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.

Nails for doors.

Nail the head moulding piece to the door jamb with trim nails. Cut off the protruding door shims with a fine tooth saw or a utility. Cut and install the trim on the second side of the door. Nail the trim to the jamb and studs.

Shim and nail the latch side jamb shim behind the latch side jamb to make an even gap between the door and the jamb. Usually three or four sets of door shims evenly spaced along the jamb are plenty. 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. Fit door into opening david carmack.

Drive two finish nails into each set of shims to hold the jamb in place. Trim any exposed shims by scoring them with a knife and then breaking along the line. Since 2002 we have been your trusted online source for wrought iron hardware and old world style hardware. Lift the door into the rough opening and push the hinge jamb tight against the shims tacked to the trimmers.

Use 3d or 4d nails every 12 inches along the bottom and 6d or 8d nails along the top of the moulding piece. 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.