Installing new door

[D. Richard]

I am replacing an old door in an old house. The current door does not seal good and the door jambs are in bad shape, so I want to remove everything down to the frame and start over with all new material. On one side of the door is a brick wall that runs 90degs. to the door, The door is not standerd size, it is smaller than normal so I will have to cut it down to size. I am going to have to attach the jamb on that one side right to the brick. I believe the current jamb is glued to it, and very drafty in the winter. What is the best way to attach that part of the door jamb to the brick, and once it is attached, what is the best way in insulate around it to keep drafts out? Thank you for any feedback anybody can give me.

[John 2000]

Hi”, D.
You can stop the drafts with a simple strip of
thick polyestere foam strip it is used in the construction
industry on many contracts, before you fix the frame to the
wall, run two strips down the side that goes to the wall,
then fix the frame to the wall, the foam will then
take the form of the brick and frame, you can also run some
mastic filler down the space between the wall and frame.
shop around and you will see the material I’m talking about.
….John 2000

[Dan]

Could you direct me to a website that would give me a basic step by step procedure on how to install a door?

[Patricia J. Bellehumeur]

I am trying to replace my old bathroom door, and door jamb. I bought a prehung door, and put it up. The door jamb on the wall (the rough opening)is 5 1/4 in wide. The door jamb that came with the door is now a standard size, of 4 3/4 inch wide. We tried to center the door, but then we would have to fill the gap from the wall to the end of the door jamb, before we would be able to fit the wood work on to finish the job. Then we took it down, and tried to make it flush to one side of the wall, now we have a gap on the outside of the door. The gap is uneven all the way around. Corner molding does not come big enough. The Jamb extension would be a waste of most of the material. What else can we do with what we already have? We would rather not have to waste the prehung door that we already have, and have to special order a new set.

[Handyman]

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Liftmaster
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Genie
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How to buy a Garage Door Opener?
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How to trouble shoot a garage door opener?
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[nov8tiv]

The easiest way to attach wood jambs to masonry walls would the use of redheads. Bolts that are installed in the masonry by way of masonry drill. First you will drill the appropriate hole with your masonry drill. The hole will be just deep enough to accomadate the redhead. Assemble your redhead with nut and washer. Using slight force with a rubber mallet if possible, you will install your redhead into the pre-drilled hole. Making sure your depth was gauged correctly to the length of your redhead you will have a tight install. Once you have the redhead installed, you will proceed to tighted the nut down to the wooden jamb. For Insulation value you can apply a heavy bead of caulking or foam insulation between wood and masonry. Proceed to tighten jamb to masonry. Typically you will need one redhead every 24″.

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