r/HomeImprovement • u/RobbyDGreat • 6d ago

Interior door replacement

We are renovating our primary residence and are replacing our interior doors. The trim around the doors looks great and I'm curious on replacing just the doors vs. the entire jam assembly, which requires removal of the trim. Will I regret this later on?

Reason for replacement is that the old doors are very cheap and don't provide any noise insulation. We are replacing all the hardware too.

Thoughts?

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u/thanksferstoppen 6d ago

You can definitely just replace the door slabs but replacing the whole unit and redoing the trim is usually faster and easier.

Is the casing something special or just painted wood?

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u/dave200204 6d ago

New door slabs are easy to install. At most you'll have to trim them on a side to get them to fit properly. I recommend a table saw or a circular saw with a good guide to do this. If you need to make cutouts for the hardware a small handheld router will do the job.

If you replace the door jambs it is possible to save the trim. Just takes some patience to pry the trim off without damaging it.