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   FET3 | Jan 23, 2003 07:14am | #1

   Hang a new door!  An exterior grade 3-0 x 6-8 Solid Core door just isn't that expensive.  It would cost you just as much (maybe more) in time and material as the new door.  

   
   

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   Edited 1/22/2003 11:18:09 PM ET by FET3

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   clampman2 | Jan 23, 2003 08:20am | #2

   I agree with Fet3. Since fixing things not only cost you money but prevent you from making money, splurge on yourself and buy a fiberglass exterior door. You won't have to fix anything, and you won't have to paint either.

   Clampman

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   crt2cu2 | Jan 23, 2003 09:41am | #3

   Jeff,

   A quick fix to get you through the winter would be to buy a metal plate from the lumberyard, Home Depot or such. My local lumberyard sells large, thin, brass plates in various door sizes. The plates screw on very simply and are nice in appearance. I think they are called 'kick plates'.

   sawick

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   Jeff | Jan 23, 2003 04:38pm | #4

   To All

   I hate throwing things away.

   I always try to fix things first (just my nature I guess.)

   Actually, my business is fixing things, so I tend to think that way

   first, replace second.

   I was thinking the kickplate way to go.

   I want to protect the wood from moisture before putting on the wood

   or metal, hense the epoxy coating.

   Jeff

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   BertJ | Jan 23, 2003 09:02pm | #5

   Jeff,

   I think you are just digging a hole if you repari it. It would appear that you don't have a proper exterior door to the shop--actually pretty common in construction these days. So I agree with all the advice above--get a new door and be done with it.

   Bert

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   jgaiennie | Jan 24, 2003 05:43pm | #6

   >>Actually, my business is fixing things, so I tend to think that way
   first

   Then fix it correctly - get a new door suitable for your exposure and paint / seal it prior to hanging.  You'll be "fixing" your entrance better that way, rather than putting a band aid on it.

   Jeff, I don't mean to be rude or disrespectful and I guess I conceed that my comment sounds that way.  Forgive me.  I'm just a bit frustrated with the mentallity of putting a band aid on something.  I've seen so many kickplates put on the bottom of delaminating doors that both look bad and don't solve the problem in the long run.  To me, a better solution is to take down the old door and staple up a piece of visqueen.  Just kidding.

   Consider redirecting the water or shading the sun that's causing the problem.  An awning or some sort of canopy may be a worthy addition.

   Good luck with the project what ever you decide to do.

   jdg

   
   

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   Edited 1/24/2003 9:46:27 AM ET by jdg

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   Jeff | Jan 24, 2003 11:38pm | #7

   Actually, it is an outside door, with an overhang and always in the shade.

   Normally, I put a storm door in front of all outside doors to protect

   them, but there is no way to swing a door here.

   Unfortunitly, our Vermont weather got to this one.

   I'll probabbly replace it, but thought a fix would hold for a while.

   Any door here will probably suffer the same fate.

   I might add that this is a back door, no one sees but me mostly.

   Thanks

   Jeff