mikeangelini
New Member
Hello,
I have been asked by someone I know to install 12 interior doors. I do work on the side for friends and family, etc. I need to come up with a fair price to charge.
The house is an old Philadelphia row home. Some of the jambs are in OK shape, and others may need to be replaced with a new pre-hung door. I was hoping to just change out the doors itself on ones with better looking jambs. Mortise the hinges and bore the know holes, etc. I have done this in the past with decent results.
On some doors, there are 2 extra layers or more of sheathing (paneling, drywall, even 19/32 plywood) covering the outside edges of the jamb. It seems the walls were covered over and over again throughout the years. In order to put in a new pre-hung door, I would need to cut away those layers, and later put in some ripped 1X to build out the wall width, and then re-trim inside and out. This will be more work and materials, but will yield a much nicer looking finished door. I was thinking of letting the homeowner decide which ones need to be ripped apart, and which jambs are nice enough to cleanup and just replace the door.
The question here is what to charge him for each type of install, entire pre-hung door, buildout, and trim. Or just putting in a new door and boring the knob holes. This will also present some challenges as well lining things up and making it work perfectly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Mike Angelini
I have been asked by someone I know to install 12 interior doors. I do work on the side for friends and family, etc. I need to come up with a fair price to charge.
The house is an old Philadelphia row home. Some of the jambs are in OK shape, and others may need to be replaced with a new pre-hung door. I was hoping to just change out the doors itself on ones with better looking jambs. Mortise the hinges and bore the know holes, etc. I have done this in the past with decent results.
On some doors, there are 2 extra layers or more of sheathing (paneling, drywall, even 19/32 plywood) covering the outside edges of the jamb. It seems the walls were covered over and over again throughout the years. In order to put in a new pre-hung door, I would need to cut away those layers, and later put in some ripped 1X to build out the wall width, and then re-trim inside and out. This will be more work and materials, but will yield a much nicer looking finished door. I was thinking of letting the homeowner decide which ones need to be ripped apart, and which jambs are nice enough to cleanup and just replace the door.
The question here is what to charge him for each type of install, entire pre-hung door, buildout, and trim. Or just putting in a new door and boring the knob holes. This will also present some challenges as well lining things up and making it work perfectly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Mike Angelini