I am bummed that none of my suppliers can get split-frame prehangs for me.
Everybody had ’em out in the midwest, but where I am in the NE, nobody does.
I am bummed that none of my suppliers can get split-frame prehangs for me.
Everybody had ’em out in the midwest, but where I am in the NE, nobody does.
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In MA, VT, ME and NH Rivco carries them. They are around at the millwork supply companies. Most people I know don't like them very much, also I've heard the quality is not what it was years ago. Rivco isn't going to deliver to Lake Placid but they might be able to give you some suppliers in NY state.
http://www.rivcoinc.com
I am in Kansas City. Last year I was looking for a couple of prehungs.
IIRC I was looking for a slab door. All of the splits came with 6 panel doors. Ask at 84 Lumber and the guy said that he came from Des Moines and up there it was the oposite. And that is not that far away.
Split jambed doors are an oddity here in my locale. Yet, there is a door maker that makes them....they sell 95% of these to their "sister" stores out West.
The door maker is affliated with Carter Lumber Stores. If a Carter lumber store is in your area, they can get them for you.
Contact Carter Woodcrafts at (724) 947-2281. Ask them if they deliver to any supplier in your locale. It's my undersanding that Carter has several hundred stores throughout the U.S.
Carter Woodcrafts is located in Atlasburg, PA about 30 miles west of Pittsburgh.
Davo
Here in New England, split jambs are only on "budget" jobs because, for one, they come with cheesy 2 1/1" colonial casing, and they are kind of flimsy. Of course the regular pre-hung door jambs are never wide enough for real walls, especially with skim-coat plaster, so you end up having to get creative to make everything look right.
Mike