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Verify Strong Installation

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What makes a door installation strong 💪 #doors #carpentry #learn

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What happens here

After installing the door using the recommended shimming and long screw techniques, the door will be significantly more robust. The video demonstrates this by showing how a door secured with long screws into the framing resists being pulled or compressed, compared to one only nailed or using short screws into the casing, which fails easily. The strong installation prevents the door from sagging over time and greatly enhances its security against forces that would otherwise cause the jamb or strike plate to break away from the wall.

Goal: Ensure the door installation is strong, secure, and resistant to common failure points.

Tools and materials

  • Installed Door N/A — The completed project to be tested
  • Sandbags — Demonstrating door strength (for testing purposes only)

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framing. If you install short screws that only penetrate the casing, here's a door with screws in the framing, and here's a door that does not. You can see how the deadbolt busted right through the jamb. Thanks for watching.

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