How To Install An Interior Door Without A Frame

Insert the lockset tailpieces through the latch bolt and screw the handles together by tightening the retaining screws.

How to install an interior door without a frame. My boyfriend and i are building a very low budget cabin. Remove the trim molding around the existing door on both sides of the wall with a pry bar. Avoid damage to the screws by using a hand screwdriver.

If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door. Nail the trim to the jamb and studs. Some blank doors have a specific swing direction.

Drive 6 finishing nails through the trim and into the studs behind the wall spacing the nails about 16 inches apart. Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges. We ve been looking for exterior doors and my thing is that if we buy one we might as well get one that is pre hung so we don t have to buy a frame.

He seems to think that we don t need a frame that we can just hang the door from the 2 x 4 frame. Screw the hinges to the door using one three quarter inch screw for each hole. Install a new door lock and door knob by inserting the latch through the hole for the new parts.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva shows a homeowner the proper way to install a pre hung interior door for a closet. Knock the pins out of the hinges with a nail set or punch and a hammer and lift the door out. Hold the door up at a 90 degree angle to the opening.

Installing the door frame that i made from the parts in the previous video. Neither of us have any experience building. Cut and install the trim on the second side of the door.