Why you cant just learn a little bit from everyone you watch..TOH actually shows you old and new ways of DIY...matt is just focusing on new future technology building.
@@joshuakim919 I love TOH and Home Renovation with jeff, I watch matt a little. But i like to watch the building process hands on..and thats where TOH rules its a reason they have million of views and subs..And I watch Mike Holmes faithfully. Those are my top 3 with matt being 4..I tried to watch this 60 on doors but its was too long and got boring..
I was just about to say that... I was like lets scroll down the comments if anyone already mentioned that 😂. But it's kinda downgrade from Lincolns to doors 😂😂😂.
Hopefully you learned something. I used to be a remodeler too before I learned quick to think for myself & make a serious living.These are customs bro's... like me!
Years ago I build a concrete block house with two exterior doors. I used simple commercial doors and painted them with epoxy. One was solid wood and one steel with cemented in steel frames. During construction a homeless man broke in using a cement block on the steel door knob. Since it was winter and the heating system was not installed yet he moved on. I replaced the knob and moved the blocks inside. Later, after I moved, I came home to find a size 13 shoe print on my wood door with no observable damage except the mud on the paint, I think someone had to make a trip to the hospital.
From EU, Poland perspective. Man, nearly each YT video shot indoors (private houses) I can see & can tell straigh away from which contury does it come from. 90% of doors look like this crap on the far left side! The budget ones, and this is rich USA correct? Look at www.portadoors.com/ (made in Poland, hey these old "funny" polish jokes right) and they look super mordern, are not made of plastic modl and you can choose from many, many. Hinges? Well like hidden ones I have. If you want fully flush with door frame? No problem. Doors+frame that is 100% flush with wall? No problem (like you cut a piece of wall with a jig saw and add hidden hinges). I bet that this promo video coverd just a fraction of the offer they have (the ones in tha background on the left for example) but still most US homes has got to have these budget ones with air cavity inside (that is also the case of the cheepest in here) and this common, old looking pattern (far left), you can buy them in any colour provided it is white ;-)? Roof windows and doors? www.Fakro.pl - also polish company. Superb quality and veriaty of models to choose from.
This gives video gives me further appreciation for the solid white oak styled interior doors in my house. The owner who remodeled in the 2000s wasn't messing around.
The first door you showed that you said don't buy. I agree as a door but you can buy them as wall panels. You can make a jig for the skill saw and cut the two halves apart and get 2 nice wainscoting style wall panels out of them. I saw a whole wall get done that way once. It's sounds tacky but with some additional trim is was a really nice accent wall.
The biggest problem with any door is when the painters remove them and remove the hinges. They will either not get them set in the mortise correctly or they will strip the hinge screws. It doesn't matter how well the door is built. The painters WILL mess them up. I have been a trim carpenter for 35 years and have seen this thousands of times. You should do a short video about this problem
Lately I see they come with either not tightened properly, sideways driven screws and poorly mortised hinge cavities right from the factory/store so it's not painters fault in this case.
@@dreday1023 simple!! cheap ass materials...🤣🤣🤣 why a door have to be $10k explain that..its just a door..its not a iron, its not one of those theft proof door with the imbeded metal so no one can kick it in or break in it...they are promoting regular wood doors for 10 grand....wow..just wow..
I never thought I would watch an hour long show about doors and be so entertained. Very informative and pretty cool. Now I need $1000 doors. Jerks! lol
My family has been in the real estate business my whole life. Mostly rentals and doing remodels. I’ve personally been involved for the past 22yrs and now have my own business. Remodels and rentals have been the norm and now I’m getting into new construction. Matt I just want to thank you you for the amount of knowledge and building science that you give out for free on The Build show and The Build Show Network. You could very easily charge for your knowledge that you have gained over the years of being in the trenches. I feel like you can always learn something to make yourself and your craft better if you have an open mind. Thanks again for putting these platforms together and sharing with us.
Ok, this was very interesting, thank you. Doors definently are getting pricey, no wonder builders install basic doors in new builds. Unaffordable to most buyers. Having 500.00 doors does not increase the appraisals. Great for upgrading your home if you are staying there...thanks.
You would think that a $500 door would do something to your home's value but one thing is for certain a Masonite door just screams out what what's the word I'm looking for?
I bought woodworking equipment and learned how to make solid (pine) wood paneled doors for my home to replace the existing CNC-milled MDF doors. I prefer the authentic look and feel for these doors. I look at and use the doors every day, and the engineered stuff just feels so fake. Solid wood doesn't move as much as these production companies make you think.
Hey Matt. I just heard of a product called Corn Board. It's supposed to be a replacement for plywood or OSB made from cornstalks. Can you look into it? Also, can cornstalks be embedded vertically into cob walls?
Matt I’m just regular dude, your show is just simply amazing, I want to build my home one day and spare no expense and you show me how it can be done, especially when my motto of buy once cry once is represented in your way of thinking
I have solid core knotty pine doors. They came from Bayer Built in Minnesota. I believe their slabs are from Simpson. They came pre-finished. I'm sitting in my great room and the laundry room door is less than 6' from my head. When the washer and dryer are running, the sound transmission is minimal.
you can achieve that by paying for a door closing mechanism that has the feature that you desire. you have to pay for it, you're not going to get it for free.
i have a question about the requirements of door warranties. in this video, they said that the warranty requires painting the door on all 6 sides. but when you have an exterior door, the bottom of the door is usually covered, by a door sweep or door bottom that is kerfed, glued and/or stapled to the bottom of the door. are you expected to remove and reattach the door sweep/bottom so that you can paint the bottom of the door?
If you have a return register in the room, you don't need a big undercut. I'm surprised that someone who is potentially prepared to spend a thousand dollars on a door isn't going to add a return to every room in their house.
Sorry if this sounds stupid but if you had a return in every room wouldn’t that just be a huge waste ? It would like suck in everything it just heated ?
@@ImShiftehh It's a very reasonable question actually, because there are duct systems that do exactly this. However, if you place the registers correctly, and use the right supply registers that won't be a problem. If you design a system badly, lots of the warm/cool air will go directly into the return even if it's in the hallway. Usually the reason a system will have a single return is because it's cheaper and you can get away with it. I think my boss, Rob Minnick personally designed our office because it's a comfortable temperature and I never hear the HVAC system.
We don’t want garbage door made of hardboard/pressboard, acrylic paint, foam and plastics. We want real wood get out of the business making this garbage.
One of top videos on this channel. I could have gone another hour and talked about specialty doors. Impressive guest presenters too, they obviously know their stuff.
Wait on. So they're saying this door that they're selling as a finished product isn't actually fit for use unless you first paint the bits nobody will ever see. Why aren't they sealing the end grain before it leaves the factory?
@Big Crunch Not in it's entirety yet. But I have seen hundreds of doors with the tops and bottoms unpainted, painters usually scribble the location on the top when they paint en masse in the garage or basement.
There are some locations that will offer to seal the bottom of the exterior doors, but still very important that your painter remove the door sweep to prime and paint all 6 sides of the doors.
One of my goals is to build all of my own interior doors when I build my house. While I don't want to buy any of these doors, I do really like all the different options this shows for ways t build a door, like using LSL core with a higher grade veneer.
That's the sort of thing that makes a house really unique and feel like a home. Good luck with your project. I'll be building a shed for my garden this Autumn and plan to build the door and a window myself, as a first attempt at this kind of work.
@@HistoricHomePlans , nice! Definitely a good idea to start with a project like that, were it isn't as bad if you mess up a little. Every one of my projects so far have been like that, and I'm getting better and better at it. Long way to go though before I get comfortable enough to hit my goal above
i now know why my front door has warped twice (replaced by the builder). they didn't prime the bottom or the top. I will one day replace it with a composite door.
If we as builders are trying to build better safe homes. Why are these cheap material doors stiil being use..The building code should make some upgraded building things mandatory.
I sold a few solid veneered oak doors panel for like $350-500 a piece at Home Depot. Oak veneer was cheaper than pine somehow which didn't make any sense but it was the case, REEB is a brand we deal with for Special order that I love because they sell multiple brands and do machining themselves and like this brand they can do anything you want if you ask and are really good at what they do. Where as the more common is jeld-wen which is decent and can do good stuff but not as good logistics and consistency assembly wise.
Why is a cheap pre-hung double door set $900 when its made from a pair of $125 to $150 doors? Its just got a longer top frame and a longer threshold.... instead of 2 shorter of each. And its missing 2 side frame members vs buying the 2 doors separate.
F Huber I just bought 2 singles, took off the jamb side and top and bottom of both frames, and use the jamb sides for the new top and bottom. Doesn’t take long, and saves a ton of $$
You have to remember the houses that are using any better are mostly architectural custom homes that usually have a budget of $750k-$2m. A majority of homes/ production builds will use the hollow doors
Builder grade is the lowest you can go. If you expect something more expensive than you have to pay extra for it and at that point the house as a whole will be far more expensive.
When they say movement, they're referring to seasonal movement, i.e. expansion and contraction due to environmental conditions. When they say warpage, they're referring to cupping and twisting of the wood. Wood can experience movement, stay true, and return to it's original state. However, if a door twists or warps, it's no longer true and will not return to it's original state. They're different phenomenon.
Can any American company make a front door with 8 to ten deadbolts with a steel frame for a front door. I saw this in Sicily IT, it amazed me but they go through walls to break into your house in Sicily. Had friends have this happen on there bungalow. Matt about a fire rated door, but the walls won’t handle 20 minutes of burn will they?
FINALLY !!!! KUDO's BMC I can't tell you how many freaking times where builders don't want the top or buttom of the doors painted. There is your warranty issue right THERE!! Excellent explained from BMC But one question wasn't in this. Can you get your doors also without hinges and without the US door hardware, I am asking because I do want to use European Security door systems within the sold exterior doors so they do have 6 pin interlock into the steel door frame, yes steel door frames will be used.
My East Texas house has a built in tornado shelter with 12" thick concrete reinforced walls and ceiling. The guy I bought it from removed the fire door, cut it in half and made it into a shelf in the garage. Been trying to get a door slab for months. A suggsetion is to not cut your $1000 dollar door in half. Just saying.
Did I miss the 150 mph hurricane rated part? Inspectors in my area are dictating what they deem a 150 mph door, regardless of sticker rating. It matters in Florida. Condensating, air tight doors, not so much. I found the fingerjoint and poplar frame options humorous. Oh wait, this is interior...or is it?
It's overpriced like hell, getting the $500 door here in NY for roughly $200 with popular jams, using that company for a few years already on my projects and had no problems.
I'm not a builder but I have some ideas. Do you have any sound dampening materials in your walls or floors? Are the electrical outlets wrapped in sound dampening materials? Do you have wall textile hangings?
@@melissamybubbles6139 normal stud and drywall walls, doors that may as well not be closed when they are for sound dampening. I hear the most through the door than the walls.
Great show, a lot of useful infos I'll be sure to use soon; I need to change my front door and will hire a pro. At least I'll know more before contacting him!
@@JamesBlazen if we are talking about a single family house, the wall assembly is not required to be fire rated. so your house might burn down, but at least the door will remain standing!
I like how Matt says "because we forgot to paint the top and bottom". The reality is, contractors are clueless and never paint anything you don't _make_ them paint :-) They don't "forget".
Great introductory video. Interesting that I did not see the low-cost door that we had in our 700sf 2br-1ba 1952 New Jersey “Cape”: A simple 1 3/8” x 30” x 80” hollow-core birch veneer flush slab with painted clamshell casing and cylindrical lockset. Pop put a clear finish on the slab and we has an attractive, no-frills, simple door that worked well and added a desirable contemporary touch of wood to the interior decor. Not exactly an architectural award winner but it did NOT attempt to “fake” a phony panel and stile. When we sold the house in 2005, it still had the same doors and they had survived a half-century of use in near as-new condition. Overall this home, which dated from the early days of production tract house construction and was by-and-large short on embellishments, was built very well and easy to maintain over time. It was a very adaptable “starter home” that my frugal parents never really wanted to move up from.
Over the years of living in a large city I've seen the curbs lined with amazing amounts of old growth millwork and lumber and especially doors being stacked up to be thrown out now I guess they have to use dumpsters but it just seemed like whenever somebody went into an old house to renovate the first thing they did was tear out all those wonderful six and eight panel longleaf pine doors and yes they were probably tossed because of paint flaking and chipping and looking horrendous but with a little bit of effort you can burn off the paint of those doors to the point where you can feather the rest out and have yourself a first rate piece of millwork
Oh, wow! Someone who understands what the WUI is and what it means! Speaking as a member of the FireWise committee here in my neighborhood in Austin, this means a lot!
all of these doors have pathetic R values maybe R2 max!!!! Why doesn't any company make a 2 to 3" thick door with R10 to R15 foam insulation core?????????? comeon its 2021 for goodness sake!
Good vid, but what is with that loud and annoying calypso/bongo/xylophone music during the custom door segment???? It was so distracting and I really wanted to hear what the guy was saying, but I couldn't. Can't turn up the volumn to hear the talking because then the music gets louder. This was really and interesting subject for me and I would have liked to have concentrated more on hearing what was said instead of trying to ignore the 'music'.
Wow that Walnut door with the round top is so beautiful you could design a house around that one door just gorgeous I'm just wondering what kind of finish I would put on top of that door maybe even a standard antique shellac I'm sure someone would have a suggestion on what product would look and last the best even if it's just boiled linseed oil with a dash of cobalt
choosing solid core doors doesn't have to be for reasons like "I want to pass down this house to a family member" it can be just for the sake of chosing quality over cheap and easy. remember your home value is a whole of its parts. Being able to say "solid core doors throughout" is a great selling point. would you rather hear the home has 2x4 framing or 2x6 or even 2x8 framing? for me metal exterior doors and solid wood interior doors is the best option.
Profesional trim carpenter, haven't seen one company assemble a quality door in Central fl.,FL.,, just plain crap being sent out, remember the assemblers send out crap,,strong words that express what it is
Why "don't buy the cardboard door"? It plugs the hole, looks nice and I can smash it when I'm drunk and not injure myself, have fun, and get a new one for the price of a lunch. I understand buying good things when it's something close to the body, but a door? Look at Japanese - their swords cost more than the houses.
good video. it is really informative. i do think that you should have said it was a sponsored video, even though it obviously was. by the way, it is not called a "drop down sill", it is called an "automatic door bottom". they are made by several companies in addition to pemko. you generally use them when you are concerned about air intrusion. for sound reduction, i would think that a door sweep would suffice.
Somebody get this man a real earpiece monitor. Matt brings the quality videos, his A/V equipment should match his building standards. Also lol on the handtool that is zip-tied to the 1,000,000 machine. If I am not mistaken 1,000,000 is chump change for these guys. It is funny to see where some corporations choose to skimp out.
if BMC doors are made with that much "precision" how come i have to trim an 1/8" off the casing on the sides of every door to make it flush with the bottom of the casing on EVERY DOOR i get from them
I think rather than use any finger jointed trim or molding I would rather use a plastic or PVC and even fypon style trim as far as not being able to see all the finger joints and durability especially on exterior applications but I don't know 100 extra dollars for three pieces of poplar for door casings will not casings for door jambs sounds a little extravagant I don't know
I need that door machine to do my doors! The assembly quality I see around is horrendous. Screws are driven at random angles, I assume, by lowest-paid humans. And the doors are sometimes not in the right place in jambs.
When Matt was talking about a 200 Year door and the other gentleman said yeah it will last 200 years if it has maintenance but in my opinion a good product will last or at least be restorable without any maintenance whatsoever I mean my job that I do with complete exterior renovation is that when I have good solid long leaf pine trim with siding that is produced from dense old growth timber I'm able to take a house that had no maintenance for 50 years or longer and take it back to its original Glory only because of it s quality lumber that's why I think these doors being so stable should last without any maintenance whatsoever as long as they're not taking on water
Well you think for six or $700 that you would get a completely solid wood door raised panel maybe with even a leaded glass lite at the top I guess I need to get into the 21st century and wake up
The only thing I don't like about these doors is that the three quarter inch jams and other parts just seem a little small to me especially for saddle I mean why can't they use at least five quarter but of course I guess it works so maybe I'm just being to particular
Hey Matt is having some major water leaks from rain either getting into the windows or the divide between rock and the metal wall. He's had the caulk the windows multiple times but it still leaks really bad, go help him out.
This channel is more informative than This Old House (TOH). TOH needs to "step up their game".
Best comment ever! Thanks
Why you cant just learn a little bit from everyone you watch..TOH actually shows you old and new ways of DIY...matt is just focusing on new future technology building.
Also, how many laypeople would watch a 60min episode of TOH just on doors?
@@joshuakim919 I love TOH and Home Renovation with jeff, I watch matt a little. But i like to watch the building process hands on..and thats where TOH rules its a reason they have million of views and subs..And I watch Mike Holmes faithfully. Those are my top 3 with matt being 4..I tried to watch this 60 on doors but its was too long and got boring..
And no Boston accent!
I can’t believe Matthew McConaughey is selling doors now.
alright, alright alright, doors.
It'd be a lot cooler if he is...
It's a tough economy these days...
I was just about to say that... I was like lets scroll down the comments if anyone already mentioned that 😂. But it's kinda downgrade from Lincolns to doors 😂😂😂.
Glad I wasn’t the only one that thought this.
best video,,,, has pricing
I can’t believe I just watched an hour long video about doors.
It could be worse. But I feel you.
Hopefully you learned something. I used to be a remodeler too before I learned quick to think for myself & make a serious living.These are customs bro's... like me!
thats amazing..i didnt make it past the intro.. lol
I'm stopping myself right now.
Shocked he didn’t recommend zip sheathing over the doors, I guess zip needs to pay him more 🙄😂
Years ago I build a concrete block house with two exterior doors. I used simple commercial doors and painted them with epoxy. One was solid wood and one steel with cemented in steel frames. During construction a homeless man broke in using a cement block on the steel door knob. Since it was winter and the heating system was not installed yet he moved on. I replaced the knob and moved the blocks inside. Later, after I moved, I came home to find a size 13 shoe print on my wood door with no observable damage except the mud on the paint, I think someone had to make a trip to the hospital.
From EU, Poland perspective. Man, nearly each YT video shot indoors (private houses) I can see & can tell straigh away from which contury does it come from. 90% of doors look like this crap on the far left side! The budget ones, and this is rich USA correct? Look at www.portadoors.com/ (made in Poland, hey these old "funny" polish jokes right) and they look super mordern, are not made of plastic modl and you can choose from many, many. Hinges? Well like hidden ones I have. If you want fully flush with door frame? No problem. Doors+frame that is 100% flush with wall? No problem (like you cut a piece of wall with a jig saw and add hidden hinges). I bet that this promo video coverd just a fraction of the offer they have (the ones in tha background on the left for example) but still most US homes has got to have these budget ones with air cavity inside (that is also the case of the cheepest in here) and this common, old looking pattern (far left), you can buy them in any colour provided it is white ;-)? Roof windows and doors? www.Fakro.pl - also polish company. Superb quality and veriaty of models to choose from.
This gives video gives me further appreciation for the solid white oak styled interior doors in my house. The owner who remodeled in the 2000s wasn't messing around.
What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in front of a door?
Matt
Bahahaha. The perfect joke for this video!
That’s awesome 👏
Q.) Same guy in the bottom of a hole ?
A.) Doug.
I really dont get this?
The first door you showed that you said don't buy. I agree as a door but you can buy them as wall panels. You can make a jig for the skill saw and cut the two halves apart and get 2 nice wainscoting style wall panels out of them. I saw a whole wall get done that way once. It's sounds tacky but with some additional trim is was a really nice accent wall.
Why didn't you provide Matt McConaughey with clip-on mic? That way he could perform better with his hands gestures 😂. Actors needs freedom!
The biggest problem with any door is when the painters remove them and remove the hinges. They will either not get them set in the mortise correctly or they will strip the hinge screws.
It doesn't matter how well the door is built. The painters WILL mess them up. I have been a trim carpenter for 35 years and have seen this thousands of times. You should do a short video about this problem
don't let the painters pull the doors lol. Don't let them touch any moving parts lol.
Everybody blames the painter 😁
@@nicholashartzler2205 I agree!! I wish it was up to me. But...lately I have been charging for every door repair and have made lots of $.
Lately I see they come with either not tightened properly, sideways driven screws and poorly mortised hinge cavities right from the factory/store so it's not painters fault in this case.
How It's Made? More like Mr. Risinger's Neighborhood!
Matt...Will we ever get exterior doors with duel seals like you found overseas? Single seals just don't work, especially long term.
Which video were those in? You've piqued my interest.
@@chriswithrow3107 cant remember exactly but vaguely remember he was in Switzerland
@@chriswithrow3107 the doors and windows both have double seals. The door and jambs were z shaped.
you are referring to rebated doors. that is not a popular style in the US. it reduces the opening area.
$10,000 for a door,, At that price the door should be 100% maintenance free...That door price is outrageous.
How else do you justify $50 mil home with $2 mil annual maintenance fee?
@@dreday1023 simple!! cheap ass materials...🤣🤣🤣 why a door have to be $10k explain that..its just a door..its not a iron, its not one of those theft proof door with the imbeded metal so no one can kick it in or break in it...they are promoting regular wood doors for 10 grand....wow..just wow..
I never thought I would watch an hour long show about doors and be so entertained. Very informative and pretty cool. Now I need $1000 doors. Jerks! lol
Buy scratch and dent doors from those guys.
My family has been in the real estate business my whole life. Mostly rentals and doing remodels. I’ve personally been involved for the past 22yrs and now have my own business. Remodels and rentals have been the norm and now I’m getting into new construction. Matt I just want to thank you you for the amount of knowledge and building science that you give out for free on The Build show and The Build Show Network. You could very easily charge for your knowledge that you have gained over the years of being in the trenches. I feel like you can always learn something to make yourself and your craft better if you have an open mind. Thanks again for putting these platforms together and sharing with us.
Ok, this was very interesting, thank you. Doors definently are getting pricey, no wonder builders install basic doors in new builds. Unaffordable to most buyers. Having 500.00 doors does not increase the appraisals. Great for upgrading your home if you are staying there...thanks.
You would think that a $500 door would do something to your home's value but one thing is for certain a Masonite door just screams out what what's the word I'm looking for?
I bought woodworking equipment and learned how to make solid (pine) wood paneled doors for my home to replace the existing CNC-milled MDF doors. I prefer the authentic look and feel for these doors. I look at and use the doors every day, and the engineered stuff just feels so fake.
Solid wood doesn't move as much as these production companies make you think.
Hey Matt. I just heard of a product called Corn Board. It's supposed to be a replacement for plywood or OSB made from cornstalks. Can you look into it? Also, can cornstalks be embedded vertically into cob walls?
Matt I’m just regular dude, your show is just simply amazing, I want to build my home one day and spare no expense and you show me how it can be done, especially when my motto of buy once cry once is represented in your way of thinking
I have solid core knotty pine doors. They came from Bayer Built in Minnesota. I believe their slabs are from Simpson. They came pre-finished. I'm sitting in my great room and the laundry room door is less than 6' from my head. When the washer and dryer are running, the sound transmission is minimal.
@@JamesBlazen but it gives us the rustic look we were after. Thanks for your support
That thing he said about unfinished pocket doors explains some of the issues I saw with the ones I saw in my sister's old house.
We have soft-close drawers, why not soft-close doors?
Ever see a hotel door or storm door?
you can achieve that by paying for a door closing mechanism that has the feature that you desire. you have to pay for it, you're not going to get it for free.
Check out walk-in freezer door closers. I've seen closers like that in Spain a lot but they aren't common in the US.
i have a question about the requirements of door warranties. in this video, they said that the warranty requires painting the door on all 6 sides. but when you have an exterior door, the bottom of the door is usually covered, by a door sweep or door bottom that is kerfed, glued and/or stapled to the bottom of the door. are you expected to remove and reattach the door sweep/bottom so that you can paint the bottom of the door?
If you have a return register in the room, you don't need a big undercut. I'm surprised that someone who is potentially prepared to spend a thousand dollars on a door isn't going to add a return to every room in their house.
Sorry if this sounds stupid but if you had a return in every room wouldn’t that just be a huge waste ? It would like suck in everything it just heated ?
@@ImShiftehh It's a very reasonable question actually, because there are duct systems that do exactly this. However, if you place the registers correctly, and use the right supply registers that won't be a problem. If you design a system badly, lots of the warm/cool air will go directly into the return even if it's in the hallway. Usually the reason a system will have a single return is because it's cheaper and you can get away with it. I think my boss, Rob Minnick personally designed our office because it's a comfortable temperature and I never hear the HVAC system.
@@abel4776 I totally agree duct design is one of the most overlooked aspects of residential architecture.
Great point! A lot of magic can be worked out with a sophisticated and properly balanced HVAC system.
you make a valid point, but what does it have to do with the subject of this video?
We don’t want garbage door made of hardboard/pressboard, acrylic paint, foam and plastics. We want real wood get out of the business making this garbage.
One of top videos on this channel. I could have gone another hour and talked about specialty doors. Impressive guest presenters too, they obviously know their stuff.
Thanks for watching, Greg. So glad you found it helpful.
Wait on. So they're saying this door that they're selling as a finished product isn't actually fit for use unless you first paint the bits nobody will ever see.
Why aren't they sealing the end grain before it leaves the factory?
1k plus for fiberglass resin?! That's machine made and molded, just wow profit %%%
@@its.free.realestate No what I am implying is there is insane markup on those. Injection molding PVC vinyl is cheap once the mold is cast.
@@its.free.realestate oh sorry
Why doesn't the manufacturer paint or at least prime the bottom and top of the door?
cost, some do.
You find yourself looking at the tops and bottoms of doors a lot?
@Big Crunch Not in it's entirety yet. But I have seen hundreds of doors with the tops and bottoms unpainted, painters usually scribble the location on the top when they paint en masse in the garage or basement.
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There are some locations that will offer to seal the bottom of the exterior doors, but still very important that your painter remove the door sweep to prime and paint all 6 sides of the doors.
One of my goals is to build all of my own interior doors when I build my house. While I don't want to buy any of these doors, I do really like all the different options this shows for ways t build a door, like using LSL core with a higher grade veneer.
@@JamesBlazen certainly, but it will be fun and a lot cheaper
That's the sort of thing that makes a house really unique and feel like a home. Good luck with your project. I'll be building a shed for my garden this Autumn and plan to build the door and a window myself, as a first attempt at this kind of work.
@@HistoricHomePlans , nice! Definitely a good idea to start with a project like that, were it isn't as bad if you mess up a little. Every one of my projects so far have been like that, and I'm getting better and better at it. Long way to go though before I get comfortable enough to hit my goal above
i now know why my front door has warped twice (replaced by the builder). they didn't prime the bottom or the top. I will one day replace it with a composite door.
The guest bathroom door doesn't need to be $500.
If we as builders are trying to build better safe homes. Why are these cheap material doors stiil being use..The building code should make some upgraded building things mandatory.
It always boils down to the money. There's always someone that wants to do it without the extra cost.
Damn Aaron's like the discount Matthew Mcconaughey, he should have thrown a couple all rights in there.
Congrats to Matt for being excepted into the secret service
That is such good information about water moisture and warping! The number of doors I've tried to close that don't quite make it...
I sold a few solid veneered oak doors panel for like $350-500 a piece at Home Depot. Oak veneer was cheaper than pine somehow which didn't make any sense but it was the case, REEB is a brand we deal with for Special order that I love because they sell multiple brands and do machining themselves and like this brand they can do anything you want if you ask and are really good at what they do. Where as the more common is jeld-wen which is decent and can do good stuff but not as good logistics and consistency assembly wise.
Why is a cheap pre-hung double door set $900 when its made from a pair of $125 to $150 doors?
Its just got a longer top frame and a longer threshold.... instead of 2 shorter of each. And its missing 2 side frame members vs buying the 2 doors separate.
F Huber I just bought 2 singles, took off the jamb side and top and bottom of both frames, and use the jamb sides for the new top and bottom. Doesn’t take long, and saves a ton of $$
Of course the builder in my neighborhood uses the vary cheapest and worst doors you can buy.
You have to remember the houses that are using any better are mostly architectural custom homes that usually have a budget of $750k-$2m. A majority of homes/ production builds will use the hollow doors
So you're saying your house was built the same?
Teddy Flood yes. They even told us that we where getting “high quality doors”.
Builder grade is the lowest you can go. If you expect something more expensive than you have to pay extra for it and at that point the house as a whole will be far more expensive.
modern thin junk. My cheap builder bought the cheapest doors. I dint even know That's how modern builders work. No pride in work
"They are prone to movement." Matt: "And warpage." Pause...uh, warpage IS movement. ;) LOL
When they say movement, they're referring to seasonal movement, i.e. expansion and contraction due to environmental conditions. When they say warpage, they're referring to cupping and twisting of the wood. Wood can experience movement, stay true, and return to it's original state. However, if a door twists or warps, it's no longer true and will not return to it's original state. They're different phenomenon.
Can any American company make a front door with 8 to ten deadbolts with a steel frame for a front door. I saw this in Sicily IT, it amazed me but they go through walls to break into your house in Sicily. Had friends have this happen on there bungalow.
Matt about a fire rated door, but the walls won’t handle 20 minutes of burn will they?
An RPG rated door!? I died laughing. Great show Matt.
FINALLY !!!! KUDO's BMC I can't tell you how many freaking times where builders don't want the top or buttom of the doors painted. There is your warranty issue right THERE!! Excellent explained from BMC
But one question wasn't in this. Can you get your doors also without hinges and without the US door hardware, I am asking because I do want to use European Security door systems within the sold exterior doors so they do have 6 pin interlock into the steel door frame, yes steel door frames will be used.
My East Texas house has a built in tornado shelter with 12" thick concrete reinforced walls and ceiling. The guy I bought it from removed the fire door, cut it in half and made it into a shelf in the garage. Been trying to get a door slab for months. A suggsetion is to not cut your $1000 dollar door in half. Just saying.
Did I miss the 150 mph hurricane rated part? Inspectors in my area are dictating what they deem a 150 mph door, regardless of sticker rating. It matters in Florida. Condensating, air tight doors, not so much. I found the fingerjoint and poplar frame options humorous. Oh wait, this is interior...or is it?
Why is the world can't they paint/seal those "capillaries" at factory? It's not like the color matters, make it white.
it's called getting your doors primed as they said in the video. you typically have to pay for that.
25 years since I worked in doors and we're still telling builders to paint all 6 sides.
It's overpriced like hell, getting the $500 door here in NY for roughly $200 with popular jams, using that company for a few years already on my projects and had no problems.
Matt, you are always LIVE! I love the show and really enjoy your energy. Many thanks for your continuous efforts.
Look, all I wanna know is what do I buy so I can't hear my kids whispering in their closed rooms on the other side of the house...
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I'm not a builder but I have some ideas. Do you have any sound dampening materials in your walls or floors? Are the electrical outlets wrapped in sound dampening materials? Do you have wall textile hangings?
@@melissamybubbles6139 normal stud and drywall walls, doors that may as well not be closed when they are for sound dampening. I hear the most through the door than the walls.
@@JeepWranglerIslander Besides buying new doors, try hanging blackout curtains over the doorways.
Great video with lots of information, just in time as have a meeting Tuesday
with a door company in B.C. for my new build
Great show, a lot of useful infos I'll be sure to use soon; I need to change my front door and will hire a pro. At least I'll know more before contacting him!
What Matt calls a drop down sill I have heard called an articulate sweep. This might help someone find more options...
Slamability is very important to me. I am not sure why it is not measured and given a rating right on the box.
Divorce-rated 👍🏻
My front door is steel with a steel frame. Your door is only as good as your frame is.
steel has really high thermal conductivity, so a steel frame isn't really a practical choice.
@@JamesBlazen if we are talking about a single family house, the wall assembly is not required to be fire rated. so your house might burn down, but at least the door will remain standing!
Great video and some of my door questions were answered thank you very much
MDF stands for junk on a hinge side of a door
This was a really excellent video. While obviously there was some sort of sponsorship here the guys delivered a ton of value. This was really helpful
I know he didnt say, "alot of craftsmanship" 😂
I like how Matt says "because we forgot to paint the top and bottom". The reality is, contractors are clueless and never paint anything you don't _make_ them paint :-) They don't "forget".
Great introductory video. Interesting that I did not see the low-cost door that we had in our 700sf 2br-1ba 1952 New Jersey “Cape”: A simple 1 3/8” x 30” x 80” hollow-core birch veneer flush slab with painted clamshell casing and cylindrical lockset. Pop put a clear finish on the slab and we has an attractive, no-frills, simple door that worked well and added a desirable contemporary touch of wood to the interior decor. Not exactly an architectural award winner but it did NOT attempt to “fake” a phony panel and stile.
When we sold the house in 2005, it still had the same doors and they had survived a half-century of use in near as-new condition. Overall this home, which dated from the early days of production tract house construction and was by-and-large short on embellishments, was built very well and easy to maintain over time. It was a very adaptable “starter home” that my frugal parents never really wanted to move up from.
Menard's has prehung hollow core 2-4 luan doors for $68. They have MDF style and rails. Just the slab is $44.
Matt, great episode. Are you going to produce a paints and coatings, hardware, and windows types episode?
I can tell by the title that this is going to be an exciting video.
How did you get Matthew Mcconaughey on your show?
He totally looks like him!
I hate doors that I can’t slam shut. Feels so good to slam it shut hard when I’m pissed. And better than telling someone off. 😂
Over the years of living in a large city I've seen the curbs lined with amazing amounts of old growth millwork and lumber and especially doors being stacked up to be thrown out now I guess they have to use dumpsters but it just seemed like whenever somebody went into an old house to renovate the first thing they did was tear out all those wonderful six and eight panel longleaf pine doors and yes they were probably tossed because of paint flaking and chipping and looking horrendous but with a little bit of effort you can burn off the paint of those doors to the point where you can feather the rest out and have yourself a first rate piece of millwork
great information, great episode. thank you
Oh, wow! Someone who understands what the WUI is and what it means! Speaking as a member of the FireWise committee here in my neighborhood in Austin, this means a lot!
wow man ... this is a great one.. always getting better!!!
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For doing a budget remodel, is there any issue with drilling holes in the top of a hollow core door and spraying low pressure expanding foam inside?
On most of the hollow core doors the cardboard is in a honeycomb style
When I did mine I knocked holes in the front of the door to fill it and it took 3 cans of the pro spray foam
i found the solid core were only 20-30 more a door.
all of these doors have pathetic R values maybe R2 max!!!! Why doesn't any company make a 2 to 3" thick door with R10 to R15 foam insulation core?????????? comeon its 2021 for goodness sake!
Good vid, but what is with that loud and annoying calypso/bongo/xylophone music during the custom door segment???? It was so distracting and I really wanted to hear what the guy was saying, but I couldn't. Can't turn up the volumn to hear the talking because then the music gets louder. This was really and interesting subject for me and I would have liked to have concentrated more on hearing what was said instead of trying to ignore the 'music'.
Wow that Walnut door with the round top is so beautiful you could design a house around that one door just gorgeous I'm just wondering what kind of finish I would put on top of that door maybe even a standard antique shellac I'm sure someone would have a suggestion on what product would look and last the best even if it's just boiled linseed oil with a dash of cobalt
These companies can't be bothered to install doors without a gap underneath. They couldn't put some decent cores in either.
Man that burl walnut door is gorgeous! Very good video Matt. I’ll have to find out if BMC is available in my area.
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I've almost set on using BMC, but found google reviews quite chilling... Sounds like they don't care for random small customers.
choosing solid core doors doesn't have to be for reasons like "I want to pass down this house to a family member" it can be just for the sake of chosing quality over cheap and easy. remember your home value is a whole of its parts. Being able to say "solid core doors throughout" is a great selling point. would you rather hear the home has 2x4 framing or 2x6 or even 2x8 framing?
for me metal exterior doors and solid wood interior doors is the best option.
Profesional trim carpenter, haven't seen one company assemble a quality door in Central fl.,FL.,, just plain crap being sent out, remember the assemblers send out crap,,strong words that express what it is
Why "don't buy the cardboard door"? It plugs the hole, looks nice and I can smash it when I'm drunk and not injure myself, have fun, and get a new one for the price of a lunch. I understand buying good things when it's something close to the body, but a door? Look at Japanese - their swords cost more than the houses.
A thousand doors a day, is un remarkable, VW can make 3000 CARS a day in one factory, CARS have a lot more parts than a DOOR.
good video. it is really informative. i do think that you should have said it was a sponsored video, even though it obviously was. by the way, it is not called a "drop down sill", it is called an "automatic door bottom". they are made by several companies in addition to pemko. you generally use them when you are concerned about air intrusion. for sound reduction, i would think that a door sweep would suffice.
$100 for a few feet of popular/cottonwood. I’m in the wrong business.
These are either junk shit or massively overpriced.
Somebody get this man a real earpiece monitor. Matt brings the quality videos, his A/V equipment should match his building standards.
Also lol on the handtool that is zip-tied to the 1,000,000 machine. If I am not mistaken 1,000,000 is chump change for these guys. It is funny to see where some corporations choose to skimp out.
if BMC doors are made with that much "precision" how come i have to trim an 1/8" off the casing on the sides of every door to make it flush with the bottom of the casing on EVERY DOOR i get from them
I think rather than use any finger jointed trim or molding I would rather use a plastic or PVC and even fypon style trim as far as not being able to see all the finger joints and durability especially on exterior applications but I don't know 100 extra dollars for three pieces of poplar for door casings will not casings for door jambs sounds a little extravagant I don't know
He’s such a good presenter.
Guys who can't talk without waving their hands really shouldn't be given hand-held microphones!
I need that door machine to do my doors! The assembly quality I see around is horrendous. Screws are driven at random angles, I assume, by lowest-paid humans. And the doors are sometimes not in the right place in jambs.
Like your channel!
This pretentious ghrr that you make when you talk!! You aint tought bro!
Good video!
Matthew McFraudahey should have always been selling doors...and that's about it...
When Matt was talking about a 200 Year door and the other gentleman said yeah it will last 200 years if it has maintenance but in my opinion a good product will last or at least be restorable without any maintenance whatsoever I mean my job that I do with complete exterior renovation is that when I have good solid long leaf pine trim with siding that is produced from dense old growth timber I'm able to take a house that had no maintenance for 50 years or longer and take it back to its original Glory only because of it s quality lumber that's why I think these doors being so stable should last without any maintenance whatsoever as long as they're not taking on water
Okay, these people who build houses that take multiple years to build and use all premium stuff?
What's their channel? 🙏
Am I the only experiencing hot audio levels on this video ?
Well you think for six or $700 that you would get a completely solid wood door raised panel maybe with even a leaded glass lite at the top I guess I need to get into the 21st century and wake up
The only thing I don't like about these doors is that the three quarter inch jams and other parts just seem a little small to me especially for saddle I mean why can't they use at least five quarter but of course I guess it works so maybe I'm just being to particular
Hey Matt is having some major water leaks from rain either getting into the windows or the divide between rock and the metal wall. He's had the caulk the windows multiple times but it still leaks really bad, go help him out.