Doors – What size prehung door to buy

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I have to replace two, interior doors in my old house, which was built in 1973. The existing doors are 29-1/2 inches wide and their door frames are soft MDF that falls apart when I drive a screw through it. The screws for the hinges are pulling out and I tried to replace them with 3-1/2 inch screws but they found no studs to bite into. So I want to replace them with prehung doors.

I looked online at Lowe's and their doors are 30 inches wide. Are my doors an odd size or is 29-1/2 inches the actual width of a 30-inch door?

Best Answer

I think my 29-1/2-inch doors are an unusual size. From my research, it appears that 30-inch doors are an actual, 30 inches wide. So that answers my question. I think I will just buy 30-inch doors and widen the opening a bit, if needed, by moving the studs.