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Home › Forums › Costa Rica Living Forum › Wood doors – How much are they?
I just got back from CR, and while I was there, I was noticing that almost every house/hotel had these beautiful hardwood doors on them.
I didnt get a chance to find a place that sells them when I was down, so I was wondering (since a lot of you built homes in CR), how much do those doors cost?
Since everyone has them, Im guessing they must be pretty reasonable.
Anybody have an idea?
I have built condos and homes and remodeled existing housing in Costa Rica since 1992. In the course of conducting my construction business I have purchased and installed hundreds of doors. Rarely are the rough openings perfect and the standard solution is to correct the differences by planing down the wood jamb lumber and the sides of the doors if needed. It is important to order and receive properly dried rough lumber and doors in order to complete a presentable installation. Many lumber suppliers and door fabricators here are under the gun and don’t have sufficient properly dried lumber. Therefore after the wood trim has been installed in your project for a couple of months you begin to see movement in the door panels and other finish carpentry installations. Unless my client is looking for expensive custom doors in excess of $200 per unit I can usually satisfy their needs with the selection at El Lagar. They have quality Cedro, 6 panel at $165, Melina at $116, Caobilla at $114 Laurel at $100 and Pine at $60. The doors are available in 5cm (2″) increments from 50cm (20″) to 100cm (40″). The Laurel rough lumber in 1.25″ & 1.50″ or 2″ thickness and 3″ or 4″ widths for the jambs is in inventory at most locations and Cedro can be ordered from their main warehouse in Desemperados. The El Lagar Building Supply Outlets in the last year have offered me the best prices and they have many locations throughout Costa Rica. I recommend this company as they stand behind what they sell and they are happy to take returns and refund the money for unused materials. I have a list of all their locations if needed.
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