I've never seen one that was not mitered. Well then again, I've installed only those pre-hung doors which made life easier in general.
On Jun 29, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Dale Leavens wrote: > Try setting the sides into place first. Cut them the length of the > door jam plus the 8th inch reveal then tap a nail just through the > piece top and bottom so you can set each side piece approximately > correctly and hold them there then cut the top piece to settle down > between the sides, when the correct length it will have the correct > reveal and be centered between the side members, can't fail. > > The trouble though is that door frames aren't necessarily exactly > square so the miters may not necessarily be precisely 45. This is > one reason why many frames aren't mitered. > > If you really need to set the top first I suppose you could make a > jig with the reveal and mitered projections at each end to hold at > the top of the frame so when the top member is correct it settles > into place and you can then nail it off. I have never done this but > it would work. > > Hope this helps. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Baldwin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 11:19 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] trim > > Hi, > Anyone have tips for installing trim around doors. I seem to have an > H of a > time with it. I bought a couple of precut packages to copy for the > rest of > the doors, but I have troubles getting the top piece centered and > with the > proper 1/8 lip on the door frame showing. Some install with none of > the > door frame showing, but I don't care for that. The trim I have will be > installed with mitered corners. > Thanks, > Michael > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1525 - Release Date: > 6/29/2008 3:09 PM > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
