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[bob58o]

Doors like that are not intended for any thermal insulation, mostly for privacy concerns. If it were a non-bearing wall and you owned the place, I would suggest a pocket door.

I should crawl up in the attic from the hallway in the common area and see what the insulation looks like up there.

it stays pretty warm up here on the third floor.
I do own the unit. Condo Assoc Fee cover gas/heat … unfortunately, you barely need to turn the heat on in the winter. It’s that summer heat us up here in the penthouse need to consider.

Only one window (in bedroom) and patio door in living room. I already replaced both with efficient upgrades. The stupid window in the kitchen open to the stairway inside the common area of the building, so I never open it. Although if it gets hot enough I’ll put a portable AC in there and blow all that hot air into the stair way.

 

[bob58o]

73 degrees outside.
My ceiling is pushing 90z
Maybe a ceiling fan would be the better project?

 

[Denny]

Bob, what about a swinging self closing door like restaurants use for kitchens? Not the most efficient but would make a difference.

 

[bob58o]

Bob, what about a swinging self closing door like restaurants use for kitchens? Not the most efficient but would make a difference.

I hate it. lol. I worked it restaurants. Those doors are made to be kicked open or opened with asses. And I’d rather just put a standard door in there. That falls into the too weird category.

Might as well do a turn style door. Lol

 

[Denny]

I think no matter what door you put in there you’ll end up hating it.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Trying to get to the kitchen for the last hour, but I keep ending up back in the living room.

 

[bob58o]

I blame Big Nat Gas and their “Open Floor Plans are cool” agenda.

Bring back kitchen and living room doors again.
19th Century home builders know there should be a door there.

 

[bob58o]

Walk-in Freezer PVC Curtain Door.
Not weird at all. Lol

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

It's always fun to get slapped by a heavy floppy piece of plastic.

 

[bob58o]

It's always fun to get slapped by a heavy floppy piece of plastic.

And without the usual hourly charge.

 

[bob58o]

There are these types of doors.
PVC Accordion Doors.
For some reason I think it looks worse than the hanging curtain door thing.

 

[bob58o]

Maybe I’ll try this prehung door. I’ll just pretend the finished opening is a rough opening. Install it without doing too much damage to the current walls. Try to make removal and touch up easy if I ever sell the place. Might have to do some custom door casing trim, but I think I like this option the best so far.

 

[Denny]

Put it on the closey hinges for kitchens like they used to back in the old timey days.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

Builder grade doors say "I give up"

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

How about a beaded curtain that looks like a barn door.

 

[bob58o]

Builder grade doors say "I give up"

Most of my doors don’t say much. The ones that do speak Portuguese.

 

[bob58o]

How about a beaded curtain that looks like a barn door.
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It’s kinda like a tuxedo tee-shirt.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Nothing wrong with that. I wore one of those at my own wedding.

The T-shirt not the curtains

 

[bob58o]

I guess I’m moving forward with the prehung hollow core door. I’ve never hung a door so I should probably learn. I don’t plan on doing any additional framing or drywall. The smallest width of the opening is 37-13/16”. The opening height is roughly 82.5”. The depth of the header with drywall is 4-3/4”

I went with a 36x80” door with jam measurements 37-9/16” wide by 81-11/16” tall and 4-9/16” deep.

So I have 3/4” vertical wiggle room.
Only 1/4” horizontal margin.
Also only 1/4” margin in the depth.

nothing seems to be “too”out of level in the opening. Hopefully everything plum to within 1/4” over 7 feet.

The floor has some slope.

Got some 11/16” x 2-1/2” casing material and also some 11/16” x 11/16” cove Moulding to maybe use on 2 or 3 of the vertical jam to wall “seams”.

The top of both sides will get the 2-1/2” trim.
The living room side will have the hinges and it will be a RH door (hinges on left). The hinges on the side that have the tight wall perpendicular to the closed door. The knob side will get the 2-1/2” trim on the vertical.

Not sure if the 11/16” x 11/16” will fit between the hinges and wall. I think it will work fine.