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The Door of Beauty & Innovation
Fiberglass Entry Doors
Los Angeles, CA | Est. 1994

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THIS was a fun part.

I worried about how I was going to pick up that THREE PIECE jamb over the sealant without breaking the glue joints in the sill.

But my brother @larrykatz9 solved the problem!

He said to do it just like gluing laminate with contact adhesive--put down some spacer blocks, set the jamb in the opening on top of those blocks, squeeze in the sealant under the jamb, then pull the blocks.

DUH! Worked like a charm.

That's was big brothers are for!

Almost ready to swing and adjust the doors. Phew!

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Remember that story pole?

Well, here it is again. I cut it down and used it to set the posts that flank the pair of doors, allowing an extra 1/4" for shims.

First I found the exact center of the entire opening, then set the center of the story pole at that mark.

The rest was easy.

I learned a LONG TIME AGO that the most important part of installing pre-fit doors (really the most important part of construction!) was starting with a really good foundation. For doors, it must be perfectly level and straight as a string.

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Been packing books! So I'm a little behind on editing video.

While the doors are swinging temporarily in my shop, I wanted to prep for the locks and strikes, too!

It's all about efficiency and carrying fewer tools to the final opening in the cabin.

And that's coming up next!

But first I have to pack and ship more books...

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While the doors are swinging in the temp wall, it's a good idea to fit the door shoes.

The gasket on the bottom of the shoes must be in contact with the sill--snug but not tight; the gasket must bump against the hinge jamb; and it must also engage the gasket in the opposing door at the lock stile.

Like a lot of techniques--though this one seems kind of stupid-simple--not a lot of carpenters get much experience installing weatherstripping like this, because most doors these days are prehungs.

But the more you know, the more you understand, or the more you understand the more you know?

Either way, knowledge always trumps fear and builds true confidence.

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YES, I swing the doors in my shop so I can complete the "pre-hung" process: install the astragal, the door shoes, and prep for the locks. This inactive door is getting surface bolts, which will go on after the final install in the cabin.

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I hinged my first door backward.

A LONG Long long time ago, I hung a few doors using a door stand and saw horses.

With great gratitude, I thank the Schaefer brothers, Royal and Al, for teaching me how to hang doors and install hardware PROFESSIONALLY. And how to use a door bench.

The bench has definitely saved my body, so I can still use it with joy in my 70s.

And the bench saved my life because I surely would have cut my own throat if I hinged one more door backward or upside down. Yeah, there was more than one.

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I always bevel the hinge stile.

Which opens the hinge leaves a little when the door is closed. That provides more room to adjust the hinges, and it prevents hinge binding.

And if you bevel both stiles with the same 3˚ angle (2˚ is ok, too)...you rarely have to change the bevel on your plane, so it's much more efficient.

Of course, if you're hanging narrow sidelights, you have to bevel the lock stile a LOT MORE... (for more on that, watch the "Upgrade a Garden Shed" video on the THISisCarpentry Youtube channel!).

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Prehanging the doors!

Back around 1986 or so, my brother and I watched Royal Schaefer scribe, butt, bevel, bore and swing thirty solid core exterior doors--half of them for second floor apartments--in ONE day. And they all fit perfectly. The first time.

We stopped what we were doing--installing interior prehungs and shelving--to watch Royal, and take notes.

A life-changing experience. One that hasn't ended; one I continue to learn from.

Carpentry is like that.

8/0, dual glazed, low E, fiberglass doors supplied by Plastpro.

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I'm not perfect--THANKFULLY.

Because we often learn the most from the mistakes we make.

And I don't always see the WHOLE PICTURE.

Seeing the whole picture helps you organize the process so each step is performed in the right order--and sometimes there's only ONE right order.

Sometimes I screw up which makes things a little harder; sometimes screwing up makes things a LOT harder.

Life is like that.

Are you following me on this?

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Jamb stock for the astragal.

A metal astragal wasn't the right fit for a rustic cabin.

A wood astragal meant maintenance.

So I cut the astragal from a piece of Plastpro's Poly-Fiber jamb materal. It won't split, crack, warb, or rot. And it's already kerfed for weatherstripping.

My only regret is not shooting video of my brother @larrykatz9 making most of the cuts! Just too excited to have him working with me in my shop!!

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