On Jul 18, 2:32*pm, dpb wrote:
On 7/18/2012 11:28 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
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He might use copious amounts of "patience, patience, patience" getting
the door square only to find that it doesn't fit because the RO isn't
square.

It came out of the opening; odds are it'll go back (other than perhaps
needing a little shaving if he doesn't get it back quite tight.

If it needs more trimming than that to fit the opening then he either
trims to fit or squares the opening; his choice.

The point is, fix the door correctly and it will then last; don't try to
cobble up some repair to try to make it fit a bad opening; it'll just
fail again sooner than later 'cuz you'll have pulled the other joints
out of square to get it that way.

Or stating it another way--the stile ends are manufactured square;
they're not going to fit into the cope uniformly along their width
unless they are square and if they don't fit from their top to bottom
then there's no way the door is anything but wider than it started and
the joints are under stress by being cockeyed. *That happens either by
the dowels flexing or more likely by compressing the material on one
side of the hole which means they're not tight and that joint will soon
fail again.

It just ain't the right way to go at it; opening square or no. *If it
isn't then that's an issue on its own to be resolved when he gets to it.

He'll have the same problem if he goes to the replacement door--it'll be
square to start so he'll be no worse off if this one is...

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Since he has no jamb, just the 2 x 4 framing, the RO can't be squared
with shims like a pre-hung could be, making it a little tougher to
fix.

That's one of the reasons many of us have suggested a pre-hung if he
determines that the RO isn't square and that the door has been
modified to fit.

I'm not saying he shouldn't fix the door correctly, but if it was me,
I'd want to know the condition of my RO beforehand. It would nag me
throughout the project wondering if there was some other variable that
I should be aware of.

Measure, drill, dowel, measure..."I wonder if the RO is
square"...Glue, clamp, measure, adjust..."I wonder if the RO is
square"...Glue, clamp, measure, adjust..."I wonder if the RO is
square"...carry it up the stairs, go have lunch..."I wonder if the RO
is square".

Of course, maybe that's just me.