Required Tools:

• Level
• Square
• Measuring Tape
• Pencil
• Nail Gun
• Safety Glasses
• Hammer
• Tool Belt
• Pry Bar
• Utility Knife
• Router
• Chisel and Butt Marker
• AND/OR
• Hinge Jig and Router

Installing a door is a precise job that takes some skill to accomplish. Shimming a door jamb to level, plumb and square is critical to ensure the door does not bind when closed.

Hinges

• The locations of hinges on doors are not standard. If you have door jambs installed with hinge locations already prepared you may have to get a slab door and router the hinge locations to match.
• When measuring for hinges on your door, if the door and jamb have not been machined, a good rule of thumb for hinge placement is 8” down from the top, and 8” up from the bottom of the door. Some circumstances will require additional hinges.
• When measuring for the hinges on the jamb you will need to keep in mind:
  the gap at the top and the bottom, floor thickness, and expansion/contraction of the door.
• A butt hinge marker can come in handy if you are using a chisel to cut your hinges. Alternately a hinge jig for a router can be useful but is not cost effective when replacing only one, or two doors.