Installing Door Frame Trim

Prepare to install door trim step 2.

Installing door frame trim.

Calculate the head length step 4. You can fasten them loosely in case you need to slide a. If the trim is long measure up from the bottom to mark how much length needs to be removed. But while it minimizes.

The trim covers the gaps where the rough material is first installed such for door jambs and doors where the shims and raw framing for the door installation are hidden by the trim. Nail the cap and shoe. Cut the leg moulding step 6. Always start with the side where the door will attach to the hinges.

Drive 6 finishing nails through the trim and into the studs behind the wall spacing the nails about 16 inches apart. Cut the bottoms of the side trim pieces evenly so they match and fit on the door frame. Steps for installing door trim once you ve marked the reveal hold a casing leg in place with its edge on your pencil marks. Once you re happy with that mark where the reveal on the jamb head meets the leg.

Trim any exposed shims by scoring them with a knife and then breaking along the line. Nail the trim to the jamb and studs. Collated finishing nails step 1. The trim around a door frame also known as doorway casing is installed first and foremost to conceal unsightly construction gaps left between the frame and the drywall.

Line up the side pieces of trim against the door. Nail up the large base photo 13. Calculate the side length step 3. Cut and install the trim on the second side of the door.

If the casing is to meet with. This is where you ll cut the leg. Check how the leg meets. Cut all the base extra long rough cut all the baseboards about 2 in.