How do I finish a doorway that I widened without narrowing it?
Question:Hi:
We moved into an apartment with one of those tiny stack washer/dryer combos in a closet that worked horribly. We already had a full size washer and dryer that was stackable. In trying to remove the old stacked w/d combo from the closet, I had to remove the door and remove the door trim down to the door frame (the 2 x 4s framing the doorway). This also allowed me to fit our washer and dryer in the closet.
Now, after my landlord saw this two years later, I need to fix it but I still need to be able to remove our washer and dryer once we leave.
1. I can't move the 2x4s wider because one hits a shower and the other hits another doorway?
2. Is there a way to finish the doorway without narrowing it considering all I have left is the door frame? Can I just screw on the casing and then unscrew it later?
I'm trying to do this myself so that my landlord doesn't bump up our rent -- so please don't comment that I should let my landlord worry about it.
Answers:
What did that first guy say? Hinges on Hinges?
I would trim it out with 3/4" pine and attach with some small headed finish screws, that you can remove later.
use a nice finish on 2x4s' for the thickness,attach the framing for the hinged door with 'hinges' . you can still take the pins out to remove the extra needed to take your normal sized washer or dryer out !
hinges would be used on both sides of framing.xcept for on the door.
up to you to have aproval or not.
They now make hinges for door frames that allow you to gain two to three inches just for that purpose. The name of the the place you can get them is Rockler.com.Bye (or try hardware.com)
I'm not sure if I understand this totally, but how about not putting a door on it at all.or how about a sliding door but place it on the outside of the hold like a frame and paint the frame white.
get 1x4 casing place on 2x4 like a door casings just attach with screws so latter its off. (only take 1 at top and 1 at bottom to hold.)
You can even put trim on outside of it as long as its nailed to the 1x.
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