Window and Door Installation

Jambmaster by Chris Green

Starting with a prehung door, you can create an elegant vestibule by adding frame-and-panel jamb extensions by Gary Striegler

With plywood strips and hot-melt glue, you can make a template that guarantees a perfect fit

by Mike Zielinski

The trick is to assemble door and window trim with biscuits first, then nail it in place by Jim Chestnut

These precased doors are quick to install and allow variations in wall thicknesses by Bruce Abernathy

Knowing where to place the shims is half the battle by Gary Striegler

Lay out the curved plates with a trammel, then use them as a bending form for laminated trim by Spencer Horn

How one builder supports the loads without a conventional header, then uses a trammel jig to cut siding and casing by Douglas Goodale

Carpenters mix compound curves to build a bow window topped by an eyebrow roof by Joseph Wood, Robert Caine