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Originally Posted by Zeke
Funny this thread popped up today. Last night just for G & G's I did a YT search for "hanging a new door in an existing jamb." There were a total of 5 videos and 2 of them were by Norm Abrams. Of the other 3, one was a joke and the other 2 said to lay the old door on top of the new one and trace and transfer all the dimensions, etc. As a pro door hanger, any time I did that the door came out not as good as it would have if I started from scratch. I quit that method in the 70's.
And what if you don't have the original door? I've never made a video but if I did, it would be a tutorial, even a treatise, about door hanging. It's not too hard but very few understand it in modern times.
I've hung well over a 1000 doors. Fooked a few up too, but I seem to have done pretty well when the expense of the door got up there. Hanging a $5000 door will get your attention. I might take a few hours on one like that.
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Funny. I try that tracing trick and had mixed results as well. I just rather hang the dang thing and do it my way. So you take it off a few more times, big deal. I hired this loud mouth union door hanger a couple years ago. He couldn't hang himself if I made a noose for him. I haven't come across too many that can hang a door or window with a continuous 3/32 reveal. Forget about asking for the 2.5 degree bevel on the door's edge.