Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

I love our new house, a colonial (for the most part) but I hate the doors. They are great, heavy wood doors but over the years the previous owners covered them with layers upon layers of paint (and didn't do a good job - can see drips, etc). A few of the doors are also in bad shape (not sure why or how but they ruined the part near the doorknob and one doesn't look like it can be saved).

What are some good options for inside doors? I really don't want the ones that are made of the very thin wood and are hollow inside - my parents have some in their house and they don't block sound well.

Any recs for where to buy these doors or a company that does this? Or maybe I can have the doors that can be saved stripped, sanded, and painted?

Thanks!

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

We got all our moldings and doors from kleet lumber, they were great to work with and priced so much better then Home Depot & Lowes, they are in huntington

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

I bout all my doors at the lumberyard, stained and varnished them myself.
They are solid pine (a soft wood), raised panels. I replaced the hollow doors and metal doorframes that were in the co-op.
You can get doors at Home Depot or Lowes.

Try stripping the paint off of a door to see what it looks like, if they are in good condition then just repaint. This way you won't have to spend a lot of money to replace the doors.

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

We recently checked out lowes and they have a nice selection of solid wood doors. The installation was $150 a door which included taking out the old one and fitting the new one (this is including the door frame not just the door) and putting the mouldings back up.

If most of the doors are in good shape, what about stripping them then just replacing the doors that are necessary.

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

We did the same thing and purchased our doors from Lowes. What a process to change the doors! You may want to consider taking them up on their installation services ;)

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

We just installed 14 Solid Core Doors by Masonite in our house. They were cheaper than solid wood doors and have better sound proofing than the hollow core doors at home depot.

Here is the website Doors by Masonite

We chose a 2-panel flat Molded Door.

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Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

Elbee- They look great. Did you install them yourself or have them installed by someone?

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

we just did this about two weeks ago- I can not tell you the difference it has made- I will try and post some pictures later- we changed about 7 doors and a closet- we had a contracter do it and it was really reasonable

eta- the contractor salvaged the moulding around the doors- they scraped it down and re-painted it and it looks great- you could probably do that with your doors

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Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

Re: Want to change ALL of the doors inside the house - any recs?

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I just saw this 2 panel door on HGTV last night, and told DH this is the style I wanted!