Nails For Doors

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Nails for doors.

Nail each pair to the trimmer and cut off the ends with a utility knife so they don t protrude past the drywall. 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. Trim any exposed shims by scoring them with a knife and then breaking along the line. Cut and install the trim on the second side of the door.

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Cut off the protruding door shims with a fine tooth saw or a utility. Usually three or four sets of door shims evenly spaced along the jamb are plenty. To prevent splitting during this step avoid nailing 1 4 inch from the side edges and an inch from the edge of the moulding. Lift the door into the rough opening and push the hinge jamb tight against the shims tacked to the trimmers.

Drive 6 finishing nails through the trim and into the studs behind the wall spacing the nails about 16 inches apart. Shim and nail the latch side jamb shim behind the latch side jamb to make an even gap between the door and the jamb.