We're needing to install a standard door on a room in out new house.
Currently has a 15 light wood/glass door on a barn door slider.

This is going to be a bedroom (Was formerly an office) & we want the light/sound obstruction a standard door would give over the slider.

Found what I think will work via both HD & Lowes, but with pretty hefty lead times & definitely pricier than I was expecting.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ma...Door-19723/202872669



This is the style door we have in the rest of the house, and from what I'm reading on these specs, the pre-hung should slide right in to the 33.5" doorway.

Is $400 about the norm for this style, solid core, prehung?

Any other sources to look into apart from these 2? Current lead times are Late July-Early Aug. Really would like this done quickly, as our older 2 are sharing a room until we get the baby's room finished (paint & door install).

One year ago I did nearly the same thing. Yes I found the prices similar.

I initially was going to have a local handyman install the door but it quickly became apparent there was more to this than he could handle; custom size opening.

I decided to have Lowes do the measuring and installation, guantereed fit and work. They had an installer come out and measure the opening. After a comedy or errors, the correct door came and it was installed by Lowes.

I was impressed by the installers and their level of experience. I guess when you do three or four different jobs per day, week in and week out, you get good at it.

All in all, I was glad I had Lowes do it. I certainly would go with a primed, solid core door. They are much preferable to the hollow core doors.

Check your local lumber yard.

They often can and will beat big box store pricing.

They have a price book with multiple columns.

The more you buy the cheaper you get quoted.

If they want they can slide you over a column or two to get the business.

Most doors come from one or two distributors even at the big box stores.

A dimension question, to add to the OP.

The pre-hung (32x80) door I found shows an actual width of 33.5"
But it also says a rough opening width of 34.5"

My doorway is 33.5"

Which is the true width of the unit? 33.4 or 34.5?

I don't have a planer, so I can't remove the 1/2 inch from each side if the measure is 34.5" based on the rough opening measurement.

Similarly, the actual height & rough opening height are an inch difference. But I need to measure the doorway to get the available height.

A bit more context.
Slider = Barn Door
House was built in the early 70s, torn down to the studs & fully remodeled in the last 3-5 years.

Below are photos from the hall & inside the room.
Pardon the mess, we're still unpacking.

Doorway measures 33.5W x 78.5H x 6.25D

Pardon the thread drift, but I have an interior door question you might appreciate. Would it be in appropriate to install a solid core doors using the existing frame of a hollow core door ? All my interior doors are hollow type. The laundry room door has what appears to be swelling on the bottom edge, could be pet damage. I would like to swap it out to a solid core to dampen the spin cycle noise of the washing machine. I would also like to swap out the bathroom and bedroom doors for noise reduction. A total of 9. Leaving me with 12 hollow core doors. Is having a mix of solid and hollow doors frowned upon? Also could I use the existing frames?

Thanks.
-TVz

Assuming the same size, I would assume yes.
Only issue I could think of would be the weight difference between the two.

 
All of the interior doors in our house are hollow, synthetic 6 panel ("cross and bible" style) doors. I needed a matching 2'-8" x 6'-8" all wood door, so I could cut out the bottom two panels to make a doggie pass through. My local lumber yard was able to order it. I got just the door ("slab") and hung it on the existing hinges.

Sounds like it is doable. I appreciate the replies.

-TVz

Started teardown today. The trim pictured above was installed over the trimmed opening that was already there.
Still not the right size for a pre hung, but considering a slab in a custom size to avoid having to tear out the existing trim.

Update.
I decided to go for broke & tear the doorframe all the way down.

Originally, it had a sliding barn door


Got that down, and removed the trim, to find the doorway double-trimmed.



Removed that trim last night & now have a rough opening that will fit a standard sized pre-hung door.



Unfortunately, lead time is about 4 weeks. Gives me time to get the room painted & do a bit of drywall repair in the meantime.

Found a local door store, and their prices were better than HD/Lowes, so will be calling them today to order. Glad I had called them, too, as she informed me that the 2 doors [mfgs] that I thought were the same, are actually different & I'd likely have ordered the wrong, non-matching, door.
Checked the doors already installed & to my luck, they were not painted on top, and the mfg markings were still there, so I have the exact model to order.

Now, on to learning how to do some drywall repair & texturing.
Not visible in these photos, but the wall opposite the doorway, in the room, had 2 shelves that were removed & the overzealous use of caulk resulted in some of the surface being removed from the drywall.

Update:
Solid core, pre-hung door arrived today.
Will need a bit of shimming & the striker mortise cut, but otherwise hoping for a straightforward install.

So far I've checked that the rough opening is all level, good so far.

Still have a bit of paint touch-up to finish, but hope to have the door hung by the weekend.

Getting this room done has been the main hangup to us really being able to get unpacked & settled.
It's for our youngest & she's currently in here sister's room & the older 2 are sharing the oldest's room.

Door installed. Manhandling that 90lb door around wasn't easy.
Still need to paint the door & frame, and reinstall the trim.