Nails For Doors

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Nails for doors.

To prevent splitting during this step avoid nailing 1 4 inch from the side edges and an inch from the edge of the moulding. Use 3d or 4d nails every 12 inches along the bottom and 6d or 8d nails along the top of the moulding piece. Trim any exposed shims by scoring them with a knife and then breaking along the line. Shim and nail the latch side jamb shim behind the latch side jamb to make an even gap between the door and the jamb.

Cut off the protruding door shims with a fine tooth saw or a utility. Lift the door into the rough opening and push the hinge jamb tight against the shims tacked to the trimmers. Nail each pair to the trimmer and cut off the ends with a utility knife so they don t protrude past the drywall. Our rustic hardware includes clavos decorative nails strap hinges drawer pulls speakeasy grills door pulls gate hardware door handles slide bolts cane bolts door knockers gate pulls gate latches gate hinges decorative hinges and other unique rustic or decorative door hardware.

Brad nail uses include decorative trim picture frames paneling birdhouses narrow trim around windows or doors shoe moulding quarter round moulding and other thin cuts of wood. Drive two finish nails into each set of shims to hold the jamb in place. Usually three or four sets of door shims evenly spaced along the jamb are plenty. Nail the trim to the jamb and studs.

Drive 6 finishing nails through the trim and into the studs behind the wall spacing the nails about 16 inches apart. Nail the head moulding piece to the door jamb with trim nails.