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.
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.
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