Installing Door Frame Trim

Calculate the head length step 4.

Installing door frame trim.

This is where you ll cut the leg. If the casing is to meet with. Cut the side trim to length. Cut all the base extra long rough cut all the baseboards about 2 in.

Always start with the side where the door will attach to the hinges. But while it minimizes. Make the cuts step 5. If the trim is long measure up from the bottom to mark how much length needs to be removed.

You can fasten them loosely in case you need to slide a. The trim around a door frame also known as doorway casing is installed first and foremost to conceal unsightly construction gaps left between the frame and the drywall. Line up the side pieces of trim against the door. Calculate the side length step 3.

Check how the leg meets. Cut and install the trim on the second side of the door. Steps for installing door trim once you ve marked the reveal hold a casing leg in place with its edge on your pencil marks. Trim any exposed shims by scoring them with a knife and then breaking along the line.

Prepare to install door trim step 2. Collated finishing nails step 1. Nail the cap and shoe. Drive 6 finishing nails through the trim and into the studs behind the wall spacing the nails about 16 inches apart.

Nail up the large base photo 13. Cut the bottoms of the side trim pieces evenly so they match and fit on the door frame. Nail the trim to the jamb and studs. Once you re happy with that mark where the reveal on the jamb head meets the leg.