt set (I'm seeing if Kim's boss has any cheap - he should...), plus mud, tape and at least a sheet or two of drywall, plus any brick repairs.

I'll throw in $20 (might as well be later this month like everyone else :) )

Danny

[Nick]

I'll add $30, and come help (well, watch) when we do it. I definitely
need to learn more about drywall repair and putting up a door wouldn't
be a bad thing to learn about, too. Hell, we should do a home repair
line of events and just use the space as our example. It certainly has
no shortage of potential repairs~

- Nick

[Ben Eishen]

The house is not standard 2x4 framing, and has a jamb thickness around a foot. A pre-hung is going to need to be custom ordered or the door is going to need some jam extensions and some carpentry finagling. 

The front door needs a new threshold/threshold gasket and some metal backed door frame weatherstripping.
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Ben S. Eishen
773.234.7436 | b...@eishen.com
9160 Hwy. 64, Suite 12-302, Lakeland, TN 38002

[MemphisArtGuy]

Mentioned before Armor Concepts makes a couple of products that would repair the door and frame it would take about an hour to install, both sets would run around $75 at retail. Problem with this is someone would have to break a window as thee door would be mipossible to break in. I think I was the last one to kick in the door as some one closed down the space with out checking the shop.

 

I would suggest with fixing the door as dedicated gate key be kept in the shop.

[Ben Eishen]

Having an extra gate key in the shop wouldn't be a bad idea. 

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Ben S. Eishen
773.234.7436 | b...@eishen.com
9160 Hwy. 64, Suite 12-302, Lakeland, TN 38002

[claudio donndelinger]

I'll throw in $30 for it as well.

CD

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Nick <sol...@gmail.com> wrote: