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Creating the Jambs and Hanging a Door

Bob works with the crew from Thorough Construction as they prepare the Woodport door for hanging on site. The door is stabilized by a horse that holds it steady while the work is done. A jig serves as a guide as they router the mortise for each brass ball-bearing hinge. The router creates uniform, flat cuts for the hinges on both the door and the jamb piece. The jambs and header are made from poplar. They are glued and then screwed in place, checked for square, then braced with temporary strapping before being transported to the rough opening. A single screw is set in the header to hold it in place while the installers shim it and check to be sure it is plumb and level. The door jambs and header are then screwed into place. They must trim the door along the bottom edge, which is taped to protect the finish from damage during cutting. Once in place, temporary drywall screws hold the door until the brass screws are inserted as a finish detail when all adjustments have been made.
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Creating the Jambs and Hanging a Door

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" And we have Eddie and John we're going to show us. The tricks -- getting a door. Prehung. And then installed in place and before you do anything. This which call a jig right sure -- our hearts whichever horse and this one of the key things sure -- just stabilizes the door. And -- you -- to work you know its commitment of movement in the door just. Make sure that nothing moves an actual problem and very often you'll buy a door that's prehung and I have to do is stake in the opening -- with projects like this you're better off doing an on site aren't obvious that. All right so Eddie radiated through routing here says he's created a jig here. That will allow him to guide the route -- in the broader bit to cut out just the right amount of more to seeing for the hinge. We're going to see those hinges oh here there. The the hinges are solid brass. And they're ball bearing hinges. Which are always a good idea to spec when you're putting in heavier or oversized doors. Go ahead -- this routed out. OK so now we remove the the jig from here. And use -- down at the other end. And John these are MDF doors so in terms of adjustments certain chiseling or anything it does not much to do right not not a whole lot know. You do sometimes. It's an army into using nine and -- required just to square precaution just to square the corners. That's perfect that's and then up we're not gonna drive the brass screws that come with the hinge until the very final. Moments around here in the meantime we'll do is install them with sheetrock screws yet it and has been brought to justice or. You know thrust as a result so yes and you don't want to break this group so we just -- September and it's. And put the other went on there and then the next step will be to actually create the jambs right sure yeah the next thing we're gonna do is -- to -- the -- sort of got okay. All right so all the trim stock for the building is poplar. Which is. A good affordable alternative to pine and it's also very stable and fun to work with and takes paint really well. In ordered that guide yourself and your routed to put the hinges onto the flat stock that will be the jambs. We're doing a different an alternative to -- which really just involves three pieces of wood and go ahead Eddie and put them down that the key thing here is to do the arithmetic. Carefully you want to know exactly the dimension between the the bit the center point of the route or in the outer edge. And you add that to the size of the hinge. And you mark it obviously exactly. Where it needs to be to correspond to the door. -- sit around again. Seal -- are always gives you a uniform. Depth and a flat surface to apply that hinge. If you doing a -- old fashioned way with a hammer and chisel you have to be pretty good at it to get that perfect uniform flatness. All right now we've got a header piece. And the two jamb pieces. And they're applying some glue to the header prior to it. Driving some screws through the top to put it all together."

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" And now -- use a framing square. Can make sure there were absolutely square before putting in some. Temporary straps. To keep it from moving. And now we've got our jam and it goes into the rough opening. For what will be age -- utility closet. Now we got to do is plumb it up. And secure. Maybe drive one screw in at the hatteras. Still have enough play to make any adjustments. Which would be. Jamb sides. -- The bottom of the door needs to be trimmed by just an eighth of an inch so we've set down a guide for the saw. And put down some tape to protect the surface of the door. And again we're using temporary screws. Because during the rest of the construction process of the door has to be removed we don't want to damage the crushed grass groups. And see how she swings that. And that is one alternative to hanging indoor."

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