Another door question - interior (write your novel here)

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Any good salvage yards near you? We salvaged all of ours to match for $30-$75 each (depending on size). It was just lots of digging through doors to find the right size/type.

ETA: We did have to pay $100 each to have them hung in VG Doug fir frames.  Would have been $50-$75 each in paint-grade wood.

[munkii]

If you want some recommendations for salvage options in Indy, let me know. I would stay away from the site you posted because I, possibly wrongly, assumed they were just like LightIntheBox (you may get lucky or end up with junk). 

Here's a vintage style door company, but I don't know their prices. 
www.vintagedoors.com/solidwood.html

One suggestion I'd make is to use doors with an arched panel at the top to mimic tudor revival style doors. The door you posted is nice and period correct, but it doesn't necessarily fit the style of the house (it's more mission or craftsman to me). If you want something a little more simple than a top arched panel, I would probably go for one of the one or two panel styles.

I may have some other resources but need to run. I'll try to remember to post later.

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May 25, 2013 19:42:59 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

May 25, 2013 18:15:26 GMT -5 @juno said:

Any good salvage yards near you? We salvaged all of ours to match for $30-$75 each (depending on size). It was just lots of digging through doors to find the right size/type.

ETA: We did have to pay $100 each to have them hung in VG Doug fir frames.  Would have been $50-$75 each in paint-grade wood.

There's a salvage shop that I really like just up the street from our house.  My mom goes there a lot.  I would be totally into salvaging doors, but the task of waiting for what I need and going through them for just the right one intimidates me.  Maybe once I actually get in there it won't be so bad.

Well, it's worth a trip, right?  Worst case you've wasted an hour of your life.  But I love the salvage yard, so even if I don't find anything, I don't consider going a waste.  It depends a lot on the salvage store too.  Some of ours have really good labeling/grouping systems, some just make huge piles. 

I've thought about it more.  What I don't have experience with is putting salvaged doors existing frames.  We were building entirely new holes, so from that standpoint it was much easier.  I imagine there's no way you will get matching hinge notches, so you'd probably need a handyman to patch up the hold hinge notches on the doors and chisel out new ones.  And if you do that, you're probably stuck with painted doors unless you get someone really good to disguise the patch job; but you said you were fine with painted woodwork I think. However, with all that time and energy, if you aren't DIYing, it might just be cheaper to go with new ones.

[munkii]

May 25, 2013 19:48:35 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Do you know the salvage shop right off Michigan on 96th street?  That's the one I've been to a few times and have liked it, but I don't really know how it compares to any of the other shops.

As for the arched doors, I actually really like that style, but the other doors in the house that are actually original don't have arched panels, so then I'd have to replace every single door in the house, and I'd prefer to just replace the ones from the 1950s forward.

I used to drive by that store every day when I lived over there! Unfortunately, I never stopped.

There's a place on 30th not far from MLK called Doc's, and their inventory is online. However, it looks a little pricey.
search.docsarchitecturalsalvage.goantiques.com/search/search_results.jsp?searchCode=doors

There is also Midland, the antique mall near downtown, and they have everything and anything you can imagine. 

So you don't have to change all the doors, I would just go to Menards (here's the same style you posted: www.menards.com/main/search.html?search=3+panel+interior+door&sf_categoryHierarchy=), or play with the designer to play with specifics (http://www.menards.com/main/mastercraftDoorDesigner.html). Also, if you're going to be in the area before June 2, they are currently running an 11% rebate off everything until then.

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May 25, 2013 19:42:59 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

May 25, 2013 18:15:26 GMT -5 @juno said:

Any good salvage yards near you? We salvaged all of ours to match for $30-$75 each (depending on size). It was just lots of digging through doors to find the right size/type.

ETA: We did have to pay $100 each to have them hung in VG Doug fir frames.  Would have been $50-$75 each in paint-grade wood.

There's a salvage shop that I really like just up the street from our house.  My mom goes there a lot.  I would be totally into salvaging doors, but the task of waiting for what I need and going through them for just the right one intimidates me.  Maybe once I actually get in there it won't be so bad.

A couple of the salvage places near us have email lists as well as fairly active Facebook pages. It might be worth it to talk to whoever runs the place to see if they can let you know either via email or will post pictures on Facebook when certain things come in so that you don't have to spend every weekend there sorting through doors.