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   TomT226 | Oct 30, 2008 10:01pm | #1

   I've used several diffenent kinds.  Just backprime it before install.  Also used some PVC brick- mold to mount some storm doors.  I likee, no rottee...

    

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   Shep | Oct 30, 2008 10:06pm | #2

   Pine is an old standby

   Oak would be a good one, but filling the grain to get it smooth for paint would add some work

   locust would be good, too, if you can get it in lumber form.

   I like to make exterior jambs of 5/4 material, and rabbet the door in.

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   Piffin | Oct 30, 2008 11:01pm | #3

   Mahogany

   White oak would be a good match, but more work to paint.

   Locust is strong and rot resistant, but I have never worked it for trim grade. I do know a guy who trimmed his house out and built some cabs with big ones he harvested though, and he thought it a fine way to go

    

    

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   therealpeter | Oct 30, 2008 11:02pm | #4

   thanks,
   I was just thinking full 1 inch, so yes 5/4.
   Shep, when you say "rabbit in the door" do you mean cut the rabbit in the jamb rather than applying a stop?
   I'm also thinking about using a kerf in gasket; one that is like a tube that has a barbed flange on its side that is pressed into a saw kerf at the stop.

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   Shep | Oct 31, 2008 12:21am | #5

   Yup.

   If you cut the rabbet, then use the kerf-in weatherstripping, you'll have a tighter door than with applied weatherstrip stop.

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   Sphere | Oct 31, 2008 12:43am | #7

   I'll add, IF the door isn't warped. Other wise ( and even with steel prehungs) an applied stop is better.  Been there, DOING that. LOL.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   Shep | Oct 31, 2008 02:14am | #9

   Good point.

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   jrnbj | Oct 31, 2008 02:38am | #10

   Actually, that's one of the nice things about the Q-lon weatherstrip...it'll tolerate a fair amount warp & still seal well

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   therealpeter | Oct 31, 2008 03:20am | #11

   Hey!I was looking at our historical salvage store today and saw a set of four doors all equally warped a nice even 3?4 inch in the center of a 27" width.
   Potential for something really arty, but NO NO NO weatherstrip is going to make up for that kind of crooked!

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   therealpeter | Oct 31, 2008 12:41am | #6

   Thanks again.

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   therealpeter | Oct 31, 2008 01:54am | #8

   This door is perhaps 120 years old and dead straight (unlike a couple young doors in the house). I'm hoping for another 120 from it... why not. There is a joke here somewhere about "lets do the time warp again" but I can't quite find it.

   "it's just a fudge to the left,
   and then a shim to the right...

   LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!

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   junkhound | Oct 31, 2008 03:52am | #12

   It will end up being painted

   Please dont paint oak, or at least not say it out in public, my stomach hurts as is tonight.

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   therealpeter | Oct 31, 2008 04:43am | #13

   Hey Junkhound,
   is it better to paint White Oak, the wood that ships and wine casks are made of, or paint some pretty "white wood" that will be compost in a few short years?
   I Know you've seen what I mean, the stuff where the paint defines where the wood once was. Or, was it really wood to begin with?
   I know what you mean, a beautiful piece of wood deserves to be exposed.