Fitting an External door and frame, a day in the life of a carpenter!  

Brilliant job Ben, many many thanks for hints and tips!

Lovely job Ben. Glad I'm not the only one who still uses a chisel to chop out the pockets in the frame. Seen guys free handing it, but on those expensive, hardwood doors and casings, well, I'd hate to miss!

Should seal the frame before fitting it. Also seal the end grain on the bottom of door and cut out for the lock, helps minimise the door swelling up and binding. It is always those areas that start to catch.

What a lovely video, thank you for using my hinge jig!! You are a true pro!!

was killing me watching you step over that makita box again and again. With my short legs I'd have tripped over it for sure 😂. Thanks for sharing your work.

All that fancy kit and a hammer off the middle isle at Aldi 👍 Well done for making the video👍

Beautiful work Ben, thanks for sharing 🤩

Great content Ben and the hinge jig his awesome bit of kit 👊

I've seen some chippies in my time Ben and you've got to be about the best on here by a mile quality workmanship mate👍

Great to watch not seen an external door fitted for some time most r upvc

Thanks Ben 👍

Great channel Ben. Try the unika Jig, will do 76ml and 102ml and will also clamp into the frame so the chisels never come out. Cracking videos mate keep them up

The level of detail you provide is great for a non chippy like me and has already been put to good use.

Very new to this type of DIY as my day job is in the IT world. Love your videos. The only thing more I would like to see is when you use screws an fixings would be a quick shot/explanation of what you are using. For example, what you used to screw the frame to the brickwork?

Hi Ben, iv just subscribed. Lovely demo of Robins hinge jig. My wife ordered one for me as a surprise which arrived yesterday. Only she didn't know Rob makes two versions. We got the 3 inch version but Robin has very kindly offered to send me a complamentry 4 inch one. What a service. I was queries to see that you prefer to install the hinge on the door before the frame. I usually do it the other way round, I also usually prefer to avoid the mid rail when installing the lock. Great video

Great job Ben 👌👌👌👌

Lovely work Ben! I’ve subscribed! And that festool belt looks the business!

Nice installation very carefully executed. I was interested to see how stable the TREND door foot was when you were working on the door. I have 15 doors to install and have usually just clamped one end in the workmate. Would you recommend the trend

Hi Ben, just watched your TV unit build. Great seeing what can be achieved using a track saw, possibly the biggest game changer in the industry. I think you're tapping into an area that most people are interested in. Carpentry in the home is where I think the most interest is. Lots of RU-vidrs doing bits of everything, but not many doing round the house jobs. And remember that not everyone watching is a chippy, but they're easily influenced by being able to watch the process from materials to product. Other than Robin Clevett, not many people covering your content. Best of luck, I've subscribed 🤗 I'm not safety Police, but for your own sake get some protection on your mince pies🕶️👓😎 Jed

Nice and tidy job. All ways like to see good clean work area 👌. Keep up the great work 👍

Very enjoyable video, thanks !!!!

iv made a hinge jig out of trespa the hinges are open kind of c shape all 3 are on a full door height 9 and 6 no measuring router all 3 in one and you can use it with door stops on works a treat I use a baton which can be removed for left and right and no baton for the frame

Great video buddy, I would suggest in future, when fitting the new frame, square the frame whilst it’s still on the bench or use a carpenters square after fixing one side of the frame in the aperture. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

Be good to see a review of the belt mate Cheers Stu

Got all gear but uses a combi drill for them brick fixings

Nice work.

I would have liked to see the fixings that you used to fix the frame into the brick work. I assume you drilled through the frame with a wood bit and then into the brick using a masonry bit, but did you use a raw plug in the brick or did you use and masonry anchor

Great job mate 👌

Watched your boxing In vid very well explained and looks a banging job thanks

Wots to stop someone smashing the glass in the door and climbing in!

Brilliant Ben mate

Great video mate! Would like to see a review on the festool tool belt 👍🏽

Trend hinge jig is the best no measurement to do

Nice one matey

Hello Ben Where did you buy your Festool belt & pouch ? Have you got a link cheers

Nice video. Genuine question, why do you not use the cross string line method on installing the door frame? The existing brickwork can be ‘twisted’ and you dont want the frame replicating that. Biggest question though is, as a joiner of nearly forty years in the U.K., being as you are working outside, how come it wasnt raining???

Nice jig!!! Tip... the opening leaf of the hinge goes on the door solid part goes to frame?

It always baffles me that a carpenter would buy something made by a carpenter. You’re a carpenter. Make one.

Hi Ben, great video tutorial thanks. Can I just ask, as a total amateur, did you use a guide bush on the router or was the cutter bearing guided?

That's a different door that you've hung as you hinged the first one the wrong hand? Unless you've planed the hinges out and started again? Use a one piece trend jig much quicker and easier to use, in all my years hanging doors I've never seen anyone use a single hinge jig it's too much messing around.

3mm off the bottom 😂 that's going to rub come winter and I'm not even a chippy 3mm indoors is fine but not outside. Sorry I've just clicked of course, you want them to call you back to plain the bottom 😂😂? £££. Anyway good video.

Nice job but personally I prefer to pre-assemble the frame,hang the door and pre-treat the frame and the door all around pre-installation. This is to ensure that the item's are truly sealed all round as off the shelf doors and frames are utter rubbish these days and don't last. The doors are either veenered chipboard or laminated softwood with a veneer on, complete crap. I suspect that the underside of that cill will never see a finish applied and will undoubtebly soak up the moisture hence any manufacture warranty on the door or frame void.

Am I the only one to notice you’ve hinged the door on the wrong side, how did you correct that?

Was that an 800 level used to plum the leg????

Great vid. Out if curiosity no weather bar/strip and rebate on door.

Does nobody back bevel the hinge edge now before fitting hinge🤔

You say you been using the jigs for years, I didn't realise they had been out that long about 18 months? Just curious but how much do you charge for the job you just did and have you tried the trend jig that does the door and frame? Great video

i'm a bit confused as to why you lifted door up and not lower it to the ground then add a cover at top, surely you have larger gap at bottom to fill which is not the same height as internal floor am I missing something ?

Bin making MDF jigs for year's doesn't take long. It's only scrap material normal.

That tool belt was overkill for a pencil

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It’s funny isn’t it I’ve probably hung about 14 million doors (roughly 😂) and I still check how tall it is every time

Finish the door and frame before fitting it, hang door in frame before fitting fit door and frame as one unit. Plumb up hinge side and move latch side to suit the door. Removes any twist.

What’s the Festool tool belt like Ben ??

What did you do about the gap under the sill? Great video mate

What door stand are you using?

Duno why people get glass doors on garages I don’t 1 last week tried to talk them in the getting a soiled one but they were having non of it

How can you hang a door with out shooting it in

Don’t you need to rebate over the weather bar. Rather than just cutting the bottom of the door square?

You never showed how to fit raw plugs

What speed do you need the router on?

XL Joinery frame?

Did you put a leading edge on the hinge side before you fitted the hinges or did I miss that 🪚🔨.?

Better job would be to seal the frame before fixing 🪚🔨

Was that an 800 level used to plum the leg????