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   ken_hill | Jan 20, 2002 10:50pm | #1

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   GUY- I usually nail on both sides of the stop, just below my shims. I know that some guys say that the jamb gets set for the long haul when the casing is nailed on, but I like to be sure that the jamb won't have a chance to move and that it's face is perpendicular to the wall. Also, it may be a few days untill the casing is installed.

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   Brad_ | Jan 21, 2002 07:24am | #2

   *I agree with Ken, On a one piece jamb I allways shim and then nail both sides of the stop, On a split- jamb prehung, I do the same but add nails through the stop, near the edge, to tie the 2 halves together. Sort of like trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear.Brad

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   Brian_Smith | Jan 29, 2002 06:04am | #3

   *IMHO, this thread seems to belong on the "production homebuilding" instead of "fine homebuilding" website. i haven't ever place a nail through any exposed jamb surface, only behind stops. just what nails are you fellows using, t-nails and finish nails? and by the way, the casing nailing does provide the strength to the finished assembly and should be nailed into both the jamb and jack stud in straddling positions.

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   calvin_ | Jan 29, 2002 06:16am | #4

   *Settle down Brian. You related to Orlo? And uh, welcome to this site.......

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   piffin_ | Jan 29, 2002 06:55am | #5

   *tea hee!

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   GACC_DAllas | Jan 29, 2002 07:27am | #6

   *Maybe someone here remembers.......There was an article in FHB in the past by a guy who's claim to fame was hanging a pre-hung door is less than 60 seconds. Probably the sadest article I ever read on carpentry.I guess he's hung about a million by now.Must be Orlos' brother.Sorry, cabinetguy......I don't mean to diss your thread. There are as many ways to hang a door as there are carpenters. To try to put it into words through a keyboard is.........well.......if I could write that well, I wouldn't be a carpenter.Each man has his own ways. Each carpenter has short-cuts he'll use when he has to. It's called "tricks of the trade" and come with experience. Just keep hangin'.....you'll find what's best for you.Ed.

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   Mad_Dog | Jan 29, 2002 04:45pm | #7

   *Here's what I want to know. Every time someone posts a thread about hanging interior doors, someone pipes in about nailing behind the stops.What do you do, dismantle a prehung door frame before you install it? What kind of advantage is that?I can't see the slightest benefit, shy of not filling a few nail holes. MD

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   ken_hill | Jan 29, 2002 11:51pm | #8

   *Perhaps Brian didn't think that 'fine homebuilding' was a term inclusive of prehung doors. Yes, if there were an applied stop you could take the time to remove it and nail behind the stop and never show a nail on the jamb. But IMHO that kind of detail starts to belong to hanging doors by building up your own jambs, mortising your hinges, etc., which is obviously the finest way of doing it. Custom hung as opposed to prehung. And I'm all ears as far as learning more about doing it that way. But lets face it, the doors the majority of those posting here are prehung. Most of the discussions here seem to come from people who find it necessary to complete work in a timely fashion with an eye toward efficient production. And 'production' is not necessarily a bad word relegated to cookie cutter subdivisions where 1/4" framing tolerance rules. By and large the people I work for are on a careful budget and it is my responsibility to respond in kind, giving them my very best without costing them more than they bargained for. When that million dollar home comes along I recocognize its time to pull out all the stops (and nail behind them).

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   calvin_ | Jan 30, 2002 06:04am | #9

   *Hey, Brian was just pulling your leg. In another thread he's installing post form tops and peelin and stickin new lam on an old deck. He knows the parameters of this site...what's taken me years, he's picked up in a cpl minutes.

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   Sean_Millar | Jan 30, 2002 06:36am | #10

   *Well said Ken

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   The_Tennis_Court_Builder_...on_t | Jan 30, 2002 05:04pm | #11

   *Just worked on a million dollar home...and no stops were pulled to nail behind. And, in fact most doors were screwed instead of nailed at the jam. Them filled... paint grade. Production methods are used around here till yaa hit closer to 2 million.near the stream,aj

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   ken_hill | Jan 30, 2002 10:10pm | #12

   *Right on, aj. Fact is, production methods are the norm, not the exception. At least in my work.