Estimate on replacing interior doors

[Anonymous]

Just bought a new house and all the doors are composite rather than solid wood. My husband does not care at all but for some reason it really annoys me and I want solid wood doors.

Any guess on how much it would cost to have someone replace and paint per door?

[Anonymous]

Standard size it's super easy to pop off and pop on a new door. Any handyman can do it and you could diy easily.
I'm guessing max 1 day of work so under $500 for labor, plus cost of the doors and paint. Each door $150-500 depending on how fancy you want to get.

[Anonymous]

Sorry you said you want solid wood -- or just solid core? Solid wood lots more expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry you said you want solid wood -- or just solid core? Solid wood lots more expensive.

Hmm good question. My previous home had, I think, solid wood. Definitely more heft and substance than the new house. I guess I can go to Home Depot and see what they have and if solid core would do the trick. Thank you so much for the guidance.

[Anonymous]

I would budget $1000 per door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would budget $1000 per door.

We replaced six 30-32" interior doors with solid wood two panel doors, and it ran around $600 per door installed - new trim and caulked but NOT painted.

However, we also had three double french doors. And replacing those with solid wood versions was closer to $1200 per set.

Most of the door installers we contacted do not paint the doors, so we did that ourselves - which in retrospect we should have hired out because painting doors is a PITA. I should have hired a pro to take the doors off the hinges, remove the hardware and use a paint sprayer for a better finish too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would budget $1000 per door.

We replaced six 30-32" interior doors with solid wood two panel doors, and it ran around $600 per door installed - new trim and caulked but NOT painted.

However, we also had three double french doors. And replacing those with solid wood versions was closer to $1200 per set.

Most of the door installers we contacted do not paint the doors, so we did that ourselves - which in retrospect we should have hired out because painting doors is a PITA. I should have hired a pro to take the doors off the hinges, remove the hardware and use a paint sprayer for a better finish too.

I'm PP. forgot to mention the above did not include the door knobs which we provided

[Anonymous]

Painting is a PITA if you want to do it well. I've DIY'ed a bunch of painting in my house including doors and it's back-breaking work!

That said, you don't need to spray to get a great finish (unless you're going high gloss). You just need high quality trim paint and a nicer microfiber roller for the flat surfaces.

[Anonymous]

To the Pp who had them replaced - did you replace with prehung doors? It sounds like it?

[Anonymous]

I’m thinking our whole house replacement was $10,000. It’s a lot doors. And they all need primed and 2 coats of paint and hardware.