yes seal tops and bottoms
door mfg will void warrantee if you don't
also they will split and warp
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> Should the top/bottom/sides get stained & polyurethaned also or should
> they be left alone for the wood to 'breathe'?
>
<[email protected]> wrote
> Should the top/bottom/sides get stained & polyurethaned also or should
> they be left alone for the wood to 'breathe'?
>
You don't want the door to "breathe". It will expand and contract with
changes in the humidity.
Seal it all the way around.
Max
In another forum a suggestion was to remove the door latch mechanism
and seal the wood there as well as top/bottom. Hinge rabbets also for
the anal.
On Thu, 04 May 2006 22:46:02 GMT, "Max"
<[email protected]> wrote:
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><[email protected]> wrote
>> Should the top/bottom/sides get stained & polyurethaned also or should
>> they be left alone for the wood to 'breathe'?
>>
>
>You don't want the door to "breathe". It will expand and contract with
>changes in the humidity.
>Seal it all the way around.
>
>Max
>