How to Frame a New, Internal Door

Sometimes remodelling requires new openings and new doors.

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[stuartbromley]

This bloke is great. Really good stuff. Doing a great service for UK DIYers

[andymartin]

There should be a video like this every Sunday. Its almost a part of weekly life now watching DIY on a Sunday morning

[andyc]

This is peak Proper DIY, great quality content, a little humour, top tips, relevant safety advice all resulting in a great end result that enables others to feel confident attempting the same project !
Cheers, Stuart !

[JsR-and]

I use the magnet trick as well but instead of just rubbing the magnet on the wall surface I put a piece of greaseproof paper between it and the wall to avoid marking the wall. I HATE PAINTING.
Love your videos - practical and great presentation.

[xdil]

Excellent work sir. We’ve come a long way with the art of fitting doors, thanks to the development of power tools . Harkening back to when I started work back in the late 60s, it was a regular sight to see a joiner fit a door with the add of a hand axe. Only doing the final fitting with a hand plane . I’d don’t know it makes me sounds like I was born in the Victorian era . 😂. Kind regards as always 👍

[Crazy_Dave]

Stuart, your video's are top notch and perfectly edited with clear and thorough explanation of what you're doing, they're excellent for learning from with truly trustworthy content. Well done sire.

[bogsdolics]

Hi Stuart another great video, I was told by a joiner, put three parts of the barrel of the hinge on the frame and the two on the door to help stop squeaking later on, keep up the good work, G.

[olson.pamela]

Enjoyed the way Stuart can do these projects so elegantly. I would have smashed out the entire wall of sheetrock. I do have some vintage solid oak doors I am going to be hanging. I'll need to create new door frames because the old frames are flimsy mahogany veneer. The doors weigh a good 40 lbs. In the US they do not sell separate door frames or linings. So I will have to make my own. I have done this once before and did an ok job. My prior experience was hanging doors on my chicken coop. ugh those doors were hung very amateur. I learned a lot doing that. The chickens didn't comment.

[siaddersl]

Been watching your videos for some time now, just subscribed and as others have mentioned great timing, this week I will mainly be building a doorway into an existing wall 😊😊😊

[trig]

Pro trick: Turn of the power at the breaker when ever working on a wall with power sockets in it. Remove the double socket cover and you can see if the feed cables go up, down and regrettably sometimes left or right.

[peterfitzpatrick]

I like to sit the (cut-down) door into the lining gap (shimming it to position) and mark BOTH door and lining for hinges at the same time to ensure they line up a 100% .

I also use a small cordless router and a homemade template to rout out the hinge pockets... it makes it really easy especially for the lining pockets... and even better if you have multiple doors to hang, I have 10 of 'em to hang here... 😕
Great vid as always, mate !...

😎👍☘️🍻

[samrix]

What did you end up doing with the electrical in the end?

[StrawbyteWorkshop]

Great video. I've had to move a door and followed a very similar approach, retaining the door rather than salvaging the lining and trying to patch and fill. Cheers. K.

[johnm]

Routing those hinges rebates without a jig. Skilz Stuart! Great video. ❤

Only extra tip would be to place the fixing screws so they are covered by the door stops.

[markhannan]

You can get internal door casings with the rebate cut into them but not as easy to fit as a door lining . Love your videos

[HighDollar]

Thanks for making this video. Im leaning towards buying a used door, non pre-hung, for a room that im framing in my basement in order to save money. Ive learned some things in here that will definitely be of help. Respect from Wisconsin, USA

[wez]

This is really interesting, loads of info, I feel like I could tackle this project after watching this, a part 2 would be nice, see the finished product.

[craigbuckley]

Very good video, I've learned a lot and picked up a lot of new ideas. Many thanks, keep up the great work and the great videos💯👍

[terrytopliss]

Great video Stuart, plenty of information and tips and some humour. Thanks for the video.👍👍

[stevethorndale]

Great job as always, I have a recommendation for you. When using a router for door hinges, the job can be made easier with a trend corner chisel. I bought one a while back, so good😊