Choosing The Right Prehung Interior Door
A Prehung interior door is the easiest and quickest way to go when buying interior doors. There are many styles and varieties of wood to choose from as well as price ranges. The cheaper doors are usually hollow core.The Hollow Core Door
Hollow core doors means that they are not solid wood throughout the door but are still very durable and popular. They are light weight and the easiest to install but still very good looking and do come in the raised panel versions. If you are trying to stay within a budget but still want that nice wood look this is the way to go for you. Also when buying interior prehung doors it is nice if they are pretrimmed on one side but if the price difference is to great and it is cheaper to buy the casing for the doors seperately that is fine to. I will explain how to pretrim these doors before you install them.
The Solid Core Door
The other more expensive interior prehung doors are the solid core. Meaning of course it is solid wood throughout. These doors also come in a wide variety and the most popular that I have installed are the raised 6 panel doors. These doors are quite heavy and do require a little more work to install. If price is not a big factor and you are looking for exceptional quality this is the way to go for you. Solid interior prehung doors have other benefits as well. One of which is they add to the resale factor when selling your house. Which ever way you decide to go again I do emphasize prehung to save a lot of work and time. Here are some pictures and definitions for the parts of a prehung interior door. Click on the pictures to get a bigger view.
