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Old 10-14-2009, 08:23 PM
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I suspect it will be near impossible to find a new door which will fit well in an existing frame. Exterior doors are vinyl or steel and can't be easily modified to fit properly.

But try this solution. There are companies which sell a variety of beautiful full and half-door glass inserts made to be installed in plain windowless doors. The inserts are sized to fit into the space you cut out of the door with any decent jigsaw. The cut does not have to be precise because the inserts come with full inside and outside trim. There are a few companies which do a lot of work exactly like this in TV. They install inserts in an hour or two. Just do it!