Then drive deck screws through the pilot holes and into the door. Sand it flush. When the glue cures, belt sand the filler piece flush with the face of the door. Smooth the wood for painting, either by hand or with a random-orbit sander.
Once painted, the joint between door and filler will be invisible. Fake the Joint. The joint where the rail and stile intersect is evident on most wood doors, To disguise your repair, extend the joint line across the filler piece by scoring it with a utility knife.
Use a square to guide the knife. Follow the same steps as above for short doors, except that you will glue the filler pieces to the stiles. Note: If you're adding a filler strip to the latch side, you will have to reposition the latch. Once the glue sets, sand them flush. TOH Tip Save the Blade: Before making any cuts in a door, first remove all hardware and fasteners from the blade's path.
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By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Fitting Old Doors in New Frames. Drive shims from both sides, so the taper does not affect the position of the door. Set the level against the hinge jamb, and drive shims between the jamb and rough frame to get it plumb vertically. Put shims in at least two places, suggests This Old House. Plumb the latch jamb once the hinge side is set.
Fasten the finish frame to the rough frame with 3-inch galvanized screws and a screw gun once the jambs are level and plumb, states Finish Carpentry Help. Drive screws through all shims to secure them; drive screws directly into the rough frame where there are no shims.
Trim the shims with a drywall saw or utility knife. Place the door on the hinges and secure it with pins. Re-install the trim molding on both walls. Remove the hinge pins, and lift the old door out of the frame, instructs This Old House. Place the old door beside the new door, and, with the hinge sides abutted, use clamps to hold the two doors together. Mark any top or bottom adjustments needed to make the new door fit the existing frame. Outline hinge locations on the new door, using the hinge from the old door as a pattern.
Make sure the bolt hole is centered from front to back and aligned with the center of the strike plate. Insert the bolt into the hole in the door's edge.
Align the bolt plate with the edges of the door and trace around it with your utility knife. Remove the bolt and remove the wood inside the outline to create a mortise for the plate. When you're finished, the plate should be slightly below the surface. Editor's Tip: If you have more than one or two doors to hang, consider investing in a hinge-mortising jig, which is a template for guiding a router to cut perfect mortises for hinges.
Several models are available. The simplest and least expensive ones cut one mortise at a time, leaving the placement of the matching mortise up to you. More complex jigs come with multiple templates that will position matching mortises on the jamb and door edge. Most hinge-mortising jigs work with a router equipped with a template guide. The guide could be a roller bearing on the bit or a metal collar attached to the router's base that surrounds the bit and runs along the mortise template.
Some houses have openings that are trimmed out like a doorway with jambs and casings but have no door. These might be found, for example, between a kitchen and dining room or a den and a hallway. If you decide to add a door, you'll have to cut mortises in the jambs to hang the door and install stop molding.
If the opening is finished only with drywall, you might be able to treat it as you would a rough opening and install a prehung door. If it is you can nail the door frame directly against the drywall opening. Otherwise, you'll need to remove the corner bead and the drywall from the jamb and header faces to make room for shims. Check carefully for nails, then lay out the hinge mortises on the jamb.
Rout close to the layout lines. Finish the mortises with a sharp chisel. Hold the door in the opening with shims and transfer the marks. After the door is hung and the lockset installed, rub a little lipstick on the bolt to mark the jamb for the strike plate.
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