Hanging Pre-Hung Doors!

I knew from the time we bid on this house that I would want to change the interior doors. The original flat panel, wood grain doors had been painted high-gloss white. Not only are the doors unattractive, the enamel of the paint makes the doors stick on humid days.

Both of the doors I was replacing had hinges on the left (making it a "left hand door") and through luck more than pre-planning I bought the right kind at Home Depot. I had measured the doors so I knew the width I needed. This house has 3 different door widths (30", 28" and 24").

I had hung doors using a pre-hung door in my last house and knew what to expect from the product. Two of my bedroom doors share a tight corner which required that I replace both at once. Luckily the door frames were plumb and level so the installation required only a few shims to get the doors to close cleanly.

This would have been one of the simpler jobs I've done, had I not forgotten about the three-foot aluminum level I left on the top of the door that then fell onto the bridge of my nose! No stitches but a lot of blood and a great story for the next week at work.

Next Steps: light coat of paint on doors to remove scuffs on doors; replace baseboards; finish changing out the doors in the rest of the house.