I toured a modern styled 40 year old house several weeks ago with an open floor plan and 8 foot ceilings. The interior doors were 8 feet tall with side jambs and no jamb across the top. The ceiling was uninterrupted above the doors and it presented a clean, open look to the interior. I will be building my third house next year, and I would like to incorporate the same feature. I will have 9 foot ceilings and that means 9 foot doors. I’ve searched for info related to interior doors and jambs similar to what I saw, and have not seen any. Does anyone have any experience and recommendations?
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I'd suggest you have dead on flat cielings that you can 100% guarantee will never move.....I'd also suggest you prepare yourself for a very long resale. There's is no guarantee that anyone else will be as infatuated with the look as you are.
zox
I've hung some pretty tall doors (from a hundred yrs ago and older), these were salvage-some with complete jambs and/or transoms-much like what a prehung door would be prep'd. No problems other than you need to get some help getting it up there.
Plumb jamb and very level / flat ceiling is a must.
You must have at least a stop up there on the ceiling, no?
Depending on the makeup of your doors and poundage, you'd best spec. some serious and probably Ballbearing hinges.
No need for a stop at the top on interior doors -- you don't have one on the bottom. And you could have a 2-inch gap up there on a 9-foot door and no one would be able to tell. Of course, some sound will get through, but you get the advantage of significant ventilation.
sure
no stop is "needed".
Light smell sound.............whatever.
Leave it a couple inches short-why not.
You only need stop on the latching side-but can't say as I've heard that done lately.
Not really different from leaving a gap at the bottom. And most interior doors have most of an inch.
You could have the standard 1/8" gap at the top, but if you angled the door down a degree so it wasn't perfectly plumb on the opening side, it would gradually go away from the ceiling as it opened. This would give extra room for ceiling deformations.
Ya you can surely apply this technique as it is one of the best technique.If you want more details about it then you should consult with a professional constructor.
kiara
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