Steps to Hang a Door

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About That ADU Guy

Derek Sherrell is a real estate investor, ADU coach, and endurance athlete with 30 years experience in the building trade.

Derek’s videos are all about the process of making home ownership affordable using the ADU strategy. In these short clips, he explains how to get started and offers money-saving tips you can use. Over time, he’ll walk you through the steps of how to plan, design, finance, and build ADUs (also known as granny flats, guest homes, cottages, casitas, or in-law units)

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[GermanMejia-oh]

Why are you shimming behind the hinge?
Serious question.

I’ve seen and done both methods.

My go to at this point is to shim above and below the hinge - so as to not screw through the shim and compromise the integrity of the shim. Also, if and when that home settles or that door shifts for whatever reason(because they almost always do) I can tighten my hinge screws w/o a shim keeping me from pulling the panel ever so slightly.

[JCC]

I like the good old fashioned shim method 👍.
I've seen the metal clip method, not a fan clip method.

[brandon_duh]

Let’s be honest, the first you cut is the pants legs off your jeans 😂

But also thanks for this advice just hung my first door

[RM-lkso]

Your wrong.
The door NEEDS TO be flush with DRYWALL.
THE framers or the drywall guys make the door set. When it's time for trim it needs to be tight