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I've never seen Tom Silva do it this way
You might have read in my floor replacement thread that some of the new doors I'm installing are giving me a lot of grief. The rough openings are, well, very rough.
I never dropped the bucks for a 6' level so I try to get by with my 4' - which is fine for 90% of the stuff I get involved in. However, a tough door install really calls out for a 6'. Not wanting to run to the Borg and drop $40+ (cheap) I came up with this idea.
I ran a plumb line through the hinges knowing that if I could get it centered in all three hinges the door frame should be plumb both sideways and front to back. Made sense and it seems to have worked.
I wouldn't think for a minute that I was the first to think of this. So, anyone else ever use this method?
You might have read in my floor replacement thread that some of the new doors I'm installing are giving me a lot of grief. The rough openings are, well, very rough.
I never dropped the bucks for a 6' level so I try to get by with my 4' - which is fine for 90% of the stuff I get involved in. However, a tough door install really calls out for a 6'. Not wanting to run to the Borg and drop $40+ (cheap) I came up with this idea.
I ran a plumb line through the hinges knowing that if I could get it centered in all three hinges the door frame should be plumb both sideways and front to back. Made sense and it seems to have worked.
I wouldn't think for a minute that I was the first to think of this. So, anyone else ever use this method?