26 articles and videos full of solid techniques for hanging all types of doors so that they function properly and look great.
Door hanging is an essential building skill for any new home builder or remodeler. The process is certainly easiest if your rough openings are framed plumb and square to begin with, but there are reliable techniques for installing a door in a crooked opening too. This collection of videos, articles, and tips covers everything you need to know about framing walls for doors, shimming jambs, cutting doors to fit, and more. Basic pre-hung doors are covered extensively in this guide, but special situations—such as french doors, split jambs, and thick walls—are also covered in depth.
While it's good practice to order a prehung exterior door cut to fit from the lumberyard, it's easy enough to shorten the unit yourself. In this "Building Skills" article, senior…
We’ve got the entire opening roughed out for the installation of the door, but we have to do an assessment first because we may need to straighten out the opening…
In her "Energy-Smart Details" article in FHB #228, architect Rachel Wagner discussed double-stud wall construction. Here, she explains its trickiest part: the gap between the inner and outer walls that…
Faced with installing some 60, 3-ft. by 8-ft. prehung doors, I developed the jamb-setting fixture shown in the drawing. Not only did the fixture keep the hinge jamb and the…
The designer and builder of the 2018 Fine Homebuilding House detail why they chose mineral-wool batts and high-density boards for all of their insulation needs.
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