One Day, One Door
Saturday was a good work day. We got a lot of paint scraped, wallboards hung, and some wiring completed. Sunday was a bit of a wash-out. Had a family lunch for Father's Day that killed most of the morning. Put in a couple of hours after lunch but spent most of the afternoon visiting with family from out of town. Put in two more hours after they left.
It took me all day to install one door. It was kind of depressing that one door was all I had to show for my entire Sunday. In my defense, it did require a bit more work than I had expected. The door jamb was freakishly large. It was exactly 2 1/4 inch wider than all of our other doors which made it 1/4 inch too wide for the rough-in. To solve this problem I took one side of the jamb off, took off the hinges, pulled all the nails, and ran it through the planer six or seven times. I then reattached it to the rest of jamb with screws instead of nails. This pulled the joints together and made a very snug fit. The jamb now fits the rough-in nicely. I squared it up and tried the door; the door needed a little planing, but it fits perfectly now. It looks nice and my wife was impressed so I feel pretty good about the whole thing.
We've got a lot of pictures from the weekend, but we are having some computer problems. Hopefully we'll get them posted soon.
It took me all day to install one door. It was kind of depressing that one door was all I had to show for my entire Sunday. In my defense, it did require a bit more work than I had expected. The door jamb was freakishly large. It was exactly 2 1/4 inch wider than all of our other doors which made it 1/4 inch too wide for the rough-in. To solve this problem I took one side of the jamb off, took off the hinges, pulled all the nails, and ran it through the planer six or seven times. I then reattached it to the rest of jamb with screws instead of nails. This pulled the joints together and made a very snug fit. The jamb now fits the rough-in nicely. I squared it up and tried the door; the door needed a little planing, but it fits perfectly now. It looks nice and my wife was impressed so I feel pretty good about the whole thing.
We've got a lot of pictures from the weekend, but we are having some computer problems. Hopefully we'll get them posted soon.
posted by John | 7:30 PM
2 Comments:
Boy do I know that feeling- of one (seemingly) small project taking up an entire day. Really there is no such thing, especially when dealing with finish carpentry!
And I'll add that doors are the worst. I think that building a door frame and then hanging the door in it are the most difficult things to do in carpentry. I know I've screwed up my share of them.
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