I’m retrimming out an interior doorway from the RO – new jambs and casing all stain grade clear pine to be shellaced. I didn’t think the hard part would be finding the materials, but I can’t find clear pine jamb stock anywhere – HD, Lowes, local lumberyard.
HD and lowes have “stain grade” jamb stock which is actually finger jointed pine with a clear pine veneer on the surface. Has anyone tried this and how does it hold up? I can imagine that veneer not holding up to a couple of 5 year-old boys.
What do you trim carps do? Buy solid wood 1x s and rip to size and then route/miter?
Thankx
brian
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You shouldn't have a problem with the veneered stock...it also comes on a lot of stain grade pre-hungs...we've had good luck with it.
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Well I guess if veneer is how its often done now I can try it. I can't really gauge the thickness of the veneer, you know? So its hard to tell how durable it will be.
Its for my own house, so I want something that will last.
Thanks for the input.
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You should be able to see the thickness of the veneer on the cut end.
My local HD's and other yards carry it in clear, solid pine (non-FJ), but that doesn't help you.
I had an old nice quality exterior door (slab only) that I decided to reuse on an enclosed porch. Ended up making the jambs myself. Started with planed 1x stock, exterior glued 2 faces together ( 1 clear and the other less so towards framing, except for the edges) = 1.5" stock, then milled the rabbets and dadoes and assembled.
Maybe too many steps for some, but for me 1) it was wood that I had, 2) for my own house, and 3) came out beefier than the store bought.
YMMV.
I've used the veneered jambs for years, and have never had a callback. And it seems to me that the FJ jambs are probably more stable than a lot of the pine boards out there.
As far as the 5-yr. olds go, maybe wrap them in padding? <G>
What do you trim carps do? Buy solid wood 1x s and rip to size and then route/miter?
That's pretty much it. Living in the west, we work on older houses build with a lot of doug fir, often in thicker sizes. I've made many door jambs from recycled doug fir 2x or 4x with tight grain. More than one 4x4 doug fir post with nice grain has become a cabinet face frame.
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Might have to custom order it.
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Casing come out of the solid-wood bins; the jambs are two-layers of ply bonded together, the outer is G1S veneered, and a 2-by stick edge added (biscuit and glue, and a couple of brads below the casing) - really cuts the costs over build-up sticks, or, shudder, solid 8-by hardwood.
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
What do you trim carps do?...
Generally, I drive to my local sawmill, and buy kiln dried, S4S poplar. I can get this cheaper than what I pay for WP at my local lumberyard. I really enjoy working with poplar a lot more than white pine.
The only way you're gonna get 3/4 inch thick jambs anymore is if you build them yourself...everything else is 5/8 thick or sometimes even less than this ( on interior doors).
Davo