We have an 80 year old house with a solid wood Tudor Style front door. I have no idea if there were such thing as ‘standard’ Turod Style door measurements 80 years ago or not.
It’s still a solid door, but the lockset is antique, and the framing is less than weatherproof. I’ve hacked it together with extra weather stripping and such.
It needs a complete refinish on the exterior and I need to likely reframe the outside part and try and get a tighter seal on it. Before I do all that, though, I thought I’d see if I could find some supliers that might have stock tudor-style or might be able to custom-order one that would be more secure/weatherproof. Perhaps insulated steel door?
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I'm not exactly sure what you mean when you say Tutor Style, but I will say that assuming this is the front door, steel doors are not really for the high rent district. Here, even many (most?) starter homes get fiberglass front doors.
For starters how about giving us the size and shape of the door slab so these remodeling guys can tell you about the availability, and maybe a pic would further define Tutor style.
To me Tutor style door might mean a round top door, or perhaps one with a small rectangular divided light window toward the top.
Will try and get a pick up tonight. In the interim, to describe it: It's a rounded top that meets at a point with a small single window near the center top. The current door is solid oak. Heavy. Will likely last forever if I take care of it, but the hardware is old and the framing needs to be redone and it's heavy and if there's nice looking weather-proof options, I'd like to at least consider them.
Arched top doors have always been problematic for weatherstripping. The old springy copper worked pretty well, but was difficult to install on that curved top.
As an insulating material, solid wood it pretty good. I don't know if you will help your energy efficiency with a different material.
A new mortise lock is probably bigger than your existing lock. (I'm assuming it IS a mortise lock) And it could be a big improvement for security.
I'm sure that there are plenty of weatherstripping companies up in your neck of the woods.