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Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows a homeowner the proper way to install a pre-hung interior door for a closet. (See below for a shopping list, tools, and steps.)
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Steps for How to Install a Pre-Hung Interior Door:
1. Use a level to find a level spot on the rough opening. Mark spots on both sides of opening with a pencil.
2. Measure down to the floor on the hinge side using measuring tape, and note the measurement.
3. Measure down to the floor on the striker side, and note the measurement.
4. Hook the measuring tape on the bottom of the door on the hinge side, then measure and mark the height noted earlier.
5. Measure from your mark to the top of the header, then measure that same distance on the striker side to ensure the header will be level.
6. Hook the measuring tape under the striker-side jamb and measure up. The difference between the measurement from the rough opening to the mark on the doorjamb is the amount that will need to be cut out of the jamb (depending on the door, one or both jambs may need to be cut).
7. Use a circular saw to cut the jamb(s) to the desired lengths.
8. Use a level to ensure the rough opening is plumb on the hinge side. If not, nail an appropriate number of shims into the rough opening to make it plumb.
9. Move the door in place and keep it flush with the outer wall.
10. Pre-drill a hole and drive in a screw at the top on the hinge side.
11. Check the jamb to see if it’s plumb using a level.
12. Finish screwing in the hinge-side jamb using a driver.
13. Line up the two reference lines on the striker-side jamb.
14. Use shims down the hinge-side jamb to level it off, and drive in screws with a driver.
15. Break off the shims.
16. Put on trim using a nail gun or hammer.
17. Install door-knob hardware.

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  4. I wonder what Tommy's house looks like? I had a contractor cousin who HATED doing work on his own place. I imagine it's like a doctor who comes home from work and has patients waiting for him in his living room.

  8. I just got a job hanging doors. A coworker told me to watch you tube since I have not done this for 12 years. No body has had much success be fore me. The company before this worked for taught me to nail it on below the top hinge on a 12 inch block elevating for carpet with a 14 inch shim but not nailing the shim. Put the magnetic level on the hinges then put two nails above the bottom hinge with shims on top to level.look at the reveil of the sheet rock and spit the difference for sheetrock deceptively.easy right?.today was my third day when I realized the hinges were not screwed tight.Went back and tighten previous doors and they changed a lot and most of them were striped out. We do not put more than three shims in them because the painter's take all the doors off and never put them back in the same opening. My buddy told me that I worry to much. Watch this video and look at the praise in the comments. It worked. Nobody in real construction puts finished products till after the mudding and taping. The humidity will damage mdf unusable. Tomorrow I am tighting up the screws. Not telling anybody else because no good deed goes unpunished and will be able to get a lot more done. By putting the shims below the top hinge and above the bottom hinge all you have to do is take out a screw on the door side and adjust it to whatever you want. No worries.

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