Video: Using Shims on a Door Frame

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Wood composite shims are used to keep the door frame from bowing. Learn how to use door shims to plumb your door frame in this free home improvement video.

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Hi, this is Jon and in this clip we'll be using shims. When using shims, I always recommend using the engineered wood composite shims, and they're less likely to split and break and they're not going to break down over time, and they're not going to swell or warp if the weather is humid. Now since the hinged side of our door is tight up against our house framing, we did not need to use any shims, especially since our house framing was plum, we just tapped that door right up to our house framing, and we have our one side that is plum. Now the other side of our door does have a gap, so we're going to need to put some shims in here before we can put a screw in, otherwise it'll pull that door out of plum. Now what I'm going to do is just take a few shims and I'm going to stack them together and put them in my opening, and I'm just going to move them in there until they're tight, but not so tight that they're causing my door frame to bow in. Once I have my shims in place, I'm just going to put in a screw just to hold it. As you work your way around with the shims, you always want to double and triple check to make sure that your door is plum, and also check the top to make sure that it is level. And just continue putting in screws. About three or four on each side should be sufficient. Make sure when you're finished you break off any excess shims so that when you reinstall the trim you're not going to have any problems.

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Using Shims on a Door Frame

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