Do-it-yourself door frame

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Content

  1. We prepare material and tools
  2. Preparation of material according to the size of the canvas, grooves for the curtains
  3. Start box assembly
  4. Box fitting
  5. Door Latch Installation
  6. Door installation and alignment
  7. Finishing touches

How to save money on door installation? You can try it yourself, with your own hands, to assemble the door frame. To do this is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. We bring to your attention detailed assembly instructions.

Do-it-yourself door frame assembly

We prepare material and tools

Since we are talking about improving the interior of the room, before starting the assembly, you need to decide on the material:

  • Metal - has excellent strength, so it is best suited for entrance doors. But you need to consider that working with metal requires special tools, skills and high energy costs.
  • Wood is an excellent combination of strength and environmental friendliness, so it is a universal option. Noble varieties of wood are suitable for both external doors and interior doors.
  • MDF (fiberboard) - an environmentally friendly material made from sawdust with a natural binder, has a smooth surface, looks good, and therefore is perfect for the case when you need to install interior the door. MDF is easily processed, not afraid of moisture, in many respects it is not inferior to wood at a price lower than almost two times.
Choosing the material for the door frame

Material should be enough:

  • a bar under the door frame (two with a length of L + 8 cm, where L is the height of the door and two more with a length of N + 8 cm, where N is the width of the door leaf);
  • platbands and extras (in case the width of the doorway is greater than the width of the standard beam).

If the box is without a nut, then a shorter beam will need only one - on the upper crossbar.

Prepare the necessary tool. We will need:

  • slick;
  • hammer;
  • hacksaw (ideally, a special electric saw with a rotary mechanism would do, but we will assume that you are not a specialist and do not have expensive tools);
  • an electric drill with a replaceable bit, which can be used also as a screwdriver;
  • level;
  • joiner's knife.

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Door Installation Tools

For fastening we will use screws of different sizes with small pitch.

Suppose you have already carefully dismantled the door frame you want to change.

Preparation of material according to the size of the canvas, grooves for the curtains

Using an example of an interior door, let’s see how a door frame is made with your own hands (approximate order). First of all, we need a meter (ruler) and a hacksaw.

  • The level measures the differences in the height of the floor in the doorway, remember or write down the difference to take it into account when preparing the beam in size. Measure the size of the door leaf.
  • Using a hacksaw (preferably a face), we prepare a beam of the right size. If the saw is equipped with a function for measuring the angle of rotation, it is better to make cuts of the end of the beam at an angle of 45 degrees. But for simplicity, it is easier for a non-specialist to connect the bars end to end, choosing a quarter on the long bars as shown in Figure 1.

Rule 1: between the door leaf and the frame there should be 3 mm of clearance (on the sides and at the top) and 8-15 mm (at the bottom) (Fig. 2).

The method of connecting the beams and the gaps between the door and the box
  • We make a selection for the curtains on the door leaf (option for mortise hinges). To do this, put the door on the end and on the upper end part with a knife, carefully make an incision, retreating 20 cm from the edge, on each side. Then, using a chisel and a hammer, we carefully select a recess so that the loop card lies flush. We fasten the hinges to the doors with a screwdriver.

Rule 2: before tightening the screws, it is better to make holes with a smaller diameter for them first with a drill. So you can protect the material from cracking.

Start box assembly

Now it's time to assemble the box details for the interior door.

If a cut of the end of the beam was made at an angle of 45 degrees, the assembly of all components (three bars or four, if there is a nut) passes through the mount with three screws in each of the corners, at an angle of 90 degrees to the cut (cm. fig. 3). Two screws should be installed on the side of the long bar and one on the side of the shorter one. It is necessary to take into account the slight displacement of parts when tightening. Do not forget about rule 2.

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If initially the cut along the ends of the beam was made evenly, then it is necessary to assemble the parts between themselves with two screws at each corner from the side of the long bars (Fig. 4).

Connection Methods
  • When the assembly of parts with your own hands on the floor is completed, you need to put the door leaf in the opening of the box and make markings for the loops on the box beam, and then make a selection for them in the same way as on canvas.
  • Now the door frame must first be fixed to the wall. For this, it is better with the help of a partner, it is necessary to install the box in the opening.
  • Using the level, align it vertically, drill two holes for the flush-headed screw heads in the sampling area under the loops. The holes must be drilled exactly relative to the horizontal and vertical axes of the bar.
  • Now we attach the box to the wall with long screws.

Rule 3: if the wall is sheathed by GCR or is plasterboard partition, you must first strengthen the opening by installing wooden bars inside the profile.

Box fitting

We fix the position of the door frame with pre-prepared wedges (spacers) made of wood, achieving a vertical position in level. Initially, the wedges must be installed on the side of the vertical beam already attached to the end of the wall, to which the curtains will be attached, and on the horizontal upper beam.

Fill the free space between the box and the wall with foam (on the inside of the doorway). We wait until the mounting foam hardens.

Door frame fitting

Door Latch Installation

In the meantime, you can assemble the door latch:

  1. We make a hole with a drill to set the latch to the desired depth. The filling for the handle should freely go into it.
  2. We perpendicularly drill the second hole for installing the door handles.
  3. We install handles, we fix with a key.
  4. Now you need to make a sample to install flush under the latch, fastening is done using screws.

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Door Latch Installation

Door installation and alignment

The next step is to install the door itself in the opening.

  • We lift the door leaf to a vertical position, substitute a spacer or piece of bar under it, and, holding, we fix the hinges in the previously made grooves of the door frame by means of a screwdriver and wood screws. First we fix the upper curtain, after that - the lower one.
  • We check the evenness of the door leaf sitting on the hinges, the level and the uniformity of the gaps (Fig. 2). We adjust the door to the box, carefully aligning the hanging side with the help of the upper wedge (photo).
Wedge alignment

Now we turn to the strike plate for the latch.

  1. We drill a hole of the required diameter, make a selection with a chisel.
  2. Before installing the strike plate in this hole, drill and fasten the third, last screw, door frame on the wall.
  3. Now install the spacers on this side. We mount a reciprocal level.
  4. We check the fastening: the door itself should not be closed or opened.

As you can see, DIY assembly is not so difficult.

Finishing touches

There is very little left until the end of the work.

  • We close the cracks between the wall and the box of interior doors with mounting foam, both from the inside and from the outside.
  • If necessary, we install additional strips, choosing grooves for them in the hardened foam.
  • We install platbands, having previously cut off the hardened foam where it interferes. Platbands are planted on silicone glue, which is applied to the box, fixed with nails with reduced heads.
  • Do not forget about the decorative design of all the details that are in sight.
Finishing touches

If you follow the advice of specialists, try to work carefully, you can even put the doors with the box on your own with your own hands.

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