Heavy Oak Door Installation...
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Installed this heavy and expensive Norfolk oak door this week.
Total concentration is required, as the fall-back position post mistake is shelling out £400 for a new door. But despite the weight, it all went not too bad.
And this finely crafted oak door, really enhanced the outlying village cottage...
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Hi, love watching tradesmen work. I’m a 71 year old carpenter still working and it’s always surprised me how many ways there are to do the same job and no way would I criticise another tradesman as long as the finished job is good. Fitted two fire doors (blanks) the other day and yes they’re a struggle weight wise but just about doable on your own. Call me old fashioned (maybe just slow off the mark) but I only got a Lock jig (soubre) around 10 years ago ! What a game changer that was for me. I try and use all battery powered tools now although not always as things like joints on worktops for me are better with a more powerful corded router. I always use an impact on the screws and never had a problem as long as you predrill to the correct depth and diameter. Some hinges come with totally crap Chinese screws that are better off binned in which case I use my own to eliminate any snapping off. I’ve always found fitting the hinges to the prepared door first then offering that up to the frame makes it easier for me but as I say ..so many ways to do the same job and as long as it works for you and the customers happy (and pays). Just subscribed. 👍
Hi Pete,
Thanks for your considered comments. Always great to hear how others do the job. I've learnt from UA-cam so, want to give back. As I'm self taught I am insecure about my work at times, but I've made a reasonable living for 13 years now, so I'm not a complete charlatan...😁
It looks like we’re about the same age group so I hope you won’t get offended. I’m a carpenter myself so a couple of little tips, take them as you will. Remove your pouch while manhandling doors you’d be surprised how easy it is to scratch them up. I see you predrilled your screws which I know you have to with any kind of hardwood, but I was told to use a drill driver when installing the screws in the hinges, you have far more control than an impact driver and they can still snap the screws off. Keep up the great work 😊
@jimrowland8310 Hi Jim,
Thanks for the comments, take your point ref the impact driver, and pouch. Do you hang fire doors, I've stopped doing them due to the weight?
Totally agree with your comment about the impact driver, I think they are far over used. I always use drill driver and make use of the torque control settings.
My impact driver has 4 different settings so no problem for screwing hinges
@@can-be-askedhandymanproper3015 I haven't done one for a while, they kill blades for fun. Luckily the place I do maintainance on has them all done.
I use a fence on my router set to the width of the hinge that’s going on the door , Keep up the great work , Graham
Wha5 strikes me is that English carpenters screw the hinges into the frame and then to screw the door hinge recess. We never do that in Holland.
We take out the pin and screw one blade into the frame and the other into the door.
Then we hang the door in and tap the pins in. Ready.
Greetings from a retired carpenter from Holland
Very interesting Reinier, thanks for your comments...
No carpenters do that here (UK). A carpenter screws the hinge to the door and then offers the door with hinge to the frame for fitting.
Yep. Some DO actually do it that way in the UK. Many ways to skin a cat!
I don’t myself But I do if I’m simply taking a door off to trim the bottom. The client may have had new carpet laid for instance.
@@eldoradocraftsman3733 no proper, time served carpenters do it that way.
I use a rod or story rod, hinge rod. A straight piece of inch and a half. Mark it from the casing/frame/standard and transfer to the door. Less lifting etc. From Glasgow, Scotland. Great job, though. 👍
liked and subscribed, brilliant video - as a trainee carpenter it was very informative
@connorbarlow-g7q Thanks Connor, what sort of jobs do they have you doing?
Looks great, fantastic job 👍😎
thanks fellow PB
I find level clamping 2"x1" offcuts either side of the door makes routing hinge recess much easier/safer.
Great tip, thanks for that...
The Sauber mortice jig is a great tool for the motices, I have found to make life easier and quicker having marked out the mortice, is to take the bulk of the material out with a spade bit, they are a lot cheaper to replace than the sauber cutters. I then use the jig to finalise the work. Just a friendly tip from a fellow chippie. Good job, looks great and will last.
@andymlewis Fantastic tip. I should've done that. Although would've been cacking myself to keep it straight. Also, I've had it plunging out of true, sort of leaning in 3⁰, and had to undo it and pull it back true. Have you had this?
Thanks for the comments Andy...
@@can-be-askedhandymanproper3015 your'e on a 44mm door there, an 18mm spade bit or even a 12mm spade bit would do to remove a chunk of material. Sauber also say 2000 rpm for the cutter head, no battery drill spins that fast so a cheap electric drill will work wonders. I bought the cheapest one I could from screwfix. I only use it for that. I agree the cutteres really dont like kiln dried oak.
For one door I wouldn't of bothered with one of those lock jigs and was wondering why you screw the hinge on the door to knife along the grain, just use a marking gauge that way all 3 hinges will be set in the same depth off the edge of the door
I wonder if you fitted a similar internal door from howdens that looks the same finnshed with a quality sealer how long it would last. Great job
Make yourself a hinge jig up much quicker
Thanks for that Kevin...👍
I bet you were ready for a pint after that!
I certainly was Richard. Thanks for your comment. Would you mind subscribing please?
@@can-be-askedhandymanproper3015 I already am ;)
Looks great, fantastic job 👍😎
You made a real meal of that! All the gear....
@MartinBishop-e3f Some minds are large, and some are small...