1. How To Install A New Door And Jam

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Sep 22, 2008 Let The Home Depot show you what it takes to hang a new slab door or to replace a damaged one. We'll also so you the tools required for this moderately.

In this video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva explains how to replace an interior door. Close old door and measure up 12 inches from threshold and mark the door. Pull hinge pins and take down old door. Unscrew the lockset from old door. Lay old door on top of new door; keep tops and hinge edges flush. Find 12-inch marks on old door and measure down 11¾ inch; mark new door.

Transfer hinge and lockset locations from old door to edge of new door using a combination square. Cut hinge mortises using hammer and chisel. Screw hinges into mortises on door edge; pull pins to separate hinge leaves. Cut door to height using circular saw and straightedge. Screw remaining hinge leaves to mortises in doorjamb, inserting shims if necessary to make hinges flush. Screw hole-boring template to door for drilling out the lockset holes.

Bore the doorknob hole through the face of door using a 2⅛-inch hole saw. Use a 1-inch hole saw to bore latch hole in door edge. Use hammer and chisel to cut a shallow mortise for the latch. Install new lockset. Hang door with hinge pins and check swing and closure. Remove door, prime top and bottom to block out moisture, then paint.

9 Cut around the tracings using a utility knife. Score the tracings to a depth of 1/8 inch. Use a chisel and hammer to peel the wood from the inside of the tracing to a depth of 1/8 inch. Hold the chisel bevel side up, perpendicular to the grain.

How To Install A New Door And Jam

Tap the chisel lightly to peel the wood away to the cut-line and then pop it out of the tracing. Repeat taping and peeling across the tracing until the mortise is flat. Test-fit a hinge. If it doesn't fit flat, continue scraping inside the mortise until it fits.