Three cheers for Shims. In remodeling my 115 year old house, I couldn't get along without them.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Level or square, pick one. That's why God made shims. Actually you can mount the track and doors before adding the side jams in most cases because the hardware doesn't usually attach to the side jam although sometimes it does. You may be able to mount the doors offset by the thickness of the side jams then once satisfied install the jams and shim them out to agree with the doors. I have not done this but it seems a probable solution. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Level or square, pick one. Good point Dale, I would need to measure down from the top, the same distance on each side, mark that, then measure the diagonals. Technically, if the top jam is level, and the side jams are plumb, then they should be square. But technically, and should sometimes don't get you all the way there. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
