When Hanging A Door Gets Complicated 

I did this 4 years ago, best decision i ever made! Hope you will enjoy your journey

Exactly correct! They are ideal in a situation where the thickness of doors vs drawer fronts varies when installing kitchen hardware.

Yup. I just use a set of side cutters and snip them. Easy peasy.

Can even ping them shorter with a hammer over the edge of something....but watch your eyes

It depends. That used to reliably be the case but these days, so many of the included-screws that looked like the ones Scott had will just bend inconsistently. They don't have scored sections, they just have gaps in the thread. Even using side-cutters can be a mission on those ones.

Knipex 200mm bolt cutters are what I use for this. Cut these screws daily with them.

Scott and Paul, even more of a tip! You can get small bolt cutters that will easily and cleanly cut the screws, if they don’t have the notches like in this video then you put the screw in your drill and run it along a file to get rid of the burs. I used to build hospitals and apartment buildings and that was a life saver!

''but does he know how to hang a door?'' long term subs will get it

Don't know but he has a sick van

@@simeonprice390 it’s no Bentley

He did a great job of it, but like most builders he obviously doesn't do it enough (prehung doors are the norm now) to do it the most efficient way. I was forced to do it a lot because my small town suppliers in Tokoroa didn't stock prehung doors. My process is as follows: I first cut the vertical jambs exactly the same length, leaving the offcut for later. Then I set the door on it's edge (my saw horse has a way of holding it like that) and I make marks at 150, 990 and 1780. Then I bring out my router jig that I made, and place it on my marks and buzz out the hinge slots, which takes about 30 seconds. Then I quick clamp a jamb to the door with 3mm overhanging at the top end, and mark EXACTLY where the hinge slots are. Unclamp and repeat the router process on the jamb. Then I pre drill the screw holes and mount all the hinges to the door and jamb. Then I lay the door on the saw horses and I measure abd cut the head jamb, which is door width plus 2x3mm plus 2x jamb thickness, a couple of extra mm doesn't hurt. Then I glue, pre drill and screw the jamb head to the hinge jamb so the head jamb sits on TOP of the hinge jamb and is screwed into the end of it. I then carefully repeat the process with the lock jamb, and this is the only time I need to set the gap between the door and the jamb. And it's ready to install. Its much easier and better to install the head jamb on top, not between the vertical jambs. Mitering jambs should be avoided unless its a fancy one piece. I also mark using a knife and try not to rely on my tape measure because I don't like fighting to get the hinges on because I'm slightly off. Builders pencils can throw measurements off a lot, and the finished product is seen. My process takes about 15 minutes if my tools are out, and my results are usually superior to the factory prehung doors. It's cheaper than a prehung too, but only because I'm good at it. Oh and the key to fast routing with a jig is to get a 12.7mm router bit that's got a bearing above the cutter. They are difficult to find in NZ for some reason, but are available in the crappy Ryobi router jig kit. Throw away that jig, it's not accurate, it's meant for American hinges and it only works on doors not door jambs. It will however give you the idea of how the jig should work. My jig is just two pieces of wood fixed together at right angles with a 90mm long hole in it the same size as the hinge mortise. I just place it on the door and hold onto it firmly. No clamps required. Unfortunately the art of door hanging is going by the wayside. But if you're a carpenter who does a lot of older home renovations, and you're driven to get the absolute best quality possible, doing it yourself is better and sometimes the only way imo.

Yes Plumb, not Plum. Definitely not Level.

And plumbing from when pipes used to be lead.

Yes, and on a house he doesn't even own himself!

i wouldnt of announced that on youtube

Probably fixed by now..?

Doesn’t stop people breaking in though

Type of product I want as just a DIY person but totally can't justify for the 1 door I install every 2 years :D haha

When you go to sleep there? Where?

@@sw6188 I live on the other side of the Planet in Switzerland

You spoke it into existence sort of. They bought the home.

This as well as just nipping them with a sturdy pair of linesman’s. I don’t have strong hands by any means but my Milwaukee linesman pliers will chop those all day long with minimal effort. I’d imagine some Knipex or similar would do it even easier.

Hej från Nya Zeeland!

you probably could but i personally wouldnt do it often as i wouldnt want to knacker them.

@@connahjones8178 As far as i know if you look at 10:24 they got cuts on them wich is ment to be cut with pliers, Atleast thats how i was thought to do it :)

@@Thexhiv i have done it either with a hacksaw, angle grinder or something like that, i think the spaces are just so you dont have messed up threads but im not saying your way is wrong, definitely quicker than my way.

Not these cheap but strong screws. They don't have cutouts they just have gaps in the threads. Cutting them repeatedly will indeed knacker your pliers.