Damaged door frame on older singlewide
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 7:07 pm
My wife and I recently purchased a 1980 singlewide mobile home... It has a full length, screened in front porch, the porch is on a slab at ground level, the roof for the porch extends OVER the trailer, and connects to a secondary wall on the opposite side of the trailer..
Overall, we think it's a solid place.
However... the back door refuses to close all the way.. We had to replace the door knob/lock set because the key for the backdoor had been lost.. and I noticed that the previous owner had done a fairly horrible job of replacing the lockset previously.
I wound up using spray-in foam sealant to just seal off the entire door, because I could see daylight through it.
I do, however, eventually want to FIX it. I think I may need to replace the entire frame and door, but this is the first mobile home I've ever lived in..
I've installed doors and frames in site-built homes, and it's fairly simple to do..
After all the background info, here is my question.. how difficult should I expect it to be to completely remove and replace the entire door, frame and all?
Overall, we think it's a solid place.
However... the back door refuses to close all the way.. We had to replace the door knob/lock set because the key for the backdoor had been lost.. and I noticed that the previous owner had done a fairly horrible job of replacing the lockset previously.
I wound up using spray-in foam sealant to just seal off the entire door, because I could see daylight through it.
I do, however, eventually want to FIX it. I think I may need to replace the entire frame and door, but this is the first mobile home I've ever lived in..
I've installed doors and frames in site-built homes, and it's fairly simple to do..
After all the background info, here is my question.. how difficult should I expect it to be to completely remove and replace the entire door, frame and all?