How to Recreate the Look of an Antique Closet Door | Ask This Old House
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2019
- Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva travels to Pittsburgh to replace a bi-fold closet door with one that is more appropriate for the house
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Time: 6-8 hours
Cost: $800
Skill Level: Moderate
Tools List for Replacing a Closet Door:
Drill
Miter saw
Level
Measuring tape
Screwdriver
Shopping List:
Pre-hung door
Reproduction door hardware
2x4 studs
Framing screws
Shims
Steps:
1. Start by removing the old door from the closet opening.
2. Measure the width of the door opening and order a door that size or smaller, to make it easier.
3. Cut the 2x4 studs to length and then secure them to the sides of the door opening using framing screws and the drill. Use additional 2x4s or rip down additional stock as needed until the opening is roughly 2” wider than the width of the door.
4. Check the opening for level at the top and plumb on both sides. If it’s slightly off plumb on the sides, that can be corrected with shims.
5. To make sure the header stays level, hold the level at about eye level and make two reference marks on both sides of the rough opening.
6. Measure from the reference mark to the header on both sides of the opening. Transfer the measurement of the shorter side to both sides of the jamb on the pre-hung door. This will make the door level.
7. To get the correct height for the jamb, measure from the reference lines on the rough opening down to the floor on both sides. Then, measure from the reference line on the jamb to the bottom of the jamb. If the jamb is longer than the measurement from the opening, it will need to be cut.
8. Cut the jamb to length based on the reference measurements.
9. The door may also need to be cut down slightly to allow the door to swing properly.
10. Remove the door from the jamb.
11. Hold the jamb into the rough opening and line up the reference marks from the jamb and the rough opening. Be sure that the edge of the jamb is flush with the face of the wall.
12. Slide shims behind the door jamb on the hinge side so that it has a roughly even gap as the other side of the jamb.
13. Predrill some holes in the jamb and the rough opening. Then, secure the jamb to the opening with framing screws.
14. Hold the level against the edge of the jamb just screwed into the opening. Once the level is plumb, pull the jamb out as much as necessary to meet the level, add shims behind the jamb to hold it in that position, and screw it into the rough opening the same way as before.
15. Rehang the door in the jamb to check how it swings before securing the rest of the jamb.
16. Secure the striker side of the jamb to the rough opening using the same method.
17. To even out the gap between the door and the jamb, add shims to the middle of each side of the gap between the jamb and the rough opening. This should push the jamb inwards, closer to the door. Secure those shims with screws.
18. Install the reproduction door hardware to the door using a screwdriver and the pieces that come with the hardware.
19. Add a door casing to the outside of the door frame to give it a finished look.
Resources:
The 5 raised panel pre-hung door Tom installed is manufactured by JB Sash & Door (www.jbsash.com/). The reproduction hardware Tom used is a Putnam Classic Interior Door Knob set in oil-rubbed bronze, manufactured by Rejuvenation (www.rejuvenation.com/).
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How to Recreate the Look of an Antique Closet Door | Ask This Old House
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Love the older style doors. They look so much better then Modern doors.
Tommy is the master! Can’t believe he was in Pittsburgh and I missed it
Absolutely the best way to swing a door. Thanks Tom!
So funny when used that Ratcheting Screwdriver Tommy makes everything look so easy lol
Tommy is incredibly great with doors and windows. I've watched him tackle many over the years. He makes it appear so easy which shows his many years of experience - he's made a science out of it.
I love that you explain everything. Really helpful.
I like closet door openings to be big but I guess they were trying to match the size of the other doors in the room. Really enjoy watching Tom and how he explains things.
That man is agreeing with Tom on everything, but he really has no ideal what Tom is talking about, and neither do I, but you can bet Tom knows exactly what he's talking about, Tom 100% knows his craft, I absolutely love this show, and all of the experts...period!!!
Hi Tommy, you are just the best!
Always learn by watching these videos
Another awesome door project by Tommy.
Man, I love you guys.
This is very helpful
You guys in the US are so lucky to be able to so easily get doors that are prehung
And you can just go to your local Home Depot or wherever and pick them up!
In the 🇬🇧 it’s much much harder. You don’t know how lucky you are.
Its better to build your own anyways. I have a lowes about 5 minutes from the job and we still build everything we can!
@@mattyoung1321 - And also, you can hide your screws behind the stop, instead of sticking them in some randoml visible part of the jamb.
Chernobyl could have been avoided if Tom was there during the design phase.
That's not true, but I got what you mean!
Are you live in east europe one day?
Thank you for this.
I’ve hung more doors than I’d care to, this is a great video for that!
Tommy rockin the fancy countersunk torx screws. Sure beats my "can o' random screws" in the garage.
Yeah...deck screws are the way to go. Never use drywall screws for anything but drywall
Hes using a thousand dollar drill. What do you expect lol.
I used deck screws for just about everything. no more nasty phillips heads and brittleness of drywall screws
I installed a new front door at my girlfriends parents house and used the exact same screws haha
Those screws are expensive but well worth it I think.
such a nice guy tom
Ok i see that the whole measuring and cutting part just went over some people's heads so I broke down what he did.
The door doesn't fit in the hole and we need to see where to cut it so that it sits level and operates perfectly.
He measures the opening ABOVE the line
OPENING:
L SIDE=19-5/8 R SIDE=19-15/16
He goes with 19-5/8 because its the smaller measurement which he transfers to both sides of the new door.
The difference will leave an uneven gap around the door but we can cover it up with trim.
here's the tricky part
Measuring DOWN
OPENING:
L SIDE=60-3/8 R SIDE= 61-1/8
the right side is longer by 3/4
he checks the new door, measuring DOWN
NEW DOOR
L SIDE= 61-1/8 R SIDE=61-1/8
RIGHT SIDE of new DOOR will fit just fine but the LEFT SIDE doesn't match the LEFT SIDE of the OPENING so we need to cut it by 3/4
Freakin brilliant, reference lines.
Way better than the last door video.
Tommy is a stud!
2 full and 2 partial 2x4s closing in the opening; I get wanting doors to match width wise but I would have put a wider door in. I’ve never known anyone to say a door is too wide; I have known people, especially movers, who have said they wish the door was wider though.
And their it is sorted, nice job 👍
Nice video
when the opening is so unlevel , in this case 3/4", I always cut the door so when it's closed the space is equal across. the way Tom did it, he will have a larger space on the latch side than the hinge side. use at least 1 long screw into the framing on each hinge leaf too as those prehung screws are very short... and you have a heavy door
TOM THE MAN
Steve sure has a pro looking toolbelt and some snazzy tools, all the gear no idea.
Steven Dolman buahaha that’s what I said . Useless munk 😂
Brilliant
Simple ratchet screwdriver with multiple bits is a useful tool, if you can find one with a light even better.
Good job on the clusset!
This guy wearing a full blown carpenters belt setup but can't hang a prehung door without calling in the 🐐
I recently seen the episode of what is it on ask this old house and it was kind of like a camera that you attached to your smartphone and it took a complete picture of the whole house and it told the complete square footage of the house and told me for example if you was painting the house how many cans of paint you need and I was wanting to know what do you call it because I am looking for one
I thought I was the only right handed person using a left side blade circular saw.
9:32 uv got a great knob
How cute the owner has a tool belt too
What I always do these days after shimming and squaring is to put in low volume expanding foam (specifically for doors and windows) in the gaps between the frame and the rough opening
I know some will say “waste of time” or “that’s a waste” - but trust me, if you do it the door becomes so solid and when the door closes it feels much more expensive. It also spreads the load from the screws
Try it 🙂
That's pretty much the standard where I live; PU foam.
For an exterior door yea, but a interior closet door? Its a bit over kill
Unless you use the wrong foam or too much of it and it expands so much that it bows the jam and the door no longer fits. A friend told me that can happen.
@@MrEazyE357 firstly, if you use the wrong foam that’s your fault 🤷🏻♂️
Secondly, I always brace the jambs with 3 bits of timber to ensure this can’t happen
Never had an issue.
Thanks for the information. This has always been a Great show. Can you please use metric units for measurements.
metric? lol.... still waiting I see...
Them putting in this door is the common core of construction. ....
WELCOME TO PITTSBURGH "TOMMY" !!! ......
Mmmmmm, plumb jam.
how to recreate the look of an antique door...... buy a similar door.
yeah, I was hoping for some tips and making alterations to a door to reporduce it. I mean Tom has the ability, why not build a door and teach us something?
@@pizzaivlife Cost and time, as someone who has actually built doors like that, it takes a day or 2 to get the thing done up, the level of detail seen also is an embossed slat for the center portion, that cannot be done with a router as easily.
All in all while it can be done, it's just easier to buy the door since it's still being made today.
Sterling O'Deaghaidh Norm would've built a new door lol.
The trouble with using a salvaged door is that it will probably have lead paint on it.
Yeah. Big let-down.
What year is the house? Am I missing it?
I would use a standard front steel door.
yeah that would look great, lol...
10:48 Tom just made it home and pulled into the driveway - then he got the call - Tom I'm stuck! I'm taking you up on your offer.
Tommy can do a lot of things. Putting his belt through every belt loop is not one of them
Thanks.. you all must have known I was installing a closet door. 😀
Should have gotten a bigger door and kept the original opening.
Travis B That’s what the homeowner said he wanted
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This should be called "How to hang a door" Useful video, but misleading title.
Agree. They have a hard time naming the videos correctly. I always find what I am looking for when not looking for it.
Yeah, the answer to the title "How to Recreate the Look of an Antique Closet Door" was "Buy a new one".
5:26 'muricaaaaa!!!!!!
Must feel weird to you as a European, whose continent is disappearing before their eyes, to see such patriotism still alive out there.
@@cup_and_cone yeah. Very weird.
“Doour”
Whats the brand of the drill?
Older Festool
Yep, Festool
Wish Tommy was my neighbor
The jamb is off jus a lil bit, so jus do a lil bit of shimmying jus a lil bit a lil but of this a lil bit of that that's my 50 Cent Remix
I do not know his name but I love to watched all your videos. I just had a broken pipe in my house I have lost a lot, how I wish you can came with your crew to help me restore my house. Please Help me!
He forgot to do the drywall around the door.
I dunno about the door but they certainly created the look of an antique carpenter.
why Tom always leaves his jobs halfway and you never finish them. He works for free.?
iv seen lots of vids of him putting doors on
Tom looks like someone that has a short fuse and lose his temper
Tommy is amazing, but when he's hanging doors he's so hung up on shims. A while door jam hanging on six screws with enormous gaps is not the way I think.
greetings to tha man brown shirt....whats your name ?
When are you guys gonna come by my house? I have some things I need help with.
regular screws...jeez
His level line is off about 1/8 of an inch because when he mark the stud the pencil was on the level, he should have stand the pencil up more so the lead would be directly on the level to mark the stud 3:31
yeah, i seen that
Homepros NYC if he held the pencil the same way for each side,it doesn’t matter,it will still be level
Maybe I'm just slow but I could not follow all of the machinations around leveling and measuring and drawing lines on the framing and cutting the jamb. It really wasn't very well explained. Very confusing.
ab348 that’s only because you have no experience at all probably. I’m not sure a simple video can give enough detail for someone who’s never had any experience at all. But I could have totally misread you and apologies if I did.
I'm assuming you've never done anything like this, right? It was actually pretty easy to follow and was a great way to do things.
it revolves around the level reference line drawn, and doing measurements off that to determine how much to cut off the higher sitting jamb, so the door frame sits level on the floor.. there are other ways to do it, such as sticking the frame in and shiimming it level, then measuring the gap on the shimmed side and cutting it off the other leg. his way is less labour intensive though.
@@chrisburns5691 I know from reading @DrPepperJunior 's comment below as to why he did it this way. The floor was 3/4" lower on the right than the left edge. The top of the opening was slightly out of level as well. But having watched this video at least a half-dozen times I still can't understand Tom's rationale. He just did not explain it in a way that made any sense to me. The upward measurement he made just seemed to get ignored. The downward measurement revealed the 3/4" variance of the floor. Couldn't he have just measured the sides of the opening and the new jamb and figured it out much more easily?
Diddleing the hardware can lead to things like, hairy palms, blindness and male pattern baldness. Never diddle the hardware unless using the skilled hands of a licensed technician.
scotts interested
maria laporte tested
greg has contested
i was worried this old man passed away as i dont see him in recent videos. phew.
Why did you cut the bottom of the door? now you have at least a 1/2 inch gap in the top.
The floor was 3/4in higher on one side of the opening. You have to trim the jamb or the door frame will be out of square and the door wont function. You also have to have clearance above the carpet for the door to open.
why would there be a 1/2 gap at the top if you cut the bottom of the door? hinges didn't move during that time, lol..
AACK! I can't believe you're in Pittsburgh and didn't go over to Construction Junction to get a period door. They have old doors by the dozens! I love you guys, but this one made me sad.
Hi! I told the producers about Construction Junction, but for the time frame to film the segment using an old door wasn’t an option (due to stripping the paint, building out new jambs, repairing damaged portions of the door, etc). Plus many viewers may not have the access to a place like Construction Junction in their area.
Totally confused with the measurements. Put the thing in the hole and call it a day
You're not too bright, huh? If I had to choose between you and Tom to hang a door, guess who I'd pick?
jeff kokazinsxi
on the level lewinski
bills black diamonds ski
Tommy screwed it again lol
How to Recreate the Look of an Antique Closet Door: Hope they still make the same door in prehung format.
when you order a door the wrong size...
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Do it the easy way use easy door hangers, done in 10 minutes
How to recreate the look of an antique door? Just go buy one, ya dangus.
Angry grandpa would smash that door.
So true
Sad
R.I.P.
Who is angry grandpa?
RIP to a real internet legend
It's amazing how quickly Tom can do math with fractional inches.
19" 5/8 - 19" 15/16 it's about 5/16th of an inch higher.
Any European would be lost in the calculation.
First of all, there is no practical need of using these retarded units. You are making it complicated without a reason.
Its hot that hard. 5/8ths is equal to 10/16ths. So 15/16ths minus 10/16ths is 5/16ths.
Why does everyone paint wood white? So much white. It's ugly.
That was drawn out.
Bye-bye bi-fold doors.
how to recreate the look ? Go buy it . DUH!
what a shitty way to do it
"How to Recreate the Look of an Antique Closet Door?" It seems from this video that the answer is "Buy one". Definitely makes the title of this video totally bogus and click-baity.
Should've just been called "How to hang an interior door and jamb". Was brilliant for that.
Us professionals put the mounting screws under the stop and through the hinge. Why is the something sloppy about every video this guy does?
@brianohbrian burns then use a finish screw or finish nails or predrill and plug. Either way, exposed screws aren't ok nor period correct as he asked.
burns bullshit. Was not countersink for fill. Not that hard to professional. Just because it's a closet doesn't make sloppy ok.
@brianohbrian burns using a countersink and actually sinking the screw are two different things. I am aware that there are more than one way to do things that's why I offered more than one solution. Keep defending sloppy work. I'll keep making money fixing your mistakes.
that door is made out of fur??? I dont think the animal rights people will appreciate that 😒
Too much work for 1 door ... jeezzz