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TYPES OF INTERIOR DOORS

Two basic features define internal doors:
Height, width and thickness Method of construction
Doors come in a number of standard sizes:
Width - 24, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36 inches (each designed to fit openings between 1/4 inch less to 5/8 inch greater) Height - 78, 80, 82 inch Thickness - 1 3/8, 1 3/4, 2 Inch For a replacement door, the correct thickness should be chosen to avoid the need to reposition the door stop strips.
Method of door construction: Panel door These are made from pieces of solid timber, the stiles and rails being fixed together either by mortise and tenor joints (with wedges) or by dowels. The number of panels may vary, but the general construction is similar with full height stiles on each side with top, middle and bottom rails. The bottom rail is wider than the top rail, and the middle is normally below the mid point - so it is easy to tell which way is up. With the solid timber stiles and rails, these doors can be trimmed fairly easily to fit an existing door frame they must not be excessively trimmed as there is a risk that the sides of the mortise may be exposed in the top/bottom rails or the wedges holding the joints in the stiles becoming weakened. © 2003 JELD-WEN, inc.
Hollow Doors These are made using a hidden frame covered with a thin cladding on each face and, normally, solid timber strips down the two edges to give a decorative finish. The cladding may be ordinary hardboard, which can be painted after the door has been hung, or a decorative plywood that can be varnished to give a natural timber appearance. A number of different types of 'in-fill' within the door are available to give the faces some strength and rigidity. The simplest form of in fill, is a cardboard honeycomb, other specialist in-fills are used to make the door fire resistant. Within the door, a solid timber area is provided for fixing the lock and handle; this solid timber is normally restricted to one side of the door and set at a suitable height for the lock/handle. So when hanging a door, it must be hung the correct way up and with the correct side to the hinge - failure to do this will mean that there will be nothing solid within the door where the lock/handles will need to be fitted. Hollow doors cannot really be trimmed (either in height or width) to fit an undersized door frame; this generally means that these doors can only be hung in modern houses where 'standard' door frames are fitted. © 2003 JELD-WEN, inc

Types of Interior Doors and How to Determine Their Swings
Door Styles Raised Panel | Flat Panel Doors | Standard Doors | French Doors | Bifold Doors | Cafe Doors | Double Opening Doors | Bypass Doors | Pocket Doors
Standard Doors:	Left Hand Swing Right Hand Swing
Bifold Doors:	Doors up to 4 feet wide	Doors over 4 feet wide
Bypass Doors:	Note: Bypass doors should overlay slightly, therefore, 2 - 2' (24") wide doors should have an opening under 4 foot wide to allow for at least 1 1/2 - 2" overlap.
Pocket Doors:	Single Pocket (Pocket Left Shown) Double Pocket Pocket Doors are doors designed to be used to save space. Instead of swinging open, the doors slide back into the wall.
French Doors:	A French door is a door that is made to accept individual pains of glass such as the door shown.
Double Opening Doors:	Doors that come together and meet in the middle are called Double Opening doors.

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