Neighbor has a two story house with up and down options when you go into the foyer.  At the bottom of the stairs he installed another door with a lock to keep the kids out of the basement.  10 years ago he and his buddy did the ceiling down in the basement.  The house has a I beam that runs across the center.  This beam was used for the HVAC vents and such.  So it hangs down from the ceiling.  They went around this with some framing, it hangs lower that a typical doorframe.  So of course a typical borg doorframe will be too tall to let you open the door.  At the time they half wit cut a door and frame but never filled in the cut at the bottom of the door.  The door finally failed, might have been helped along by his kids playing king of the stairs.  

 

So I had him rip out the mess and started from scratch.  Used 1x6 I cut down to make the frame and used the cut off for the jam pieces.  Bought a door and cut at the top so the predrilled handle stayed at the correct height.   Then took a 2x4 and cut it down to the correct size to put it between the skins and glued it in place.

 

Last thing I did was space the lockset side to the door so the spacing is correct.  Nothing fancy but now the door comes 1 inch below the ceiling obstruction.  At 74 inches you need to be short to not bust your head open.  Thankfully everyone at his place is under 6 feet.  

 

Not the best of lighting, I have that to address for him next.  As for the painting, that is his part of this project.  If he works at his normal speed, maybe 2 years.  I installed all the doors upstairs last year in March, still not painted.  

 

 

That would be a real head knocker for me 6'3".

11 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

That would be a real head knocker for me 6'3".

I had suggested we just go with stock and notch out the top corner where it hit the ceiling then put that piece on the doorframe, with a magnet even so things could get moved through the door if needs be.  His wife said NO.  

Edited February 16, 20206 yr by Woodbutcherbynight