How to Widen a Doorway

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Hi there, thanks for the great video, I will be widening the door to a closet within the next month. Currently the closet is a long rectangle, and the door is on one of the long sides but towards an end, so you go into the door and then turn left and almost walk down the closet. If we widen the door it will be much more walk-in like.

My question is if there are any other considerations for doing this type of job on a 1924 house with the paster and lathe type walls. Also, you don't mention anything about determining if the wall is load bearing, I don't imagine mine is but didn't know if you had any tips on finding that out as well. Thanks again.

Allan

Apr 12, at 5:34pm

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Hi Ron from the Gold Coast Australia, this video has helped me "heaps" even with some of your ways of using other tools to protect the area you were working on.
fantastic.

Roger Dunlop

Jan 25, at 2:33am

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Hi Lee,

If you are considering removing part of a bearing wall then its best to bring in someone with experience to OK the job before starting any work. You don't want the ceiling coming down.

Emily Lyman
Ron Hazelton Team

Emily Lyman

Nov 7, at 7:53pm

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Hi Everyone,

By popular demand. How to fix the hole in the wood floor! http://www.ronhazelton.com/pro...

Emily Lyman
Ron Hazelton Team

Emily Lyman

Oct 12, at 5:55pm

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Ron, I enjoy your videos very much but could you give us an option not to watch the adds, I dread the 30 seconnds that I have to watch..Thanks for all the great information.

Bob K.

Oct 3, at 7:26pm

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What happened to the sprinkler and the electrical wiring?

neville

Oct 2, at 9:54pm

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Check the video.
Here is how Ron patched in the floor. http://www.ronhazelton.com/pro...
It may be a bit much for the average home owner so I would suggest making a round plug for the hole and glue it in place using wood glue. Sand and refinish the bad spots.
Old Lew

Old Lew

Oct 2, at 2:31pm

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If you folks don't know how to patch a round hole in a wood floor, I suggest you not try widing a door opening.
And in video when Ron is replacing the dry wall over the header, you can see the PVC sprinkler pipe has been re-installed. I would assume someone has gone down in the cellar and re-piped it up inside the wall before the dry wall was installed because it surely is back over the opening.
Old Lew

OLD LEW

Oct 2, at 1:46pm

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Ron,
I liked the entire video, however one thing you did not address was how you patched the hole in the floor where the sprinkler pipe came up from below?

Joe Mancuso

Oct 1, at 10:35pm

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Great video, i did need to see every detail of the sprinkler and electric since that would have been simple for me to do. He went straight for what i wanted to see. Thanks

Gel

Oct 1, at 9:24pm

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Ron,
Looks like a second video is needed to clarify questions left unanswered.
Good video though.

Chipster

Oct 1, at 1:12pm

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Good video Ron. I am considering building my own retirement home. However, if I buy an existing house, my plan is to have every door at least 36" wide even if it means changing them all. This is a reminder of what I need to do.

Sean

Sep 30, at 9:16pm

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Some residents are a few miles from a fire department and there may not be municipal water for hydrants or fire fighting. Therefore, a domestic sprinkler system is a good way to prevent your home from being destroyed by fire. Also, some insurance companies will provide a reasonable discount depending on the distance from the nearest fire station. I am considering building my retirement home and the sprinkler system is the way I would go being 8 miles from the nearest station and the property being on a community well system.

Sean

Sep 30, at 9:13pm

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Thanks Dave, I understand that. I realize its not supporting anything. But just feel it should of been done the other way. I realize that Ron would of had to add some 1/2" material (possibly some sheetrock) I guess I'm just old school!

Jim

Sep 30, at 7:42pm

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Why would I ever caulk an interior door, and what's with the interior sprinkler system? Unless you're running a commercial business in your house, what's the need?

Jack Mabry

Sep 30, at 5:44pm

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do not like watching a comercial before seeing your video

wam

Sep 30, at 5:07pm

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Yes, what about the sprinkler system and the hole in the floor and refinishing that portion of the floor?

JB mimi

Sep 30, at 2:59pm

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Cool but what about the hole on the floor and the sprinkler system.

Nacho1

Sep 30, at 2:45pm

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I have to do this job in a garage/laundry room/ storage area. My wife wants a good looking laundry room; I want to park the riding lawn mower in the garage along with my car - I can't do both ( my wife's car is in there) and she thinks storage sheds de-track from the property value, although I have pointed out a storage shed in almost every neighbors home. And she has the habit of moving things to the garage if they don't fit the inside of the house. It seems like I am in a bind on this one

Nick

Sep 30, at 12:56pm

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Did you need any permits for this job?

ron

Sep 30, at 12:43pm

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What did we do with the sprinkler system?

Roy

Sep 30, at 11:55am

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Did you ever reinstall the sprinkler?

Ken Donovan

Sep 30, at 11:24am

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The video was ok ,what if the wall was bearing?

Lee

Sep 30, at 11:23am

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That was lucky that the flooring was good, underneath that wall. Is not how houses are normally built. By not even mentioning the flooring issue, your video instruction is incomplete. And I agree with the other comments that the fire line, while not a common issue, should have had a few seconds of attention as to if or how it was re-directed - or mention where we could find the video on how that was fixed.

Angie Mercer

Sep 30, at 11:12am

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Liked your site until I had to watch adverts first

Bob Butcher

Sep 30, at 10:01am

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I was also going to comment on the sprinkler, electric, and the hole in the floor.

stan

Sep 30, at 8:54am

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Didn't notice you replacing water line for sprinkler or fixing hole in the floor!

Dan Trent

Sep 30, at 8:16am

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i enjoyed the video, with a few exceptions.the scen i likie is the one where you remove the switch box, and then two scenes later into the project it shows it still attached, bad editing? and second what did you do with the wiring that was left after removing the switch box?
secondly i would have made the opening at a proper width to accomodate a set of french doors without custom made ones. it would be much cheaper..... because i know that women change their minds..... i hope she doesn't see this or you will have to do another video. hahaha!!!!

Richard Crowley

Sep 30, at 6:45am

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Good one Ron. Thanks for stepping the projects up from beginning to intemediate.
@Jim. You said, "the header would be stronger with the 2 x 4's going vertical rather than laying flat." While this is true, it does not make a difference, since this is not a bearing wall, nor a window, or a doorway. It is just a walkway.

dave

Sep 30, at 2:37am

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I too like to know about the sprinkler pipe where did you put it?
Other then that all looked good!!!

Ernie White

Sep 30, at 1:28am

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Ron, wouldn't the header be stronger with the 2 x 4's going vertical rather than laying flat. I realize that it was easier that way. You did not go into how you repaired the sprinkler pipe, which would of been good and also the floor. Your wife must be better than mine at using power tools in the house and having to clean all that dust. Thanks for all the great tips and videos.

Jim

Sep 30, at 12:41am

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Ja mujeres, siempre haciéndonos trabajar más de lo debido...... Y siempre tienen razón. Muy buen vídeo con buenos tips, muy hogareño también.

Juan Contreras Carvajal

Jan 22, at 3:30pm

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Great video on widening a door. Just one comment...how did you repair the floor covered by the section of the wall you removed?

Bill Patterson

Nov 14, at 8:46pm

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