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   FastEddie1 | Jul 25, 2004 04:34am | #1

   Maybe 34" is not standard for pella.  My front door is 34"

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   ThaButcha | Jul 25, 2004 04:36am | #2

   ''In the states'' a 34'' entry door (at least around my neck of the woods in NJ) is not a common size.

   3'0'' x 6'8'' on newer homes and 3'0'' x 7'0'' on the older.

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   DougU | Jul 25, 2004 05:40am | #3

   I've worked on quit a few houses that were built around the turn of the last century and in one particular neighborhood I think all of the entry doors were 34". I don't think I have seen any done recently, not saying that they aren't done.

   Doug

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   xMikeSmith | Jul 25, 2004 06:14am | #4

   e2... 3/0 x 6/8 is a standard entry door... another size MOST door mfr's make is

   2/8 x 6/8...

    but 2/10 is very hard to come by in an exterior door

   Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   IronHelix | Jul 25, 2004 11:59am | #5

   I sold at retail,  doors manufactured by "window & door companies" with the modern extruded or vinyl coatings....all provided 3/0 and 2/8 units as a standard. Pella, Hurd, Andersen, Caradco.

   Metal door manufacturers were about the same with some hard to find exceptions of 2/6 and 2/10, which usually had an extended ordering lead time.

   Several local distributors/door unit assemblers would make-up wooden slab/wooden framed door units, exterior or interior with a spec of 2/10.  Sometimes as a stock item, sometimes as a special order.

   Not seen in todays building specs...mostly for remodels of older homes....50+ years or more.  Most current specs (code suggestions) call for at least one entry, usually the front, to be of a minimum size of 36".

   ................Iron Helix

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   Sphere | Jul 25, 2004 02:35pm | #6

   I thought code was 3/0 for at least one door in the house?

   Maybe I dreamt that up somewhere..

   I KNOW for handicap access, it is. 

   Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   Repairs, Remodeling, Restorations. 

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   e2canoe | Jul 25, 2004 04:12pm | #7

   OK.  Sounds like 34" is maybe not so much of a Canadian thing than an old standard.  New construction here is 36" too I think.  In older homes though, many are 34".

   Thanks sphere and everyone else.

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   xMikeSmith | Jul 25, 2004 05:45pm | #8

   yes... notice i said entry door is 3/0... secondary doors  ( exterior ) can be 2/8Mike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   VaTom | Jul 25, 2004 07:55pm | #9

   While we're on the subject, is an exterior secondary door necessary?  My client decided not to.  Got a CO with just one door.  Surprised me.  Not so sure about resale, but the appraisal came in great. PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!

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   UncleDunc | Jul 25, 2004 08:19pm | #10

   >> ... is an exterior secondary door necessary?

   You mean for fire safety? I've never lived in a house without a back door, but I have lived in apartments and stayed in hotel rooms without one. Some have had egress windows, but some (11th floor at the Hyatt?) haven't.

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   BillHartmann | Jul 25, 2004 08:29pm | #11

   "You mean for fire safety? I've never lived in a house without a back door, but I have lived in apartments and stayed in hotel rooms without one. Some have had egress windows, but some (11th floor at the Hyatt?) haven't."

   Yes, but they did have alternate means to provide (hopefully) similar safety.

   Smoke alarms monitored by ON SITE personal, fire isolation construction, and sprinker systems.

   Looking at the 2000 IRC 1&2 family code they require ONE exit door that does direct acess wihout going through a garage.

   And also emergency exits (which can be windows) in each sleeping room and also habital basements.

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   VaTom | Jul 25, 2004 09:18pm | #12

   You mean for fire safety?

   Regarding code requirements,  I've learned it's best not to ask why.  At least not from our building inspectors.  One of the great benefits from this forum is that ability.

   Bedroom egress was required.  This is the only house I know of with only one exterior door.PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!

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   JohnSprung | Jul 26, 2004 09:39pm | #19

   Here in Los Angeles, code minimum is 36" for the front door, and 32" for interior doors that people walk thru.  Closet doors can be smaller.  They have that on the plan checker's checklist.

   -- J.S.

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   PhillGiles | Jul 25, 2004 11:50pm | #13

   Common, but not "standard", you'll find a lot of 32" doors out there too.

   .

   Phill Giles

   The Unionville Woodwright

   Unionville, Ontario

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   mdresimprov | Jul 26, 2004 01:31am | #14

   Have you tried Lowen (sp?) ? Not sure if they have entry doors, but they're from Canada and what they do make is a good product.

   MES

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   BillHartmann | Jul 26, 2004 01:49am | #15

   What surprised me was interior doors. 32, 30, 28, and 24" are common, but not 26".

   I was cutting through a wall for a bathroom door in a basement, I was limited on one side by the furnace and wanted a closet on the other side.

   26" would have been an easy fit and I would have used it if available. By leaving an support beam in the back of the closet partiall uncoverd by the DW and framing the closet with 1 5/8" steel walls I was able to be the 28" door in.

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   dbanes | Jul 26, 2004 02:09am | #16

   Every thing I have seen in Tx. is 3-0 in front and 2-8 inthe rear doors (on homes at least 30years old),Now they are all 3-0 on residences...

   Scribe once, cut once!(David Banes)

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   Shoeman | Jul 26, 2004 02:56am | #17

   34" doors are the least common here in Minnesota - 36" being the most common.

   however 34s are not that hard to come by as a special order, and some of the Home Depots and Menards here stock 34" steel exterior doors by Stanley and Mastercraft.

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   gdavis62 | Jul 26, 2004 06:00am | #18

   2/10 for the front door.  It's a Canadian thing, eh?

   Maybe our northern cousins don't do as many supersized lunches as we do?

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    BowBear | Jul 27, 2004 06:50pm | #20

    My Loewen is a 32". That came a standard with the two sidelight package.

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