I have a problem installing an entry door, I hope you can help.
These prehung entry doors I'm sure you are aware require a flat and level threshold before the door goes in.
But in the garage where I am installing the door, the wall is 3/4 of an inch out from top to bottom.
The top of the door leans toward to outside.
The door that is in there now is flush up against the drywall, they followed the lean of the wall.
It looks like they screwed the top of the door directly to the top plate, no gap on top.
Here is the dilema, if I start out building up a new threshold for the new door and make sure it is level from side to side and is level from inside to outside(no pitch to the outside), then I anticipate problems if I flush the door jamb up to the drywall.
If the door leans to the outside at the top then the bottom of the door will not sit flat on the pressure treated lumber I install for the bottom of door to sit on.
The bottom of the door will want to pitch down to the outside.
I'm assuming that the built-in threshold on these doors cannot bear weight by themselves and have to be completely supported beneath.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me.
Should I install my support for the bottom of the door at a right angle to the wall?
Place a square along the wall and pitch my bottom support for the door square to the wall(up and down)?
These prehung entry doors I'm sure you are aware require a flat and level threshold before the door goes in.
But in the garage where I am installing the door, the wall is 3/4 of an inch out from top to bottom.
The top of the door leans toward to outside.
The door that is in there now is flush up against the drywall, they followed the lean of the wall.
It looks like they screwed the top of the door directly to the top plate, no gap on top.
Here is the dilema, if I start out building up a new threshold for the new door and make sure it is level from side to side and is level from inside to outside(no pitch to the outside), then I anticipate problems if I flush the door jamb up to the drywall.
If the door leans to the outside at the top then the bottom of the door will not sit flat on the pressure treated lumber I install for the bottom of door to sit on.
The bottom of the door will want to pitch down to the outside.
I'm assuming that the built-in threshold on these doors cannot bear weight by themselves and have to be completely supported beneath.
Does anyone have any advice they can give me.
Should I install my support for the bottom of the door at a right angle to the wall?
Place a square along the wall and pitch my bottom support for the door square to the wall(up and down)?