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| | | Doors can be simply functional, closing off rooms for privacy, cutting down on noise or acting as fire walls if needed, or they can provide decorative interior touches that add to the style of a home. | | |
| Typical costs: | - It's $25-$100 for a standard, no-frills interior door, either as an unassembled slab or pre-hung in a frame. It jumps to $200-$500 for solid wood construction and can go as high as $500-$900 for a stylish model in walnut, mahogany or other high-end woods.
- Basic folding doors start around $40-$200, but can run $200-$500 for wood-and-glass versions. Swinging cafe doors average around $125-$250.
- Installation of any of these doors runs around $70-$300 or more, depending on the condition of the surrounding walls (level, no rotted wood) and the complexity of the project.
- Pocket doors run about $150-$350 as either a kit or pre-assembled, plus $350-$550 or more for installation. Instead of opening inward or outward, they slide into the wall, taking up a lot less space, and are most often used at the entrance to bathrooms, dining rooms, laundry rooms and kitchens. They are much easier to install in new construction than as a remodeling project.
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| What should be included: | - There are three basic types of interior doors -- hollow-core, solid core and solid wood. Lowe's gives an overview.
- A door blank (also called an unassembled door as it has no hardware or holes) is used to replace an existing interior door, assuming the surrounding walls are in good shape and the walls have not settled or been damaged in any way. Use the old door as a template to cut the door blank to size and outfit it with hinges and door knob/lock set at the right spots, then hang it; ThisOldHouse.com provides instructions.
- Pre-hung doors are already hinged and hung on a fully-assembled set of side and top jambs; the old door and jambs must be removed to make a rough opening for a new pre-hung door; ThisOldHouse.com describes the installation process.
- AskTheBuilder.com describes how to install a pocket door and BobVila.com provides a video look at the process.
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| Additional costs: | - Rotted wood around the frame or uneven walls due to the house settling could require carpentry repairs before an interior door can be replaced. Costs will depend on the extent of the damage.
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Article updated May 2007 |
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