Split Wood Door

Split jamb prehung doors work well in situations where the rough frame is wider than a standard opening.

Split wood door.

Set your store to see local availability choose options. Finishing touches we stained the ledge on the bottom half to match the glass trim pieces and also re positioned a small piece of hardware that was on the door when we first picked it up. Used in early new england as a way to let light in while keeping children close the style works equally well for a modern day kids room. A common problem with older wood doors is split panels.

Wooden panels were typically fitted into grooves plowed in the door rails and stiles and left to float so they could expand and contract without binding and splitting for a primer on making wooden panels see my last post. Simpson can turn almost any door into a dutch door as long as it has solid wood across the area to be dutched like a flush door or an intermediate rail. They feature jambs that are split in half lengthwise and the trim casing is already attached to each edge of the jamb so no mitering is necessary. If you are working with a hollow core door instead of solid wood read how to install a glass window in a hollow core door dutch door step 6.