The Regenerative Home's video: How to Install A Pre Hung Door Backwards

In this video, you'll watch how to install a pre-hung door backward. Learn how to install pre-hung doors for your project, including instructions on how to check for required shimming or leveling of a door frame. Learn more at http://www.lushplanet.net/ When you set out to install a prehung door, begin by measuring the rough opening into which you are placing it. The opening should be one or two inches larger than the door itself. That wiggle room enables you to shim the door, bringing it to the level-and-plumb position critical to proper functioning. Set the door into the rough opening. Has flooring not yet been installed beyond the threshold? In that case, shim beneath the door jamb to account for the height that will be added once the floor’s installed. Next, make sure the hinge side of the door is plumb, meaning perfectly vertical. Having checked that the door is still centered within the opening, stabilize it by adding shims to both sides, near the top. Check the alignment using a level. If the door’s plumb, hold the hinge side so that it’s flush with the adjacent drywall, then nail into the jamb at the point behind which you added shims. Go on to place shims in a few more positions along the hinge side; check the level once more; then nail through the jamb wherever you shimmed. Close the door and confirm that its top portion is level. Don’t waste time reaching for a measuring tool, though, if you notice the reveal isn’t uniform between the door and the jamb. That’s a sure sign things are amiss. Make adjustments by shimming the latch side of the door. Shim less when there’s too little reveal; shim more when there’s too much of one. Continue tinkering until the reveal along the top is uniform. On the latch side of the door, bring the jamb flush to the adjacent drywall. The reveal ought to be 1/8-inch here; if it’s not, then adjust the shimming you have added already near the top of the door on this latch side. Once finished, nail through the jamb where you have shimmed. Now place additional shims six inches from the bottom of the door, as well as above and below where the strike plate will go. So long as the reveal remains uniform, proceed to nail the jamb at each position where you have added shims. To finish, go ahead and put a few more nails through the shims you nailed previously. Your pre-hung door is now level and plumb, with a uniform reveal! I hope you enjoy and learn something new from this how to install a pre-hung door video. If you have any questions regarding this video and the technique that I have used then feel free to comment below. I also encourage you to subscribe to my Lush Planet Electric, Design Build channel to stay tuned for more updates. Like, comment and share this video. You may also like some other videos: How to Install Gate Hinges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgRRF-wu1I4&t=51s Make Exterior Treated Wood Last! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gva_fEN2uk&t=14s How to Cut Stone Countertop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpUr5v3YvTs&t=35s How To Patch Wood Siding On an Old House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw1PNWEGtyM&t=303s Subscribe to my channel: https://bit.ly/3eGRbXB Website: http://www.lushplanet.net/ Follow me on: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-stokes-7615123 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/wildaliveliving/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LushPlanet