Fall 2011, we purchased six interior 6-panel PRE-painted doors from Menard's. We paid $25 extra per door as I thought it would be worth my time not to have to paint the primed ones. After the first 3 were installed, we noticed how crappy the paint job was. These are cheaply constructed doors - pressed sawdust & glue, probably - we knew that from the get-go, but the paint job was simply atrocious. There was brown showing through along the edges of the panels, giving the doors a dingy appearance. The edges of the doors were brown and didn't even look like they'd seen paint. I describe them as having been "misted" with paint. My husband says someone walked them through a room with paint VAPOR. In June 2012, I wrote a letter to Menard's which the customer service person then forwarded to Midwest Manufacturing, telling them they needed to address this complaint. In late August, someone from MM responded asking for more information and photos. After they received the photos and descriptions, their response to us was that since we had purchased the doors out of existing stock, they could be inspected before leaving the store.

If the doors were damaged, they should be exchanged. And "in good faith" they were offering us a $50 in-store credit. My response to them was as follows: "You stated that the doors were purchased out of [available] stock and therefore could be inspected before leaving the store. sliding wardrobe doors minimalistPerhaps the Mishawaka store is an anomaly, but the lighting is quite dim where the doors are located, the doors are stored in a recessed, multi-level arrangement, and the stock person chooses the doors while you pull around back to have them loaded, in our case, stacked into our minivan. andersen sliding doors 400 series reviewsThey are also wrapped in cardboard that obscures portions of the door. pella exterior doors for home

It is difficult to inspect them before they are loaded. At issue here is not damage, but quality control at your facility. Damaged doors would have been returned promptly to the store. garage door screen motorizedThese doors were poorly painted, made even more obvious when we purchased primed doors which I painted myself. sliding glass door break-in preventionQuality control is expected to take place at the manufacturing facility. aev 4 door jeep truck priceEither these doors were not inspected carefully, or your company is selling doors that are badly painted. garage door spring repair omahaThis not only reflects poorly on your company, but also on Menard’s who sells your products, and I believe, owns your company.

We paid $25 extra per door to have pre-painted doors versus primed doors in order to save the time involved in painting six doors. This totals $150 extra we paid for a painting job with no benefit, as now I have to repaint the doors. The offer of a $50 Menard’s in-store credit is a nice gesture, but it only covers the paint required to paint the doors that were supposed to be painted already. It doesn’t reimburse me for the hours required to do this painting. In view of this, I ask that you would consider increasing your offer to $100." The response I received back was basically, "take or leave the 50 bucks." So we took the $50, which paid for the paint, but didn't make a dent in the labor involved in repainting (oops! sorry, PAINTING) six doors, which I did this week - at a labor rate of $2.22 an hour - still feeling angry and deciding to find a way to warn others NOT to EVER buy ANYTHING made by Midwest Manufacturing! Interior door closer (closure?)We have two pantry/closet doors that apparently aren't possible to close if you're under 18 years old.

It's a phenomenon that my wife and I are both tired of....What sort of door-closer options are available for interior doors ? 7581.htmI didn't look at it close enough to see how exactly it works.Not going to consider the commercial-grade door closers you see on exterior, steel doors. I was hoping for something like you can get for a (fence) gate, but it wouldn't need to be near as heavy/strong as those are. Any homemade spring setup I'm afraid would be either a) too much tension and will slam the door shut (we do have an almost 5-year old) or b) not enough tension to pull it closed.8664_0__Edit: Just read some of the reviews and it seems this product sucks, oh well, sorry. to iknow_tsaid by iknow_t:it seems you'll need something hydraulic so it don't close too fast.With pre-school and primary kids, properly-rated and adjusted hydraulic is helpful yet spring-loaded will keep you busy with injuries for a while.It's not clear to me if you are talking about lightweight cabinet doors with face or hidden hinges, or regular room doors with 2-piece hinges.

You might check Rockler for some hydraulic/slow close cabinet hinges.For room doors, I have a Ryobi Doorman that's been working well for over a decade, and two more of the identical closer that replaced it at Home Depot that I've had installed for about four years.»02101639These can be finely adjusted to close very slowly and quietly, so they will surprise no one, and their closing force is appropriate for a solid core residential door. (It always bothered me when I worked in commercial that maintenance people would lazily standardize on one closer and use if for everything from a 48" steel door to a 24" wooden French door.)Semantics: A closer provides closure. -488-100 and has been there for 13-14 years now. It swings either way which may not be enough room for your pantry but there is no hydraulic and it works great for kids and pets. Camelot OneMVMjoin:2001-11-21Greenwood, IN32.4 12.2 I put 2 of these on a screen door, and they did the job just fine. F8&psc=1I would imagine an indoor version would be a little cheaper.

Camelot OneMVMjoin:2001-11-21Greenwood, IN32.4 12.2 said by Hall:Not to be cheap, but I'm not paying that muchSimple solution: Fine the next kid who leaves it open $12.99. jrs8084Premium Memberjoin:2002-03-02Statesville, NC29.2 4.91 edit to Hallsaid by Hall:Trust me, if the parents didn't close it, it would remain open 24/7 ! The thought of removing the damned door did occur to me !There is a family story about how my father had left his closet door ajar when he was in his teens. He was awakened by his father late at night to rectify the egregious situation of leaving a closet open which was not to my grandfather's satisfaction.My father never left it open again, and we never did as children as well. And nobody spent $12 on closers.Now, nobody got spanked nor beaten-but house rules (mandates) certainly were upheld.Continual infringement on house rules would have resulted in corrective actions. HallMVMjoin:2000-04-28Germantown, OH69.3 6.01 edit to robbinRe: Interior door closer (closure?)

said by robbin:How about this?»0004Z0YC That looks interesting. 9687.htm) for less than Amazon ! It's not a Stanley brand though, but not worried about that. to HallYou could always try a gate spring on the doors ArgMeMateyjoin:2001-08-09Milwaukee, WI said by Hall:This door probably weighs 5# !Which reminds me: A local restaurant used to have a home-made closer on their front door. It was a rope and pulley setup with a bag of potatoes used as a counterweight.This might work well for you because when the door stopped closing itself, you would know it's time to send the kids to the store for more potatoes. to Hallsaid by Hall:said by robbin:How about this?»It would be nice to find it locally though as with something that small, by the time you pay Amazon for shipping (I don't have Prime), It's probably the same price from Lowes, hardware stores, etc. . If you look at the right side of the page, you'll see other sources to buy from. Some of those are just as cheap even including the shipping cost.