Install Bedroom Door
Tool Purchases
Amazon: PORTER-CABLE 59375 Strike and Latch Template Freud 16-560 Top Bearing Hinge Mortising Router Bit 1/4" shank Home Depot: Ryobi Wood/Metal Door Lock Installation Kit Ryobi Door Latch Installation Kit Ryobi Door Hinge Template
Porter Cable Templates
$27 at amazon PORTER-CABLE 59375 Strike and Latch Template
Use this.
Pretty Accurate By Buzzsaw
First the jig itself works fine. The mortising bit is JUNK. Poorly designed and it burns up in about one maybe two mortises. Order the Freud 16-560 Mortising bit. Difference is night and day. The Freud bit works fantastic and lasts a very long time. I am a professional builder so I know quality from junk.
professional handyman/carpenter By J. W. Jolly III
Very impressed with the template, the only thing, I use dry-wall screws instead of the nails provided. I like the router bit with bearing included, but was able to use my Craftsman router with the bit/guide and the strike plates fit perfectly.
Works as advertised. By Kenneth Kirkland
I’m a pro subcontractor, and use this 2 to 10 times weekly mortising new blank doors on remodeling projects. It works well. Whoever is having problems with these must be being too rough on them, as to date I’ve already done over 40 doors and jambs with this template. and yes it will do the jambs even with a stop installed. you just can’t always hit it up to the jamb and it be correct. sometimes you have to freehand set the template.
All I know is it beats a chisel and does in 3 minutes what used to take 4 or 5 minutes, especially 5/8” round hinges. and it looks like it was factory cut. I use this set with my Porter Cable #450 Router. Perfect Combination!
$27 at amazon Milescraft 1213 Complete Door Mortising Kit
Ryobi Door Templates
$25 at Home Depot Ryobi Door Hinge Template
$18 at Home Depot Ryobi Wood/Metal Door Lock Installation Kit
$10 at Home Depot Ryobi Door Latch Installation Kit
Research
Tool Review Zone youtube Ryobi door hinge install kit review and tutorial
Reviewer likes this.
Tool Review Zone youtube Ryobi Wood/Metal Door Lock Installation Kit review and tutorial
Reviewer likes this. 8m 35s - shows how he locates the strike plate
mygiguser youtube Door Hinge Routering with a Router
myoldreteacher youtube Ryobi lock and latch installation kits (Review)
Door from plywood
I Build It Home youtube How To Make A Door From Plywood - John Heisz
door knob 36" from bottom with 1/2" gap at floor
I Build It Home youtube Making Modern Door Jambs - John Heisz
I Build It Home youtube How To Install A Door Frame - John Heisz
Lowes Plywood
$30.35 at lowes 15/32 CAT PS1-09 Douglas Fir Sanded Plywood, Application as 4 x 8 Item # 12234 Model # 15114
Industry Standard Min Thickness 0.453 inch Performance Category 15/32 CAT
Home Depot Plywood
$26.32 at home depot Sanded Plywood (FSC Certified) (Common: 1/4 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft.; Actual: 0.225 in. x 48 in. x 96 in.)
Actual: 0.225 in.
door knob set
$18.20 at amazon Schlage F40GEO609 Georgian Privacy Knob, Antique Brass
$11.44 at amazon Kwikset Polo Bed/Bath Knob in Antique Brass
$11 at lowes Gatehouse Baron Antique Brass Mushroom Turn Lock Privacy Door Knob Item # 399120 Model # TF810
Hinges
$14.83 for 3 pack at amazon SCHLAGE LOCK CO SC3P1011F-609E Round Corn Hinge, 3-Pack
Hanging slab door
homeguides.sfgate.com/install How to Install an Interior Door That Is Not Prehung
seejanedrill youtube How to Hang a New Door on an Existing Jamb
local copy Jeld Wen instructions for interior door slabs
homedepot.com/catalog/ Jeld Wen instructions for interior door slabs
Prepare jambs and slab
Measure the existing frame (not the stop) from floor to head and from side to side in several places to verify the slab will fit. The frame should be 3/16” wider than the slab (1/16” clearance on the hinge jamb and 1/8” clearance on the strike jamb) and tall enough (usually 1/4” - 1/2” taller) to allow 1/8” clearance on the head jamb and allow the slab to operate without rubbing on any flooring.
frame 3/16" wider than slab. 1/16" on hinge jamb. 1/8" on strike jamb. frame 1/4" to 1/2" taller than slab. 1/8" clearance on head jamb. No rubbing on the floor.