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Basement exterior door
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: CCM on August 27, 2008, 11:37:16 am ---I would think you would want a 36" door to accommodate games, furniture, appliances etc... Anything much smaller than 36" and you may run into problems down the road.
Cutting the door down is no problem at all. Since it is an exterior door it should be solid wood, get out your circular saw and measure and cut.
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Around here most people aren't going to use a solid wood door for a below grade exterior. Too moist. It will end up more than likely being a solid core steel door.
CCM:
DOH.. I missed that it is below grade!
shardian:
Wood entry doors are a thing of the past. Most new doors - even the ones that look like wood - are fiberglass.
kingflynn:
You're right. 99 percent of entry doors are fiberglass or steel with foam cores. It's best just to order the door cut down from the factory, because they cut the jambs too, and it will come as a prehung unit.
boykster:
It IS possible to buy a solid wood exterior door, but I agree, if its below grade, you're better off with a steel - or better yet fiberglass door. You can't easily cut either of those, but you can custom order one to size. If you want to go with a wood door, you can make it pretty much weather impervious, but it will require 10-12 coats of valspar varnish / urethane, and by the time you're done, you'll wish you got the fiberglass door ;)
I have a wood with glass inlay exterior door as my front door. Its wood and glass - no fiberglass or steel involved. And yes, it has 12 coats of valspar urethane on it.
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