Door Jam Stock: Another Rookie Move
Well, another rookie/amateur move on my part: I bought a couple used eight foot interior doors, that probably came out of a pretty custom home as they were sturdy-framed screen doors of all things with some nice brase hinges, locks, and knobs (all of which I discarded). What I did was have my door company (who supplied the rest of my interior, more stock doors) prehang these, and then I had a glass company put in fluted glass where the screens were.
So I get the things all installed a while ago, and am now just painting everything. I install the eight foot door last night (joing the two hinges together and setting the pin) and dang it, the door gets hung up on the jam stock as I try to close the door, almost popping out part of one hinge on the four-hinged door! Obviously I put the jam stock too close to the inside of the door; I ripped it out last night and is in pieces as it was all caulked and painted, so need to get some new stock.
I guess my question is: as there is no weather tight issue, is there like a standard relief I use away from the door when I set the jam again? Obviously we are talking like 1/16″ makes a difference since it shut okay before everything was all painted. Now I am scared to hang the other door as I will probably have the same problem once that door is painted.
Is there like a 1/8th, 3/16th “standard” for relief of the stock from the door itself? Thanks…
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Dime.
Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel within us. - Eric Hoffer
...or for poorer carps, a piece of cardboard off a 1# nail box<G> Don't worry, we can fix that later!
Is the door edge beveled the wrong direction? we normal bevel plane our door edges about 2 degrees so as to not put stess on the hinge butt when the door closes. maybe door was beveled the wrong way, or hinge butts were routed on the wrong face of the door
Done! I will use a dime (I'm so over budget right now, what's another dime? <g>) I give a penny for your thoughts and get a dime back! <g>
Migraine, I read what you're saying, but I think the bevel (which is on the non-hinge side, right?) and hinge routing was all fine. Like I wrote above, the door worked fine before painting, and I just didn't think far enough in advance about this issue. As the real close part was along just a portion of the jamb, I thought I could put a block of wood against the jamb and hammer 'er home to move it a little, but I probably put too many nails in the jamb and with the adhesive qualities of the paint, it wouldn't budge, just a nice dent in the wood.
Anyway, thanks again...
we route the hinge side and the latch side.