ACCURATE DOOR FRAMING FOR PREHUNG INTERIOR DOOR (CC)
BOB SCHMIDT SHOWS YOU HOW TO ACCURATELY FRAME FOR AN INTERIOR DOOR SHOWING YOU HOW TO MEASURE A DOOR AND ALLOW FOR PROPER CLEARANCE WHILE FRAMING ALSO HOW TO DEAL WITH AN UNLEVEL FLOOR.probably the single most important part
of your framing is your door framing
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proper door framing as far as installing the door go much easier
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I will show you how to do that, Lets get to work.
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now before you can frame for a door you have to understand door sizes,
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this door in particular that we are going to be installing today is a
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two six door.
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does not mean twenty six inches it means 2ft 6 inches and that is a 30 inch door
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in
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you always frame two inches wider
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than
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the size of the door to allow for this
door jamb material
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and to allow for shims for setting the
door
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same holds true on the height a standard door is 6ft 8 in
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you always frames six foot ten
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along side of your opening for the door
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you're always going to have two studs
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the stud here that is 1 1/2 inch away from the opening
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we call it the king stud
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and it runs from the base plate
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all the way up
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to the bottom of your top plate
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at the top
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now this stud here
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will call it the crippling comes
even with your opening and this is what you
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you are going to attach your door to
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and it runs from the bottom plate all
the way up to the bottom of your header
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which is the top framing for the opening
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now there's a reason why you always have
two studs alongside a door opening
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its because
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A) It has more strength for holding the
weight of the door
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B)
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if you nail these two studs together nice and flat on the face
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It will also help keep them from twisting or bowing
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and third reason is
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is when you had your box, when you put
your door trim on here
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It will hold your electrical box far enough away that a standard casing will fit.
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if you're using a wider than standard
casing
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you can always add a block to install your box on to
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give you enough spacing for your trim. The
single most important thing you can do when
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you're framing for your door
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is make sure that this is plumb
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hold the 4ft level about the center the opening
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put it against the two side studs
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and make sure that the bubble is as close to the dead center between those lines as you can
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get
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there's only a limited amount of space
that you are going to have here
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to shim in behind the door if you have
this leaning too far one way or the
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other
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the door will not fit properly
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once you're sure that your two sides are
plumb
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you also have to make sure that your
header is level
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now sometimes when you're building on a
basement floor and the floor is running downhill
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one-side of your jamb may be kicked up higher than the other
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and make sure that you make any
adjustments that you have to do to make
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this level prior to hanging drywall. So
there you go
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you got your width right you got your
height right you have your two side pieces
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that are nice and flush with each other
that you nailed together strongly
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you got a level top of plumb sides
You are ready to get some drywall on this frame
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and this opening will be ready for a door. One
more thing i realized after watching
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this video that we maybe you need to
know
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this framing that we did for this wall
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is for not bearing wall, in other words
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you're going to have weight above here a
roof load or floor load you'd have to
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consult an engineer to find out what size header you will need
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prior
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to building the wall
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