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September 25, 2007
Door replacement - vendors?
My wife and I have been repairing a doorway that was punched out of the back of our parlor floor years ago, and done poorly. We're really happy with the results, but we faced an unanticipated problem - the door.
The old door is unusable - whoever did it in the first place cut it off-angle to fit the lousy doorway that they created. Shame on us, we straightened the whole thing out.
So we need a new door. But the size is non-standard, and we'll need to cut the door down to size. Home Depot & Lowes only seem to sell steel, covered-wood and polypro doors.
Can anyone suggest a place that would sell a traditional wooden door?
Thank you!
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There is a salvage place on Greene between Grand and Classon in Clinton Hill that has a lot of original doors removed from brownstones for sale. You might get lucky as to size.
Posted by: guest at September 25, 2007 3:50 PM
There is a door place 560 2nd Street in Brooklyn, On-site Doors. www.onsitedoors.com I have not purchased, but they have reasonable-priced to expensive doors; and they're local, if you're in brooklyn.
Posted by: guest at September 25, 2007 4:44 PM
That's Eddie's Salvage, great guy and a *lot* of doors. It's just east of Grand Avenue, right next to the ugliest building in Brooklyn (222 Greene? 224 Greene? Something like that).
Posted by: guest at September 25, 2007 4:44 PM
you could patch the door. glue some wood on the slanted bottom and trim the door straight again, then re-paint it.
Posted by: guest at September 25, 2007 5:52 PM
Old Moon River has old doors, they will have to be striped and probably repaired and cut-down. Old Moon River is on Grand in Williamsburg almost to Kent Avenue
Posted by: pandor at September 25, 2007 8:37 PM
Architectural salvage yards are your best bet. Finding one to fit exactly is difficult; however, if it is solid you can cut it down with a good circular saw. Avoid any with rot. Matching the keyholes can be a problem. Custom sized doors will cost you.
Posted by: guest at September 26, 2007 9:43 PM
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