Split-jamb interior door installation is a unique process where each half of the jamb is installed separately, starting with the side with the door. This method is suitable for remodeling rooms with different thickness wallboards. To install a split jamb pre-hung interior door, follow these steps:
- Remove the door clip and carefully open the door.
- Shim behind each of the three hinge locations until the jamb is both plumb and square.
- Check the floor under the jambs for level using a 32-inch spirit level and a graduated shim.
- Install the frame, which consists of the actual jamb (vertical pieces on either side of the door).
- Many prehung doors come with a split jamb, which allows for easier installation and adjustment.
- Attach the split jamb to the door frame by gently pushing the edge from the bottom.
- Prepare the rough opening by plumbing the hinge side with precut shims.
- Screw hinges into the framing and check the rough opening dimensions.
- Block and shim the jamb at the hinge locations, double-checking for squareness and plumbness.
- Adjust the shims as needed and confirm that the hinge-side jamb can be made plumb in the opening.
- Remove the door and pull out the duplex nail or hardware holding the door to the jambs.
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I ordered 6 of these and 3 of them were absolute junk. Mush have been the guys first day on the job. I had to pull them apart and rebuild them. They go in super easy. I had Lowes deliver these to my door free of charge because I used my lowes charge. If it happens again I will have them come back out and return them. The revile on most of the doors was way off. Shameful they let junk like that go out the door.
Honestly I like perusal you cause your explanations are really nice, you also always remind people of safety first & when I eventually get a house most of your articles are a good reference to ensure when things are being done they are being done correctly. So I’m not left as a ignorant homeowner not knowing something is done sloppy. So you definitely got a friend with me.
Informative and excellently explained article as per usual!! However I was deeply disappointed there was no “that’s my jamb” dad jokes in there 😉 lol. So fun to see your little man in the mix…he’s adorable! Hopefully as he grows older he’ll want to be daddy’s helper! Hoping you and your family have been having a great summer!!
After perusal so many makeup on, makeup off and this is what I wore this week articles, it is so good to see you. Sorry, but didn’t watch, how to put in handles and pulls. What you’re doing today and the promised articles ahead are my favorite. I am happy. You caught the last of my gray matter, because I was going down. Great job as usual, although I thought the piece of wood you used to straighten the bow in the frame top was too big.
It seems so strange to get a door with the trim installed. I have never seen a door with trim preinstalled in Norway. Interior doors are sometimes even sold with framing separately, but usually as an item. trims are always separate items. Never seen anything like split jamb door either. If the frame is thinner than the wall, there are framing trims of different width to choose from depending on the thickness of your wall.
Okay, I really want to know where the door comes from, I’m going to guess Lowe’s. Looks like a Reliabuilt tag you showed. But why I want to know is because in my house the doors are also 78″ tall instead of the standard 80″. I could not find an 80″ door anywhere and needed to put a door in for literally the same reason as you. -I swear we’re brothers from another mother lol. I had to pickup up a 32″x80″ door and trim the damn thing to fit. Took apart the jamb and planed it to make it fit the 33″ width opening too. These old houses are a massive PITA. Remodeling is a gamble that could be literally 10x the money, effort and time that you had planned. What happened to me. 6 months later and I’m just now putting up trim in the rooms. Gutted and replaced everything down to the studs and floor joists.
i know exactly why some of the staples are sticking out like that and why the trim is that much longer. I know because I used to work at a lumber yard and the department i worked at we made doors. the staples are sticking out because sometimes the staple gun shoots more than one and it causes the staple to not go in evenly or the staple gun itself, is malfunctioning. in either case, i’d have to drive the staple in before it got placed in the cardboard that it comes in, which is called a “boot” by the way. as for the trim being long like that, the trim comes in different sizes, and we then cut them down to size. We run the trim through a machine that cuts the bottom, the angle, and the slot where the splines goes in. and it does that all at once at high speed which makes the machine vibrate a lot no matter how tight the blades are because of the vibration, the trim will either be on point, too short or too long. if it’s too long, were supposed to cut them off as were making the door. if its too short, were supposed to staple another trim on the frame. either way, the door in the article SHOULD NEVER HAVE MADE IT OUT looking like that. poor quality control.
love your articles man and im getting ready to replace 4 or 5 doors in my house and this helped alot! would it be better buying pre-hung or just replacing the doors? if i bought the doors by themselves id have to drill my own holes cause all my door strikers are below 3 foot. my casing needs to be updated as well. which way do you think is easier? thanks
Great article. I love perusal your articles because you give such detailed instructions and go step-by-step. It really has given me a lot of knowledge and you make it easy to understand how to do these repairs/upgrades around the house that might have been intimidating before. Keep up the good work! Can’t wait to see the next one!
Bought a steel bulkhead from big box set it all up ready to fasten it in place and realized one of the doors was bellied in the middle and wouldn’t close flat with the other door, packed it up brought it back got it right the 2nd time now we always inspect everything before we leave the parking lot. ” I have no friends ” Lol
Its absolutely fine to complain you got faulty or crap work on something you buy. I do the same thing when I unbox or unwrap new fenders or hoods with dents. Sad part is the suppliers seem to think dents in new panels is normal….. wtf get some pride and courtesy and hold the warehouse and deliverers accountable and not me.
So nice to get a tiny peek at little Fixer. Not asking for more, but it was nice. Thanks for all the info. I did not take it as you doing a lot of complaining. I took it as you telling us the facts of what we could get for our hard earned money, as well. It is frustrating to pay for anything that is not of good quality.
Talking about looking at the doors quality before you buy them… Yesterday we were picking out doors at HD and one of them actually had two pieces of trim down one side of the door (instead of one solid piece) and instead of at least trying to correctly join the two pieces of trim with mitered cuts, they just butted the seams up together and called it a day. Feel sorry for the person that doesn’t notice that one before install!
Every door frame in my house is attached by nothing more than one long screw through each of two hinges, two long screws through the striker plate, and the trim. No nails of any sort, no shims, nothing. The trim reveal is best described as “very drunk.” There’s a 1 1/2″ – 2″ gap under every door. All the knobs are installed at 42″, which makes me feel like a child. None of the hardware is inset into the doors. It’s an absolute disaster. I’ve got a LOT of work ahead of me… LOL