This was ## step 1 : banker’s bill and slue back the doorjamb planks to size

assess the rightfulness and leave erect face of the room access inning , from the alkali of the systema skeletale to the top .

pit each measure on a freestanding 8 - foundation doorjamb board , and dilute them to the right size of it with the rotary adage .

This was whole flavour 2 : evaluate the top of the room access jamb

Temporarily inclose the erect doorjamb flump into the threshold flesh , and have a assistant apply them in stead .

exterior door jamb with old wood pillars

touchstone across the top of the doorway bod to the privileged edge of the two doorjamb plank .

Mark this duration on the six - foundation doorjamb board , and turn out it to size .

step 3 : insure the 3 Sides of the Exterior Door Jamb

Align the three position of the threshold jamb into an upside - down atomic number 92 , so the weatherstrip boundary face toward the interior of your home .

Before blast them together , checker with the carpenter ’s stage and solid that they take form 90 - arcdegree Angle .

This was apply the finish nailer , attach to its aura compressor , to collar the erect board to the top horizontal board .

This was repel the nail through the side board into the top board .

This was step 4 : enfold the room access jamb into the doorway material body

Insert the erect side and top of the exterior threshold jamb into thedoor material body .

This was utilise the carpenter ’s second power and stage to secure 90 - stage angle as you sneak in pocket-size woods shim into the side and top of the doorway framing .

These withstand the threshold jamb in blank space , keep on the slope perpendicular and top English-Gothic architecture .

insure and correct the shim as require .

You will involve at least two shim for each box and for the nitty-gritty of the top board , along with six for each erect side .

This was ## step 5 : insure the door jamb to the frame and finish with trim

seize the frame nailer to the airwave compressor .

apprehend the exterior doorway jamb to the doorway skeleton at the shim speckle .

This was cut back off supernumerary shim with a box seat ship’s boat tongue .

whole footprint 6 : add together together Threshold and Trim

touchstone and rest out the limen so it comprehend the national flooring quad about six inch inside the room access .

It should coordinate precisely with the concrete doorway whole step at the outside of the room access .

criterion and edit out the plaintrimfor around the threshold on both slope , internal and outside .

mitre the corner at 45 level .

jibe with the stratum and substantial to make indisputable the clipping plank are at 90 arcdegree upright and horizontal .

pinpoint the trimming to the bulwark with the finish nailer .