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Thread Number: 69690
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
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Post# 926132 , Reply# 1 3/10/2017 at 23:02 (2,601 days old) by Tomturbomatic  (Beltsville, MD) |
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My parents' last home was built in 1966 and it had the solid core 6 panel doors for interior doors and louvered bi-fold closet doors. | ||
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Post# 926150 , Reply# 2 3/11/2017 at 02:21 (2,601 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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 My house was built in 1956 but it has hollow doors, including the front entry door which will be changed out this year to steel or fiberglass with a welded steel security storm door. My base boards and door/window trim is pretty wide though.
My parents' house was built in 1966 by my father and grandfather and it also has hollow interior doors with louvered bi-fold closet doors. The entry doors are solid wood and very heavy. | ||
| Post# 926206 , Reply# 3 3/11/2017 at 09:23 (2,600 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
My parents houses...
built to their specs in 1968 and 1976, had solid 6 panel interior doors and solid sliding double closet doors in the BRs. It's all a matter of what was specified, but solid doors tended to be found even then in somewhat higher quality houses, though neither of theirs were particularly large at 2200 and 2500 sq ft respectively in PA and NC, they were of above average quality as my Dad came from a family of Swedish craftsman/woodworkers and understood what well built meant. He built our first 2 homes in Towson MD himself, both about 2000 sq ft, in the early '50s, both also with solid interior doors.
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| Post# 926208 , Reply# 4 3/11/2017 at 09:45 (2,600 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Both of our places have solid pine doors. They are not expensive. Solid oak and alder are also available. | ||
| Post# 926677 , Reply# 6 3/13/2017 at 21:33 (2,598 days old) by Northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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Hollow core doors The thing to look for is the side wood, the older ones are mahogany, 50s-early 60s, then they put in cheaper wood. They are often thrown away, but are quite nice looking if properly restored. | ||
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Post# 926981 , Reply# 8 3/15/2017 at 10:15 (2,596 days old) by dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA)) |
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My beloved 1968 split level home has hollow core doors but I think the quality of them is pretty good since they don't have any holes or have peeled and this is after heavy use (a family of seven) once lived in it before me.
I have refinished them once a long time ago they are birch with sliding closet doors. | ||
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