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   MJLonigro | Jan 13, 2005 11:26pm | #1

   After...assuming you're using pre-hung doors, it's easier to flush the jambs to the face of the drywall...

   Plus, the finish materials won't get banged up by drywallers moving material around...

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   bambam | Jan 13, 2005 11:34pm | #2

       Ditto unless its a pocket door.

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   Mongo | Jan 13, 2005 11:38pm | #3

   after

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   MikeSmith | Jan 14, 2005 03:22am | #4

   pre-hung wood doors ,right ?.....like residential units .....   after

   knock-down steel jambs with snap-on casing ? like light commercial... before

   Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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   HeavyDuty | Jan 14, 2005 05:02am | #5

   knock-down steel jambs with snap-on casing ? like light commercial... before

   what's the advantage as opposed to the other way around?

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   MikeSmith | Jan 14, 2005 05:06am | #6

   the steel frames go in without the doors.. and you slide the sheetrock behind the casing/jamb  to lock the frameMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   HeavyDuty | Jan 14, 2005 06:59am | #10

   So it's like framing a corner with metal studs, run the drywall into the inside corner and lock it with a stud from the other wall?

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   MikeSmith | Jan 14, 2005 07:13am | #11

   yes.. the drywall locks the frameMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   ponytl | Jan 14, 2005 06:41am | #7

   Knock down steel jams before the drywall?  thought thats what welded jams were for and knock down were for after drywall?

   maybe i've been doing it wrong?

   pony

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   MikeSmith | Jan 14, 2005 06:50am | #8

   no, pony.. i think you're right, i'm wrong.. welded jambs is what i meant..

    it's been about 10 years since our last one.. and i got them reversed in my thinking..

   one hospital we did a lot of work for in their outpatient  facilities always spec'd the welded jambs...

   thanks for straightening me outMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   JDRHI | Jan 14, 2005 06:59am | #9

   After the drywall.....and if you can, hold off until after the floors as well.

   J. D. Reynolds

   Home Improvements

   "DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"