Installing Doors

The installation of internal/external doors is a process which requires a lot of attention to detail. Wheter being indoor or outdoor doors the method is same, you must be accurate and neat and be aware of the plans. Some doors are required to swing or slide in a specific direction which should be noted on the plans.
When starting the installlation of doors, you will require a clean and neat area. If you are working above carpet or tiles, you will be required to put down some form of protection on the ground to prevent any damage that may occur.
Once your area is ready, you can start measuring up your door. If there are other doors in the building, copying the height and position of hinge’s, door handle and other hardware would be the best way to go about finding the positioning of your hardware.
Once you have marked out your door and jamb for your hardware, double check it. Then you can start chiseling out your materials. A sharp chisel is always required as it is easier to use and it is good practise to look after you tools.
After you have completed the last task, you may start pre-drilling your timber where the hinge holes are, this will prevent any chance of splitting. You may then place your door into its positiion and screw it up.
If your jamb has been installed correctley and in plumb, your door should be hung well with a gap of about 2-3mm all the way around the perimeter of the door.
Once you have completed the task competently, you can start to clean your area and pack away your tools. When packing away your tools you must ensure everything is packed away neatly, safely and in its appropriate place. Also free any tools of any debris or unwanted material that may cause damage or faults with your equipment. Once your tools are packed away you can start cleaning the site. This means removing any rubbish and unwanted materials and putting it in the bin, then sweep up so the job looks presentable to the client.

Installimg Door Jambs

Installing door frames can be a tricky job sometimes, you need to get it correct the first time or it could be to late to fix it. A common material used for door jambs are MDF, its a paper sort of material that is a cheap option to using a hardwood or a pine jamb. Timber jambs are usually the best and easiest to work with.
Before starting the job you need to check the frame is completed and ready. Then you must clean the area you will be working in so its clean and free of debris making the job safer and more easily accessed.
If you are installing the door jamb where there is no plaster, it makes things a bit easier. You must first costruct your timber jamb. Cut the top style to length leaving room to move it from left to right. Then cut your side styles to length ensuring that you don’t cut to much off. Then glue and nail your jamb together.
You should now be able to hold your jamb up in its place ready to fix. You must nail the higher side first, ensuring it is packed and straightened every 300mm. If plaster is on the wall the jamb must be flush with the plaster. Otherwise use your ruler and keep the jamb 10mm past the frame. If installing to brick work then follow the same fixing steps except manouver the jamb to its correct postition.
These steps should help to ensure your jambs are installed correctly whether it be to timber, brick or steel frame.
Once you have completed the task competently, you can start to clean your area and pack away your tools. When packing away your tools you must ensure everything is packed away neatly, safely and in its appropriate place. Also free any tools of any debris or unwanted material that may cause damage or faults with your equipment. Once your tools are packed away you can start cleaning the site. This means removing any rubbish and unwanted materials and putting it in the bin, then sweep up so the job looks presentable to the client.

installing Windows

Installing windows is a process that needs to be done with care and accuracy. The windows are usually easily damaged and fragile and cost quiet a lot of money so they must be taken care of.
There are different ways windows are installed, such as installing them to a timber frame or to brickwork in a building. Before you start work you should have a plan of what windows are to be installed, as well as that you should have all your tools ready and in good working order ready to be used.
Before any installation goes forwad, you must prepare the area were you will be working. Ensure your timbers/brick work is clean from debris, rubble and stray nails. This will help ensure a clean fast process. Ensure you clean the floor space around you as well because you want to avoid any personal inuries.
Once your area is prepared to be worked on, you can get your tool belt on and get your window ready. It helps if you have another person to help with this process.
The window opening should be made to suit 30mm larger than the window in length and width. So when you sit your window on the sill, you can place packer/s to lift the window up to a level postion. The window style should also be made to pertrude 10mm of the fame if being placed in to suit 10mm plaster.
Then you can pre-drill your widow style, drilling holes in the side so the frame can be fixed to the frame or brickwork. If required use a straight edge or string line to straighten your frame. Never place packers under the top of the window as this can get pressure and cause the window to crack.
Once you have completed the task competently, you can start to clean your area and pack away your tools. When packing away your tools you must ensure everything is packed away neatly, safely and in its appropriate place. Also free any tools of any debris or unwanted material that may cause damage or faults with your equipment. Once your tools are packed away you can start cleaning the site. This means removing any rubbish and unwanted materials and putting it in the bin, then sweep up so the job looks presentable to the client.

Cornice/Scotia

Our scotia was a tricky one for us because we kept getting confused on how to ct i on the drop saw. Once we figured it out we were flying.

To put our scotia up we first had to put our bull nose on because it covered the gap between the pine lining boards and the sill of the window.

The scotia is measured by transferreing a line from the edge of our arc's down. and that is where the scotia lined up with so thats were you measure from.

You must place the first piece of scotia in so you can then cut your two returns that go on each end to tidy it up. Scotia is in many ways the same as cornice eg. the shape and how you must cut it. If you were to be putting up cornice in a timber home it would just be a large scotia mould instead of gyprock to flow with the finished look of the house.

Architrave's

The installation of our architraves was to a timber framed window in a timber framed wall. After we put our 130x12mm pine lining boards on our wall, next came the step of fashioning up a bull nose for our window.

To do this we had some ripped 90x35 in which we clamped to a table for a solid fix. Then we prepared a router to form the nose on our timber. We were required to wear full p.p.e when we were in the room using any power tools.

After we had made our bull nose and screwed it to our sill, we were ready to arc it. I started off my arcs by sitting them flat on the nose so they were hard down, and then transfered the mark from my querk to my arc and cut it on a 45degree angle. I placed both of the side arcs on then measured the distance accross from outside to outside of arc and cut a piece to suit inbetween.

once you have your arcs on give the mitres a sand to ensure all imperfections are picked up and fixed.

Skirting

Once we have built our walls and lined them with 130x12mm pine lining boards it was time to install our Arc's, Skirt's and Scotia.

I started of with the installation of the skirting. It was standard colonial timber skirting 70mm x 20mm.

We chose to place the piece down that would be first seen as you would walk into the room.

The first step was to measure the distance between the two end walls to determine the length of the skirting, once measured it can be cut. Before you apply the skirting you must walk around and mark all of the studs so you have a good solid fixing point besides the bottom plate.

When fixing to timber frame all you need is to nail it, when steel frames you can also noggin in between the studs or you can screw it off. If you are fixing to masonary it would e acceptable to se spaggeti and screws.We nailed our skirting on

Once the first piece was down, we could do our two scribes. To do the scribe you need to cut a mitre on you piece of skirt so it can be cut out with a coping saw.

Once it had been cut out it should butt into the other piece at 90degree's forming a solid and good clean join.

Installation of Wall and Ceiling Lining

Installation of Wall and Ceiling Lining
The first step involved in the installation of wall and ceiling lining was to prepare an area. We had to build a temporary wall each 2.4m long.

In each of the walls we built we had to allow for windows that were getting installed.

Once we had our walls built, in position and plumb, we started to noggin out for the pine lining boards.

I had to find the height where my boards finished and the plaster met and put a noggin on its flat all the way around the wall to ensure there was a solid fixing point for both materials.

I took a measurement and found centre, then plumbed a line down. This is where i started with my first pine lining board.

The first board is to go on the centre line in the centre of the board this way it will ensure when you get to the ends, if you need to rip a piece down then it will be of equal widths at both ends.

When you are nailing the pine lining boards to the framework, there are a couple of different options. You can nail it at the very top so the nails are hidden by the dado mould and at the bottom so they are covered by the skirting.

You can also secret nail through the joins which is more common when installing them to ceiling's.