Restoring Old French Doors
And to see it back in use warms the carpenters soul.
Restoring old french doors. The amount of effort you need to put into restoring an old door depends largely on whether or not it s an exterior door. For more content follow my instagram. Love working on old wooden doors. An antique door is a unique problem because it s a small enough job that it seems fairly easy but important enough that you don t want to mess up since doors are so highly visible.
Finished exterior french doors are a good selling point in real estate transactions. A final consideration when restoring an old door is the door glass if there is any. Interior and exterior doors we offer interior and exterior doors in styles such as dutch solid hollow paneled slab french and sliding. If the door isn t exposed to the weather you may.
The most common repair that needs to be done on antique doors is usually patching old hinge gains and latch holes with a wood dutchman. By mid after noon the door was ready for its new finish. Restoring a antique door and fitting. Repairing an antique door.
The stripper chemicals from the dipping process can dissolve the putty holding in the panes of glass and in handling the window it can be dropped easily enough. Our antique doors have been sourced by our reclamation specialists who find artifacts from the turn of the century and the pre war eras. How to restore old doors. Our current inventory of antique interior doors includes entry doors cabinet doors commercial doors closet doors standard doors french doors and pocket doors.
When restoring doors windows can be tricky unless you are prepared to replace some or all of the glass. The habitat restore carries new and gently used doors made of wood vinyl fiberglass doors and dual pane and windows all of which are in great condition. Restoration resources carries hundreds of old period doors circa 1850 1940 including interior pocket and entrance doors in many traditional styles wood types and sizes generally ranging in price from 50 to 500.