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Thick Door Casing
I'm probably missing something here. I thought a standard door opening accommodated wood framing inside the opening that a standard pre-hung door would fit into. The framing could extend across the entire width of the wall thickness.
I think that a pre-hung door could just be slipped into one side of the opening and the threshold would be in front of one side of the opening. Shims could be used to get the fit between the opening and casing right. I think the casings on the pre-hung doors are 1" wood, and additional 1" trim wood could be nailed onto the opening where it isn't covered by the door casing.
The installation would put the door on the surface of one side of the wall. It may seem a little unusual to reach about a foot into the wall to get to the door know form one side. However, you'd probably want the door on the outside of one surface anyway. If it were mounted in the centre of the wall, then the door couldn't open fully. Of course, it’s a different problem if the opening in the concrete wall isn’t large enough to accommodate rough framing into which the door could be set.
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Thick Door Casing
Actually I was in the role of helper forthe only pre-hung door I've seen installed. Actually it is a 6" door in a 4" wall. We were in a hury to get a door on our wash-shed. A 6" door was at the building materials place byt a 4" door would have been ordered. The casing does stick out a bit from the wall on the inside. Well, it's only a wash-shed anyway, and how many sheds do you see with a proper insullated steel pre-hung door whether or not the casing fits the wall?
I suppose a nail gun would nail 1" boards to the concrete but the results may not look very good for a finished surface. In furniture making there's something called a loose tongue and groove. Both edges of boards to be joined are grooved and a strip of plywood is used for a tongue. the results are said to be stronger than solid tongues in many woods. I've made a few and the wood bearks before the joint fails. Anyway, it's a possibility.
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