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   Steve_Turner | Oct 11, 2000 01:18am | #1

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   Plumb, square, and maintain even margin between doors. I figure three times the cost for french doors as for a single door.

   HINT: run diagonal string lines between top corners of jambs and opposite jamb bottoms. Get doors in same plane so that tops of doors and bottom of doors are even where they meet.

   Don't skimp on shims, and use long screws through hinges and jamb to secure assembly to framing.

   Good luck, Steve

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   calvin_ | Oct 11, 2000 01:19am | #2

   *Sean, even those of us that have done these doors don't have a quick lesson ourselves. What has worked like a charm one door, totally boggles the mind the next. Head level and hinge side plumb is doubly important. Keeping the two sides in the same plane is the trick. Someone here mentioned tacking and running a string line from the jamb corners in an "X" shape (diangonally). When the string touches in the middle, the 4 corners are in the same plane. Then the edges of the door should be in perfect registration. Haven't tried that, but will next time. Probably hang myself. I'm sure others will have some real tips for you, but I'll still tell you Best of Luck.

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   Sean_Dunn | Oct 11, 2000 04:00am | #3

   *Thanks for the insight! We'll see how things go tomorrow.

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   Sean_Dunn | Oct 11, 2000 04:00am | #4

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   Can anyone give a quick lesson in hanging one of these. I have had experience with single door but never a french. Thanks!