Recent content by Tru_blue

I'm not sure if you're asking about the insulating value of the door or just air infiltration, or both. I think what you're asking is should you bother making the door more airtight given that it's a single glazed "inefficient" wood door. I like wood doors so my own preference would be to...

You could also check out Phantom Screens, available through Lowes and many other places.

Several comments. First, there are three main ways to replace windows with new wood windows. One can replace the sashes only with new sashes and a pair of vinyl tracks. Like a previous poster mentioned, you must have an opening perfectly square for the replacement kit to properly function...

Maybe I'm missing some info. A steel door is available through any mass merchandiser (Menards, Lowes, Home Depot, etc.) and any lumber yard. The most basic steel doors are either flush doors or six-panel doors. They would be prehung in a door frame. I'm not sure why you're having difficulty...

The question was originally posed more than 5 months ago, so it's presumably too late to help the person who originally asked the question. However, for future reference, a wood/clad window with those specifications would typically run about $1000-$1500 without installation, and probably...

I'd also use longer screws as my first choice. By using 3" screws as previously mentioned, the screws would anchor into the studs behind the door frame. It's interesting - usually it's the doorknob side of the door frame that is damaged, not the hinge side. Another possibility is to...