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Interior Door Installation
DIY How to Advice for Installing a Interior
Door
By: Mark J. Donovan
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Installing Doors is
a relatively easy task. First, I recommend buying pre-hung doors with extension
jambs. These are doors that have the trim already attached. When unpacking the
door you will see that the door can be separated into two pieces. The first
section you will want to install is the section that contains the door itself.
Place the door into
the opening. The rough opening of the doorway should be about 2-3 inches
wider than the door frame that you are installing. |
Then put a 1/8th or
1/4" shim under the door, on the side where the hinges are. This will help in
the leveling process.
Put a nail about one foot off the ground on the hinge side. The side that you
just shimmed. Do not sink the nail, just in case you have to remove it later
when squaring the door.
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Then using a level, place it vertically up the side of the door frame that has
the hinges. Adjust the door so that the level shows the bubble fully centered in
between the two lines of the level. While maintaining this level, put a nail
into the door frame about a foot from the top. Again on the hinge side of the
door.
Now place the level on
top of the door frame and adjust the non-hinge side of the door up or down to
get the top of the door level. |
While maintaining the
level position put a nail on the top of the frame about 3 inches from the
non-hinge side of the door. Do not sink it.
Finally, place the level on the non-hinge side of the door and adjust the frame
so that it is level. Put a nail into the top and bottom of this frame. Do not
sink it.
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Now try opening and closing the door. It
should swing freely and close nicely with about a 1/8 inch gap showing between
the door itself and the non-hinge side of the door. If not, you may have to make
some minor adjustments. That's why you don't want to sink these initial nails.
If the door works smoothly then sink these nails and add 2 more nails to each
side. You should also ensure that you have 3 nails across the top.
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Once this is done, the other half of the door frame (the trim piece for the back
side of the door) should slide into the grooves easily of the portion of the
door frame that you just installed. Simply sink some nails into this half and
you are ready to install the door hardware.
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