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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
So true. Though we do have great granite countertops in our current house. For the next one, if I have the money, I want it built exactly like a house in Germany, the kind of house where you can feel how solid it is when you open and close the doors. Probably not even possible in the US.
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It can be done.
Our house had a painted steel front door from the builder. Solid feeling but rather ugly. We hired a real craftsman to install a solid core wood door that we had custom built at a lumber yard that specializes in doors. I was smart enough to know better than trying to hang it myself.
He was cool to watch. He took the old door down and removed the entire frame and sill down to wall studs. Then he used large screws to hang the new frame and put down a new sill.
When he was done the door swings with ease, the door lock fits perfect. We don't have to wiggle the door or push on it to close the deadbolt. That was 4 years ago and it is still perfect. It feels like a bank vault door.