Hey Friends!

I’m preparing to replace all the interior doors in my apartment (Chicago), and I am wondering if the laundry and furnace rooms require special doors.

Ideally, I would love to slap some solid core doors on there to reduce sound, but it’s unclear to me if I need to install doors with ventilation, and if so, how much.

Does anyone know what best practices are here?

Thank you all <3

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    I’ve just finished replacing all the doors in my condo and another thing to keep in mind is fitting the exact dimensions. If you’re going pre-hung you should have more flexibility, but if you’re keeping the door jambs and just getting new door slabs then you’ll want to measure very precisely. I assumed mine were close enough to standard widths 24”, 30” etc. and they were slightly smaller so I ended up having to trim a quarter inch off the doors to make them fit.

    • @Thunderdonk4444OP
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      21 year ago

      Thankfully, we are having a contractor put them in. I just need to order the right doors :p