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Hangin' a door!
Steven Bliss wrote:
I've done enough home repair & woodworking in my house to be pretty comfortable with most anything "intermediate". I need to replace my front door. I've bought an exterior door, framing is exact same size as the old door (yes, I also measured the rough opening as well...the sticker on the door frame said what I needed, and I'm where I should be). New & old are steel, no side lights. It seems like everything is straight forward. I'm intending to leave the door attached to keep the frame from racking while installing. Seems like the easy way to do it for me. The door was shipped with two small nails going from the outside (rough opening side) into the door & left backed out about 1/4" . I'm thinking that I can install, then cut the nails with a hack saw & setting them in the rest of the way. Putty & then I'm done. The shims, finishing, Level & plumb, etc, I'm pretty comfortable with. What's the word out there, door attached or unattached when installing? -- i bet it is easy to set the door with the frame on and all, but how you gonna drive nails or screws into the frame from the door opening when the door is in the way.. i got to buy a door for the side of my house.. a utility door.. third wooden outside door there.. weather got to the outside skin... i saw some at home depot for about $95.00 in the frame, but when looking at it i discovered that it was very thin sheetmetal and the top and bottom of the door was open and not covered in metal... under the metal is particle board... granted there is no trim on these door yet, but it seems that the rain is gonna get into the 1/4 inch opening on the top of the door and then swell up the partile board inside the metal door and cause troubles.... can you recommend a place and price for your new metal door and does it have metal on the top and bottom of the door????? thanks... |
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Hangin' a door!
"Steven Bliss" wrote in message m...
[snip of main text] What's the word out there, door attached or unattached when installing? Steven, The door remains attached at the hinges. However... the two small nails (pins) you are referring to, were installed to maintain alignment of the door and frame during shipping. To complete the installation the pin needs to come out "before" you set the assembly in place. Get the door next to the opening and ready to set, then pull out the pins just before you set it into the opening. Considering the cost associated with a prehung entrance door, I like to make sure everything goes right! When I'm taking on a job I don't do that frequently I like to ask questions the same as you. Just to make sure all the bases are covered, a nice detailed, step by step installation of an exterior door (with photos) can be found he Its a link to one of the DIY.com pages. (Give it a second to redirect and load) http://tinyurl.com/kbuk Here's another decent article from "This Old House." This link will take you to the installation section (Page 5) of the article... be sure to check the other headings in the article... e.g., Introduction, PreHung Pitfalls, etc. http://tinyurl.com/kbv2 Don |
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Hangin' a door!
"Steven Bliss" wrote in message m...
[snip of main text] What's the word out there, door attached or unattached when installing? Steven, The door remains attached at the hinges. However... the two small nails (pins) you are referring to, were installed to maintain alignment of the door and frame during shipping. To complete the installation the pin needs to come out "before" you set the assembly in place. Get the door next to the opening and ready to set, then pull out the pins just before you set it into the opening. Considering the cost associated with a prehung entrance door, I like to make sure everything goes right! When I'm taking on a job I don't do that frequently I like to ask questions the same as you. Just to make sure all the bases are covered, a nice detailed, step by step installation of an exterior door (with photos) can be found he Its a link to one of the DIY.com pages. (Give it a second to redirect and load) http://tinyurl.com/kbuk Here's another decent article from "This Old House." This link will take you to the installation section (Page 5) of the article... be sure to check the other headings in the article... e.g., Introduction, PreHung Pitfalls, etc. http://tinyurl.com/kbv2 Don |
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