Steel entry door in garage

settons wrote: ↑ Hi,

My wife wants to replace our 20yr old entry, which is located in our garage and leads into our basement. She just wants to replace it with a cheap big box version. She just wants something with better insulation and with less dents

I noticed they all come prehung. Is it possible to just unhinge my current door and replace it with the new door or do I have to replace everything?

Thanks in advance.

Jerico wrote: ↑ Might have less dents. Will not have better insulation.

settons wrote: ↑ I meant we are replacing it with a new steal door from a big box store. Why do you think the insulation will be worse? Many of the new ones have an energy star rating.

Jerico wrote: ↑ Stock doors from a box store are made to hit a price point. They need painting on all six sides, and they are made with sheets of .5 lb open cell styrofoam. Sometimes they straight up miss a whole section and it’s left uninsulated (seen that on a thermal cam). A box store door from 20 years ago was 2lb spray foam inside. Ergo, old one is has a 99% of being better insulated.

settons wrote: ↑ Thanks for the information! Would I be able to find a steel door from anywhere where the insulation would be better than what I currently have?