The greatest thing about Jess episodes is never knowing when or where the Squarespace ad will come from. It’s the psychological thriller element of this channel that makes Fridays worth getting out of bed for.
Some door hanging tips that I find useful -1: use wooden wedges instead of plastic packers, I'll cut long 3 degree wedges when I have some spare time, cut up tubs of them. Have the wedges facing in opposite directions, creates flat packers that are adjustable in thickness. Fixing nail underneath wedges, so you can tap them past each other to plumb door and adjust door to jamb gaps. Much faster than using plastic window packers. 2: Cut head the same size as the frame opening, level up the position of the hinge jamb. Cut a rebate 5mm deep by the jamb thickness into the head. Measure door width + 7mm ( standard door thickness), then rebate 5mm deep for latch jamb. Doesn't take very long to do the rebates but makes for a much stronger door set up. 3. When the hinge jamb is set in, 90 degrees to the wall ( easy with opposing wedges) have a piece of board/timber the same size as your door opening . Then just place it at the bottom of the two jambs, wedge the latch jamb tight to the spacing board. This will make sure the latch jamb and hinge jamb are 90 degrees to the wall. 4: Single hinge templates are useful but what is better is making a hinge template with all three hinges on it. 12mm MDF, cut to the height of the door. So after you router in for the hinges on the door you know that the template on the jamb just needs to be 3mm down from the head. Perfect alignment made easy. 5: Obviously router in the latch striker plate and hole, before the permanent jamb door stop. Scott, you should get a pair of those overalls as well !! And for Ray.
It was really nice to see you and jess working together and joking around having fun with each other. Always opt to be goofy and patient instead of short and frustrated.
A brilliant episode. Almost a carbon copy of my wife and I hanging doors. Made all the brighter by Jess' outstanding overalls and the brilliant questions You should involve Jess more, she just brightens everything.
LOL - Maybe the best final cut yet. Her reaction was so sincere!! Now you gotta teach us your tricks for how to fix doors that WERE NOT hung properly and close by themselves or fall away slowly. Yes I know there's many videos on that out there but in Scott I trust!
Love Jess's reaction when you told her that you can buy pre-hung doors. I bet the conversation which followed was an interesting one. In my youth, as a salesman and Manager for one of the UK's largest door manufacturers, we introduced the first "doorsets" to the market. Architects loved them as a way of improving standards in the industry, saving time and money etc. Builders less so. Fifty years later, it seems they have become the norm. For most folks!!
Nicely done.👍 It's called a hinge leaf, and the leaf that connects to the barrel in three places should be fixed to the jamb, and the leaf that connects to the barrel in two places should be fixed to the door.
@@ryanhernandez8388 only at the apprentice level is the cliteringe deemed important, for far better lubrication and long lasting satisfaction you need to learn about the Gee spot, but no point discussing this when most wonder what flap goes where 🤷
I manufacture interior doors for one of the largest "pre-built" home manufacturers in the USA and we have a machine that routes the hinge pockets in the door and on the jamb, along with routing the strike jamb, drilling the hole for the latch in the strike jamb, routing and drilling the hole for the latch on the door, and bores the knob hole in the door in about ~45 seconds. It also applies the 3 hinges at the end of the routing/drilling process. We push out about 300 interior doors a day. All hollow core. It takes an insane amount of patience to do it your way. Thanks for the vid!
And this is why one day soon no one will have any other skills than lifting things and pressing buttons on machines. And hey robots can do that for you too!
That would be sweet. Importantly it's the only readily available method here in Oz and NZ. Plus, when renovating old homes these skills are essential because nice new doors rarely fit into old misaligned homes.
The "Kenny 3D Jigs" are pretty cool. Having the right tools defiantly makes for a great job. Showing the world the special tools and how to use them is worthy education, like when Gaston is showing the tools he supplies. Think Kenny should meet Gaston.
Jess is me when I first got into carpentry. Asking questions, getting an answer, realizing I don't know enough to understand the answer, ask more questions, and keep going until the answer is "turtles all the way down". Scott is more patient than my teacher was :)
I was in the 80’s my teachers were more about bullying, hitting and 95 percent verbal berating, all day being told how useless and worthless you were, it was worse in front of a customer that you liked. I remember I discovered what being ‘close to death’ feels like, sort of euphoria actually when you’re chocked out and you really ’see stars’ All I learned I ‘stole’ figured out for myself, read books, technical college and F’ing up Still learning yet maybe 35 yrs later, I’d never treat anyone that way, but it does irritate me the younger folks ‘expectations’ that you’ll just tell them everything and you sort of ‘owe them’ My skill and knowledge for what it is was hard earned.
I taught my wife a lot contruction/ carpentry skills years ago. Today, I would bet a beer, she could match skills with the best of them. Also, she could wire a house and basic plumbing. She was able to renovate a kitchen and bathroom. Last summer she installed flooring and baseboards all her self as I recovered from a stroke. Keep teaching your wife as I’m sure she can do it. Good luck Sir.
Jess asking what the flat part is called is the thing I would do when learning something new. And, as an aside, in development and design phases it's also why you should bring in people from outside your expertise, because they ask questions and see things you don't even consider.
Good memories, being told I was taking toooo... slow. This was followed by a demonstration from my estimed leader on door installation. There were many, many doors in this house, about a week later the owner comes up to me and tells me the leader told them I had installed all the doors, and there was a problem with one of them. Well you can guess which one, I told them that my leader had installed that one so best they spoke with him. Once they had left he comes up to me quite flustered but asking how we would fix it from jamming. Seizing this opportunity, like you would, I explained how important it was you did these jobs once, right., and now he had a problem as he had Gibbed around it etc. He's like "well, what do we do now" notice the 'we' which became singular after muttering that could I just fix it. Doors were never discussed again. Speaking of custom doors, yeah had one here where the frame and door had warped. Turns out it was a 'State House' special. Even the jambs were odd sized.
Nice. You should do more in depth tutorials on specific tasks like this. This video skews more towards educational in focus while still being entertaining. And getting an amateur to learn along with everyone (Jess) was a great touch. Serves as a great sanity check, since if Jess gets it, then you know the instruction is good and comprehensible. And Jess asks great questions that a beginner would like to know that a pro might not even think about, like what you would do if you didn't have a full workshop. The byplay between Jess and Scott also adds great on screen chemistry and entertainment value. Very well done video! Particularly oustanding even among your ordinarily excellent content!
Ahhh, another SBC Saturday. My wife is a pharmacist, and there’s a local GP, Dr Scott Brown. Every time she sees one of his scripts she says to herself “It’s Scott Brown here!” The funny thing is, she doesn’t even watch the videos, she’s only ever heard me talking about them.
Jess' assessment of the difficulty of hanging a door is helpful to us novices because watching the pros do it so flawlessly every time makes it look easier than it is. And when I get around to doing it, at least I will know that it is bloody hard. BTW, I thought Jess' overalls were safety gear for easy visibility on the work site. It would def work. How can anyone overlook a sea of flowers in the middle of the yellow hi vis crowd.
One difference I do, is after marking the door hinge centres, then BEFORE I rout it, I clamp on the jamb and square the marks right across. That way, if one measurement or pencil mark is not quite right, at least it will be a perfect match for both door and jamb.
First time I come across this channel and this woman makes the video 100 times more entertaining. She represent all of us who need things explained a couple of times before we get it.
When I was taught to hang a doo rover 40 years ago the first job was to sharpen your chisels. Then you would sit astride the door, mark the hinges and chisel them out. You would drill the pilot holes with a hand drill and tighten the screws by hand, or if you were reckless, use a yankee screwdriver. None of these new fangled philips head screws either, slotted all the way. The lock was fun boring out the holes with a bib and brace.
How far technology has sped up this process is kind of amazing. We take battery powered hand-held routers for granted, but for some jobs nothing comes close.
I always hang a door with frame attached, as it comes from prehung. I always hang my own doors, and so loon as hinge side Is plumb, and you can just nail In. Or, adjust to PLUMB, using packers or fox wedges. With new door, latch, then nail on door stops, so you get a perfect latch.
Where I come from 'bib and brace' is a type of overall with a 'bib' on the front over your chest, and what we use to bore holes is a 'brace and bit', the bit being the drill or often an auger. The brace is the large hand drill like a crank handle.
Not many people would know this here in the US but each hinge has 2 leaves each, leaf has knuckles and a pin holds the knuckles together to form the barrel. 3:27
Kudos to Scott, being the perfectionist that he is but also willing to teach on his own home. If Jess had ruined something he would have had to buy a new door or forever live there knowing that it wasn’t right. That for sure must have been the most stressful part.
I got some invaluable advice from on old carpenter about hanging doors that l would like to share with other RUclipsrs. He told me its a lot easier to always start on the hinge side first.
I’ve hung many doors in my life and l have just learnt something that I didn’t know. That there is an angle on the edge of the door. Great video Scott, just goes to show, we can still keep learning.
Thank you for your generosity in sharing this wonderful and beautiful thing with us Although carpentry work is exhausting, it seems easy and beautiful to you I congratulate you on reaching this level in your life
Awesome episode. In the London it's Hinge knuckle and leafs Door linning = head and two jambs, usually internal Door frame = head and two jambs plus a cill usually exrernal
Door Lining out of 28 or 32mm material. Stops nailed on only. Door Casing (old properties or external doors) 75mm thick material. (so 4x3 or 6x3) with stops rebated in.
Well done Jess for your perseverance & Scott for your patience.😎I love your garden overalls. The new pair looks cool too! 💐🍂🍁a great start to my Saturday.😎
I finished my apprenticeship, went off on my own for about a year then got out of carpentry and only been doing the odd job here and there for the last 5 years Almost forgot how to hang a door haha, cheers! Mostly just getting the gaps right etc. I could only briefly remember to add 3mm to the jam hinge
That extra 3mm came from the floor not being level (9:00 - 9:24 in the video). The jamb on the knob side of the door needed to be 3mm longer. I hope this helps!
Loved this, sat at work having lunch and thought, not watch scott for a while, one to see his newish how too, and jess involved, smashed it, and the very very end had me in stitches lol, pre hung are no fun lol
This is how we did it in Norway 60 years ago. We now have adjustable doorframe screws, and we put insulation in between the doorframe and the wall stud.
Great episode, reminds me of having to hang 4 doors when I was working in Tonga 25+ years ago, no router so had to chisel the hinges in. Enjoyed the Prehung door gag, for your next trick show Jess two piece jamb with Architraves pre installed, easy to set up for packing and a bit of expanding foam so they don't move. Another tip, look for 'Jolt' screws, our painters love it when we use them.
Scott, would recommend Jess document and film her gardening journey. My wife is starting a garden this summer and she enjoys Jess bits on the channel. Just a thought, but love the content here in Chicago, IL!
Each to their own. I find it much easier to fit the jamb with the hinges already checked out, fixing it only on the hinge side. Then placing the door next to the hinge side, packed up enough for the right gaps then marking the hinges on the door. Check them out, hang the door and then fit off the rest of the jamb to the door
Awesome video! :) Funny that you put a tick on your mark. That indicates to me that i should be cutting on that side of the line. For a centre mark, i'd put a "C" on it.
Thanks Jess and Scott. I’ve fumbled my way through hanging a couple of doors and certainly picked up a few tips out of that one. Have you done a video where you have to replace a door and the frame is already existing? I would like to see how you go about that. Cheers.
I usually pull the exsiting door, use a square to transfer hinge locations to the new door. Especially on entry doors where you routinely have to trim the door slab to fit the opening.
When I am measuring existing hinges I find it easier and more accurate to use a long strip of wood as a story pole and transfer the hinge markings to the strip of wood and then mark the door to be routed
G,day Scott and Jess from Sydney Australia. Pro tip specials * Often there is a sticker 'lock here' on hollow core doors. * Add a diagonal brace, running past the jamb styles and head. This helps stand the jamb flush with the jib (drywall). * Pre prime and paint the bottoms of the jamb and door. Even a spray can of primer undercoat will do. 🦉🇦🇺
I have my grandparents front door that i received after they passed and their house was demolished. It is a solid cedar door. It is 20mm smaller than a standard door here in Aus. 2020mm is the door so i need to fiqure out hot to redo the jam to make it fit or extend the door by 20mm.
nice video. That hinge jig is pretty cool, with the vacuum attachment. way easier than having the vac hooked up to the router, which can be a bit clumsy moving it around and being able to see right down on the work.
That's what I was thinking when I designed it, my mate is in commercial and does hundreds of doors a day; much easier not to have to drag the hose around on the tool, safer too I reckon.
Not to be that guy but, always charge for your work. Your time and skills are worth something. Undervaluing ourselves is why Carpenters are so lowly paid
The flat bits of the hinge are called the leaf. Also im awfully jealous of new zealand having door wirh a leading edge already on them, seems like it would save a lot of time in the day Also interesting that you use a butt joint on door frames as in the UK i was always taught to use a housing joint. Ive seen people use butt joints but imo the housing joint looks much nicer
OH MY GOD I DIDN'T KNOW THEY CAME PRE-SLOPED! I've hated hanging doors for so long because it's always ended in plaining down different sides a million times. Most doors I've used probably would have fit straight from Bunnings had I just measured the slope lol.
It's interesting to see how different door installations are for the Anglo-American (and apparently Kiwi) vs central Europe. We tend to use matched (probably standardised) doors and frames. Often the frames come with a rubber gasket and you can just lift the door off its hinges for angle adjustments.
The greatest thing about Jess episodes is never knowing when or where the Squarespace ad will come from. It’s the psychological thriller element of this channel that makes Fridays worth getting out of bed for.
THAT's the best thing for you?
I think Jess is the highlight in itself.
You might need to evaluate your life.
hahahahahah thats so true man! Greatings from the Netherlands!!!
Some door hanging tips that I find useful -1: use wooden wedges instead of plastic packers, I'll cut long 3 degree wedges when I have some spare time, cut up tubs of them. Have the wedges facing in opposite directions, creates flat packers that are adjustable in thickness. Fixing nail underneath wedges, so you can tap them past each other to plumb door and adjust door to jamb gaps. Much faster than using plastic window packers.
2: Cut head the same size as the frame opening, level up the position of the hinge jamb. Cut a rebate 5mm deep by the jamb thickness into the head. Measure door width + 7mm ( standard door thickness), then rebate 5mm deep for latch jamb. Doesn't take very long to do the rebates but makes for a much stronger door set up.
3. When the hinge jamb is set in, 90 degrees to the wall ( easy with opposing wedges) have a piece of board/timber the same size as your door opening . Then just place it at the bottom of the two jambs, wedge the latch jamb tight to the spacing board. This will make sure the latch jamb and hinge jamb are 90 degrees to the wall.
4: Single hinge templates are useful but what is better is making a hinge template with all three hinges on it. 12mm MDF, cut to the height of the door. So after you router in for the hinges on the door you know that the template on the jamb just needs to be 3mm down from the head. Perfect alignment made easy.
5: Obviously router in the latch striker plate and hole, before the permanent jamb door stop.
Scott, you should get a pair of those overalls as well !! And for Ray.
Two things:
- Jess’ boiler suit is epic and I’m obsessed
- Watching you two do tasks like this together is so charming and wholesome
It was really nice to see you and jess working together and joking around having fun with each other. Always opt to be goofy and patient instead of short and frustrated.
that last sentence you dropped, to a dude who knows what's what,, is supes dupes akin to telling an upset woman to 'calm down'.
A brilliant episode. Almost a carbon copy of my wife and I hanging doors. Made all the brighter by Jess' outstanding overalls and the brilliant questions You should involve Jess more, she just brightens everything.
18:44 “you can buy pre-hung doors” Jess: “WHAT?!” 😂
The PERFECT Ending. hahahaha
Laughed till I cried! 😂
New merch?!?..... Also love when Jess says: "This is really handy. I see why you like all your little tool bits and what not."
LOL - Maybe the best final cut yet. Her reaction was so sincere!! Now you gotta teach us your tricks for how to fix doors that WERE NOT hung properly and close by themselves or fall away slowly. Yes I know there's many videos on that out there but in Scott I trust!
Love Jess's reaction when you told her that you can buy pre-hung doors. I bet the conversation which followed was an interesting one. In my youth, as a salesman and Manager for one of the UK's largest door manufacturers, we introduced the first "doorsets" to the market. Architects loved them as a way of improving standards in the industry, saving time and money etc. Builders less so. Fifty years later, it seems they have become the norm. For most folks!!
Nicely done.👍
It's called a hinge leaf, and the leaf that connects to the barrel in three places should be fixed to the jamb, and the leaf that connects to the barrel in two places should be fixed to the door.
I heard it's called the hinge labia, and the only important part is the cliteringe
most to the post is how we were told to remember that 😂 as in the hinge leaf with 3 tabs goes to the frame and the 2 go to the door as you say
Huh I’d never considered that.
@@ryanhernandez8388 only at the apprentice level is the cliteringe deemed important, for far better lubrication and long lasting satisfaction you need to learn about the Gee spot, but no point discussing this when most wonder what flap goes where 🤷
Most to the post, six down nine up
I manufacture interior doors for one of the largest "pre-built" home manufacturers in the USA and we have a machine that routes the hinge pockets in the door and on the jamb, along with routing the strike jamb, drilling the hole for the latch in the strike jamb, routing and drilling the hole for the latch on the door, and bores the knob hole in the door in about ~45 seconds. It also applies the 3 hinges at the end of the routing/drilling process. We push out about 300 interior doors a day. All hollow core. It takes an insane amount of patience to do it your way.
Thanks for the vid!
And this is why one day soon no one will have any other skills than lifting things and pressing buttons on machines. And hey robots can do that for you too!
@@jonathanrashleigh8771 People probably had the same comment about blacksmiths back in day.
Your right - it takes patience and practice, but also the learning experience is transferable to other problem situations.
That would be sweet. Importantly it's the only readily available method here in Oz and NZ. Plus, when renovating old homes these skills are essential because nice new doors rarely fit into old misaligned homes.
Man I love those videos on a Saturday morning with a cup of coffee.
Keep them coming
“Yeah if you ask a question on every step” - every husband knows EXACTLY how Scott felt when he said it to Jess 😂😂 her comeback was top notch too!
I’ve been waiting for your how to hang a door for years now!
The "Kenny 3D Jigs" are pretty cool. Having the right tools defiantly makes for a great job. Showing the world the special tools and how to use them is worthy education, like when Gaston is showing the tools he supplies.
Think Kenny should meet Gaston.
Jess is me when I first got into carpentry. Asking questions, getting an answer, realizing I don't know enough to understand the answer, ask more questions, and keep going until the answer is "turtles all the way down". Scott is more patient than my teacher was :)
And some fun Scott impressions along the way. Always fun when somebody else knows you a bit too well.
Heavy Friedman vibe in this one. Keep them coming!
Some couples would not be able to do what Jess and Scott have shown us here. It would have ended in an argument etc.
I was in the 80’s my teachers were more about bullying, hitting and 95 percent verbal berating, all day being told how useless and worthless you were, it was worse in front of a customer that you liked.
I remember I discovered what being ‘close to death’ feels like, sort of euphoria actually when you’re chocked out and you really ’see stars’
All I learned I ‘stole’ figured out for myself, read books, technical college and F’ing up
Still learning yet maybe 35 yrs later, I’d never treat anyone that way, but it does irritate me the younger folks ‘expectations’ that you’ll just tell them everything and you sort of ‘owe them’
My skill and knowledge for what it is was hard earned.
@Raysways1 what do you mean?
New to the channel, subscribed because of Jess. Showed my wife. It's good to know we are not alone in our workings around the house.
I taught my wife a lot contruction/ carpentry skills years ago. Today, I would bet a beer, she could match skills with the best of them. Also, she could wire a house and basic plumbing. She was able to renovate a kitchen and bathroom. Last summer she installed flooring and baseboards all her self as I recovered from a stroke. Keep teaching your wife as I’m sure she can do it. Good luck Sir.
love the training session 😂😂 and Jess face when she realised you can buy the door already done 😊
Jess asking what the flat part is called is the thing I would do when learning something new.
And, as an aside, in development and design phases it's also why you should bring in people from outside your expertise, because they ask questions and see things you don't even consider.
Good memories, being told I was taking toooo... slow. This was followed by a demonstration from my estimed leader on door installation. There were many, many doors in this house, about a week later the owner comes up to me and tells me the leader told them I had installed all the doors, and there was a problem with one of them.
Well you can guess which one, I told them that my leader had installed that one so best they spoke with him.
Once they had left he comes up to me quite flustered but asking how we would fix it from jamming. Seizing this opportunity, like you would, I explained how important it was you did these jobs once, right., and now he had a problem as he had Gibbed around it etc. He's like "well, what do we do now" notice the 'we' which became singular after muttering that could I just fix it.
Doors were never discussed again.
Speaking of custom doors, yeah had one here where the frame and door had warped. Turns out it was a 'State House' special. Even the jambs were odd sized.
Nice. You should do more in depth tutorials on specific tasks like this. This video skews more towards educational in focus while still being entertaining. And getting an amateur to learn along with everyone (Jess) was a great touch. Serves as a great sanity check, since if Jess gets it, then you know the instruction is good and comprehensible. And Jess asks great questions that a beginner would like to know that a pro might not even think about, like what you would do if you didn't have a full workshop.
The byplay between Jess and Scott also adds great on screen chemistry and entertainment value. Very well done video! Particularly oustanding even among your ordinarily excellent content!
Ahhh, another SBC Saturday. My wife is a pharmacist, and there’s a local GP, Dr Scott Brown. Every time she sees one of his scripts she says to herself “It’s Scott Brown here!” The funny thing is, she doesn’t even watch the videos, she’s only ever heard me talking about them.
I don't know if Jess' reaction to hearing about pre-hung doors was genuine, or just great acting but I loved it.
Ha! She has great humor. 😂 The door looks precise and good. I can't wait to see the house once it is completed.
Loved this episode! It’s great to watch Jess learning new things. And I love the overalls! 😍
The pre hang was HILARIOUS
Jess' assessment of the difficulty of hanging a door is helpful to us novices because watching the pros do it so flawlessly every time makes it look easier than it is. And when I get around to doing it, at least I will know that it is bloody hard. BTW, I thought Jess' overalls were safety gear for easy visibility on the work site. It would def work. How can anyone overlook a sea of flowers in the middle of the yellow hi vis crowd.
One difference I do, is after marking the door hinge centres, then BEFORE I rout it, I clamp on the jamb and square the marks right across. That way, if one measurement or pencil mark is not quite right, at least it will be a perfect match for both door and jamb.
YEP ,done it for years this way as i dont trust my tape either , i never get it wrong this way , great epp as always.
First time I come across this channel and this woman makes the video 100 times more entertaining. She represent all of us who need things explained a couple of times before we get it.
Pleased to see Jess having a go at door hanging Scott,thanks for the latest exciting episode.👍👍
When I was taught to hang a doo rover 40 years ago the first job was to sharpen your chisels. Then you would sit astride the door, mark the hinges and chisel them out. You would drill the pilot holes with a hand drill and tighten the screws by hand, or if you were reckless, use a yankee screwdriver. None of these new fangled philips head screws either, slotted all the way. The lock was fun boring out the holes with a bib and brace.
How far technology has sped up this process is kind of amazing. We take battery powered hand-held routers for granted, but for some jobs nothing comes close.
I always hang a door with frame attached, as it comes from prehung. I always hang my own doors, and so loon as hinge side Is plumb, and you can just nail In. Or, adjust to PLUMB, using packers or fox wedges.
With new door, latch, then nail on door stops, so you get a perfect latch.
Where I come from 'bib and brace' is a type of overall with a 'bib' on the front over your chest, and what we use to bore holes is a 'brace and bit', the bit being the drill or often an auger. The brace is the large hand drill like a crank handle.
You told her to shush when she said it was wider at one end😂.
🤣🤣 Don't ever ever get rid of Jess. She's amazing and hilarious 🤣🤣
I'm liking the new thumbnails. Adds a bit of humor to it.
Hi Scott here in the UK we call the flap part is a leaf and the barrel is known as the knuckle
And in New Zealand as well.
In Scotland its barrel and leafs the knuckles are the segments on the barrel , normally 5 parts
Leaf, Knuckle, Pin. In Australia
I use a plasterboard trumper to hang door. Nae sure proper name of the lifter ats fit i call it in north east scotland
Not many people would know this here in the US but each hinge has 2 leaves each, leaf has knuckles and a pin holds the knuckles together to form the barrel. 3:27
Kudos to Scott, being the perfectionist that he is but also willing to teach on his own home. If Jess had ruined something he would have had to buy a new door or forever live there knowing that it wasn’t right. That for sure must have been the most stressful part.
Another great episode S&J......love the place, love your work.
7am Sunday morning, cup of coffee , toddler has her milk, and we sit watching Scott brown, could life be better?
I got some invaluable advice from on old carpenter about hanging doors that l would like to share with other RUclipsrs.
He told me its a lot easier to always start on the hinge side first.
As a soon to be mature age apprentice, absolutely love this type of video. So great guys!
That automatic center punch at 8:15 is awesome. Didn't know those existed - definitely getting one for the workshop.
Scotts passion for hanging doors is enchanting
As a beginner, I really appreciated this vid :)
The thumbnail cracks me up. What were you looking at? The camera is over here! 😂
I’ve hung many doors in my life and l have just learnt something that I didn’t know. That there is an angle on the edge of the door. Great video Scott, just goes to show, we can still keep learning.
In Aus they aren't. I usually manually put one on. Most chippies here won't though.
My favorite channel on RUclips. Love the content Scott 🤌
Really enjoyed the video, well done Jess , Love the new overalls 🥰
You two are friggin delightful!
Thank you for your generosity in sharing this wonderful and beautiful thing with us Although carpentry work is exhausting, it seems easy and beautiful to you I congratulate you on reaching this level in your life
What a great video. Thank you so much for taking the time to add value to the world!
The only thing that would make this episode better is if Scott had overalls to match Jess
Nop!
😂 Thanks for the imagery!
Those overalls that Jess wears are classic! 😀
He's need to get Ray a pair, covered in tulips of course...or cannabis leaves, whatever Tracy can sort out...
Awesome episode. In the London it's
Hinge knuckle and leafs
Door linning = head and two jambs, usually internal
Door frame = head and two jambs plus a cill usually exrernal
Door Lining out of 28 or 32mm material. Stops nailed on only.
Door Casing (old properties or external doors) 75mm thick material. (so 4x3 or 6x3) with stops rebated in.
Well done Jess for your perseverance & Scott for your patience.😎I love your garden overalls. The new pair looks cool too! 💐🍂🍁a great start to my Saturday.😎
From one Scott Brown to another, great job!🎉
Can we have more of "teaching Jess to do stuff" please? Absolutely brilliant
PLEASE bring back the merch if possible. My old shirt has seen the abuse of putting in too many doors ;( Love you guys!
I finished my apprenticeship, went off on my own for about a year then got out of carpentry and only been doing the odd job here and there for the last 5 years
Almost forgot how to hang a door haha, cheers!
Mostly just getting the gaps right etc. I could only briefly remember to add 3mm to the jam hinge
Have to confess I got a bit lost with how we got to 1989 and 1992. I loved this exciting episode.
That extra 3mm came from the floor not being level (9:00 - 9:24 in the video). The jamb on the knob side of the door needed to be 3mm longer. I hope this helps!
@@mrglsjr Thanks Greg that helps alot :-)
Jess is fantastic with the garden and the tools
Loved this, sat at work having lunch and thought, not watch scott for a while, one to see his newish how too, and jess involved, smashed it, and the very very end had me in stitches lol, pre hung are no fun lol
Please do more videos like this. Super useful
Great video Scott. For the rest of us, if you (or a friend) have access to a 3D printer there are lots of hinge jig designs available online.
Scott will need to do installing a pre hung door one now so he can go into detail on the shims and hardware install.
This is how we did it in Norway 60 years ago. We now have adjustable doorframe screws, and we put insulation in between the doorframe and the wall stud.
Scott is great, but Jess really makes this channel!
The old hinge leafs 3:16! Love the videos, keeps me passionate about my trade in a world of de-skilling!
Great episode, reminds me of having to hang 4 doors when I was working in Tonga 25+ years ago, no router so had to chisel the hinges in.
Enjoyed the Prehung door gag, for your next trick show Jess two piece jamb with Architraves pre installed, easy to set up for packing and a bit of expanding foam so they don't move.
Another tip, look for 'Jolt' screws, our painters love it when we use them.
Scott and Jess, squarespace.. all the things! Jess is great with you on camera Scott :) all I could use now is smoko time, for old time sake!
Great questions from Jess 👍
Scott, would recommend Jess document and film her gardening journey. My wife is starting a garden this summer and she enjoys Jess bits on the channel. Just a thought, but love the content here in Chicago, IL!
Super! I do need to learn this because I am about to hang a door. Carpentry and cooking are all basic life skills.
Fantastic episode. I feel like we've come full circle
Each to their own. I find it much easier to fit the jamb with the hinges already checked out, fixing it only on the hinge side. Then placing the door next to the hinge side, packed up enough for the right gaps then marking the hinges on the door. Check them out, hang the door and then fit off the rest of the jamb to the door
Awesome video! :) Funny that you put a tick on your mark. That indicates to me that i should be cutting on that side of the line. For a centre mark, i'd put a "C" on it.
Love Jess... her comments and commentary is hilarious! 😂
Thanks Jess and Scott. I’ve fumbled my way through hanging a couple of doors and certainly picked up a few tips out of that one. Have you done a video where you have to replace a door and the frame is already existing? I would like to see how you go about that. Cheers.
I like the way u used those two Japanese saws on the bottom edge of the jamb. Nice.
And the fact her first power tool, she said it, was the router. Omg. She’s a firecracker. Awesome build
Cools seeing jess involved and great choice in floral pattern.
Great video you guys are too much fun thank you thank you😊😊😊😊
I usually pull the exsiting door, use a square to transfer hinge locations to the new door. Especially on entry doors where you routinely have to trim the door slab to fit the opening.
Gotta love that floral onesie 😃 Go Jess!
Great fun, Jess👏👏
I love how Scott downplayed the danger of a handheld router. Of all the power tools I own, the router scares me the most. LOL
When I am measuring existing hinges I find it easier and more accurate to use a long strip of wood as a story pole and transfer the hinge markings to the strip of wood and then mark the door to be routed
G,day Scott and Jess from Sydney Australia.
Pro tip specials
* Often there is a sticker 'lock here' on hollow core doors.
* Add a diagonal brace, running past the jamb styles and head. This helps stand the jamb flush with the jib (drywall).
* Pre prime and paint the bottoms of the jamb and door. Even a spray can of primer undercoat will do.
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Great tips throughout the video!!
I have my grandparents front door that i received after they passed and their house was demolished. It is a solid cedar door. It is 20mm smaller than a standard door here in Aus. 2020mm is the door so i need to fiqure out hot to redo the jam to make it fit or extend the door by 20mm.
nice video. That hinge jig is pretty cool, with the vacuum attachment. way easier than having the vac hooked up to the router, which can be a bit clumsy moving it around and being able to see right down on the work.
That's what I was thinking when I designed it, my mate is in commercial and does hundreds of doors a day; much easier not to have to drag the hose around on the tool, safer too I reckon.
@@kyzenlanx nice, do you sell them? I bet once people saw that feature you'd do well.
I sometimes wish I couldn't hang a door! Mates are always asking me to 'just hang a couple of doors bud, won't take you long'....
A gift and a curse
@@smalljoel8335 Absolutely, great at times, and terrible when mates want fire doors hung on the third floor!!
Hate when mates do that
Not to be that guy but, always charge for your work. Your time and skills are worth something. Undervaluing ourselves is why Carpenters are so lowly paid
@@terrywing7229 you charge your mates? Would probably explain why you do don’t have many.
You know Jess would make such a good actor Scott, really mate, she would!
You might consider showing this video to a talent scout....
Loved this episode, you make a great team!
The flat bits of the hinge are called the leaf. Also im awfully jealous of new zealand having door wirh a leading edge already on them, seems like it would save a lot of time in the day
Also interesting that you use a butt joint on door frames as in the UK i was always taught to use a housing joint. Ive seen people use butt joints but imo the housing joint looks much nicer
This is perfect timing im putting some doors in soon for a wardrobe !
theres a recall on those 3m ear muffs that jess uses at 10:58
Thanks for letting me know! I went and got them replaced straight away 😊
When I grow up I want a woman who can wear an outfit like Jess’s. Sensational!
Edit: that woman at the market making this suits needs squarespace!!!
3:06 VERY important...nice catch Jess!
no rebate on the header...always a must
OH MY GOD I DIDN'T KNOW THEY CAME PRE-SLOPED! I've hated hanging doors for so long because it's always ended in plaining down different sides a million times. Most doors I've used probably would have fit straight from Bunnings had I just measured the slope lol.
It's interesting to see how different door installations are for the Anglo-American (and apparently Kiwi) vs central Europe. We tend to use matched (probably standardised) doors and frames. Often the frames come with a rubber gasket and you can just lift the door off its hinges for angle adjustments.