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Shimming, Centering, and Hanging an Interior Door

Hanging the master bathroom door continues. After roughing the door into place, Ryley checks to make sure it is centered and temporarily secures it using plywood blocks. Next he checks the margin around the perimeter of the door to make sure each side is even. Shims are added to each side to create a solid wood backing between the jamb and the studs that frame the door opening. Final adjustments are made with the door closed; the last shim is installed at the striker plate before the door is permanently secured to the framing.

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Shimming, Centering, and Hanging an Interior Door

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" And this gonna swing into the bathroom right rights -- want to hang we always want to hang with the face and the hinges right plumber. It's just doesn't have any casings that we're gonna do basically is apply some plywood blocks here. You just made some. Blocks that are about four by five. Yeah and it added a couple of drywall screws along one edge. And a third when there you know we're just -- Warren why -- on the top same thing on the have you know. OK now just want to make sure it. There's always something nail -- with him into the doorway when and instruments. Now we can just. Set it in the opening. Head -- want to do is make sure that it's. Centered in the opening. You should -- So that you got kind of equal reveals on either side exactly. I would just pin this bottom side right yes and the bottom is the place to start out. I was on the hinge side. You have to move to you. Let's see here it's gotta go -- to -- with just a little -- took me up is that. Hand -- That's good it. Good side. This one's got to come way in so what you mean is the space between the edge of the door and the -- and margin has to be equal from top to bottom exactly. All right so we've only have to use the level once up against the hinged side to make sure that things are plumb. And then we've checked the margin around the perimeter and now we just put our shims and so we get it's a nice solid wood backing between the Jack stud. And the Georgia. And you shim at the top and then at the bottom up to. We're you get the shims right at the -- it. Okay ruining get. The other side. Community to mention -- at all. Whenever you've got a gap as big as we have here between the Jack and the jamb about a half inch or more double up -- here. Shims bringing them together from opposite sides. This and I want to check make sure that the door margin is correct at the striker. We're close to go for that you need. And then just use the tip of the shim. Preference. All right she's. Very good -- see how it closes. Back in a minute we'll trim it but Jim thanks a lot thank you."

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