I would like to hear what others run into on the job. I'm just a young rookie so I haven't seen alot. The other day I installed all prehung interior doors for new construction.These were pre-primed hollow core masonite from Home depot. I know home depot door types vary around the country, but these had the door stop already installed.
With that said, out of the 19 doors I installed, about 13 of them had quality issues. The top hinge on two doors was not routed out so the hinge was sticking out. I messed around for 15 minutes trying to get the first door plumb before I noticed the problem. I then pulled of the hinges and used a wood chisel to fix the problem. (From then on I checked every door before I started!) Also most of the hinges on all the doors had gaps around them (the recess was too big!)
Another big issue was the door stops. Most of the stops on the hinge side were tight to the door. I think there is going to be an issue when the doors are painted with the door hitting the stop on closing! Many of the stops were not parallel with the outside of the jamb. With the door and jamb level and plumb when I close to check gaps betwee door and door stop, every door is different. Some hit at top with 3/16" gap at bottom, some hip at bottom first, and others actually hit at the latch (like a bannana)! Seems like I spend more time tweeking the door after its up due to quality issues than actually putting the door up.
I am going to tweek all the stops when I do casing next week, but I would like to hear what a typical gap should be between the door and door stop on the hinge side? Are there any tricks to tweeking the door stops other than a hammer and a block? Some of them need to be moved so much I may try and take them off without breaking and re-nail.
Also what prehung doors have you guys installed which are good quality?
Sheesh!, where are the quality control people at some of these manufacturers? They must be sleeping on the job or just dont care!
Thanks!!
Larry
With that said, out of the 19 doors I installed, about 13 of them had quality issues. The top hinge on two doors was not routed out so the hinge was sticking out. I messed around for 15 minutes trying to get the first door plumb before I noticed the problem. I then pulled of the hinges and used a wood chisel to fix the problem. (From then on I checked every door before I started!) Also most of the hinges on all the doors had gaps around them (the recess was too big!)
Another big issue was the door stops. Most of the stops on the hinge side were tight to the door. I think there is going to be an issue when the doors are painted with the door hitting the stop on closing! Many of the stops were not parallel with the outside of the jamb. With the door and jamb level and plumb when I close to check gaps betwee door and door stop, every door is different. Some hit at top with 3/16" gap at bottom, some hip at bottom first, and others actually hit at the latch (like a bannana)! Seems like I spend more time tweeking the door after its up due to quality issues than actually putting the door up.
I am going to tweek all the stops when I do casing next week, but I would like to hear what a typical gap should be between the door and door stop on the hinge side? Are there any tricks to tweeking the door stops other than a hammer and a block? Some of them need to be moved so much I may try and take them off without breaking and re-nail.
Also what prehung doors have you guys installed which are good quality?
Sheesh!, where are the quality control people at some of these manufacturers? They must be sleeping on the job or just dont care!
Thanks!!
Larry
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