- Measure twice, cut once.
- Make sure your corners are square and your sides and top are level from all angles.
- Door hinges screw into the frame, they do not need to screw into the stud behind the frame.
- Don't be an idiot next time - just buy a pre-hung door. Installing a door frame just to keep an existing, plain, solid-core, exterior door is a fools' errand.
There. I think that sums it up quite nicely.
You should have listened to me and gone with the pre-hung door. You would have had more time to give me tuna and pull a string along the ground for me.
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Mrs. Daddy's father taught me that it was a two man job. He was a great mentor for work like this. He would agree with everything except four. For him, there was no greater satisfaction than doing a job well himself. Me, I'm kind of on the fence. I think if I enjoy something, its probably worth the effort or if I am learning something.
>Door hinges screw into the frame, they do not need to screw into the stud behind the frame.
Ouch. Ok, that gave me a laugh remembering some of the silly things I've done in like circumstances.
I agree with B-Daddy (for a change). If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well and if nothing else, you've learned something from it. Keep at it and you'll prevail (which is where I usually disagree with your viewpoints, lol)
I was fooled by the screws in the hinges. The previous door frame, the one I removed, had the hinge screws set at an angle so they could hit the stud behind the main part of the frame. They were enormous things. I realized later that they did this because they had done such a lousy job installing the frame in the first place and the thing was falling down.
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