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[Whitetrashrocker]

I'm pretty handy with most things.
I tried to hang a door once. Once.
Seemed simple enough but it was hell.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

My house was built in 1949, likely by the original owner. Nothing is plumb, square or standard. I build my own doors these days for these reasons. Those screws might be overkill, but if this task didn't GAB I'd be disappointed.

 

[bob58o]

My house was built in 1949, likely by the original owner. Nothing is plumb, square or standard. I build my own doors these days for these reasons. Those screws might be overkill, but if this task didn't GAB I'd be disappointed.

I think I googled which screws to use for prehung interior door then added 1/2” for extra layer of drywall. I think that’s how I landed on those.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

The screws are for the trim? I'd use those screws to hold down exterior decking. At the end of the day, screws are screws.

 

[bob58o]

I'm pretty handy with most things.
I tried to hang a door once. Once.
Seemed simple enough but it was hell.

I watched a few YouTube videos. People who know what they are doing end up running into issues. When in doubt, smash things with hammer until without doubt

 

[bob58o]

The screws are for the trim? I'd use those screws to hold down exterior decking. At the end of the day, screws are screws.

Not the trim. To hold the door jam. Door jam is probably 3/4” thick? Then 1/2” of drywall? Then behind the drywall are the studs I’d need to screw into.

I don’t have a nail gun (or air compressor anymore).

For the trim I think I was looking for 2” 16 gauge? Then use a punch thingy / nail-setter and hammer to install the trim. Maybe pre drill the trim?

 

[bob58o]

Do they sell “un-collated” 16 gauge 2” nails?
Who is Brad?

 

[BaconBitRacing]

On top floor.
3 story building.

With this new information, I can now found your home address and send you ungodly amounts of junk mail.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

Brad Nails, Senior Vice President of Blue Thumb Industries. Brad is ambitious, but hasn't quite made it to the head.

 

[bob58o]

You know this is going to go well when my first choice was to use a utility knife to remove the trim instead of looking for the proper attachment for the oscillating multi tool.

Smells of dog pee in this hallway.

 

[Denny]

Got to let him out on the balcony more often!

 

[bob58o]

I put a doggy door on my balcony.
He only uses it to bark at neighbors and mail carriers.

 

[bob58o]

It fits.
I hate it.

 

[bob58o]

I’m happy with my first door install. I could have shortened the hinge leg of the jam a bit.

 

[bob58o]

Now what to stuff inside the gap above the door jam? For insulation purposes. All those Amazon bubble mailers?

 

[Functional Artist]

Hey Bob,

Looks good
but,
On most door installs I've seen, the hinge side was attached, to the wall, flush/good-n-solid
...& then, the latch side was shimmed

 

[bob58o]

Hey Bob,

Looks good
but,
On most door installs I've seen, the hinge side was attached, to the wall, flush/good-n-solid
...& then, the latch side was shimmed

What if the hinge side isn’t plum?
The shims aren’t there just to act as backing for the screws, they are there to keep the jam straight up and down, aligned with the forces of gravity.

On many of the videos I watched, shims on the side of the hinges (right above, below, or behind the hinges) are common.

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

What you stuff in the gap will essentially be a time capsule. Make it matter.

 

[bob58o]

What you stuff in the gap will essentially be a time capsule. Make it matter.

Packing foam from the 2020’s. What a find! Lol
And bubble mailers! Double score!!

 

[Denny]

I don’t see that thermostat havin a long life behind that door. Bob, you need a girlfriend!