How To Trim Around A Garage Door

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How to trim around a garage door.

Measure the inside dimensions of the garage door jamb horizontally across the top and vertically along both sides. Use the tape measure to measure the sides of the garage. This will determine how long your trim will need to be. Use a hack saw to cut the trim to the length you need.

Measure from notch in ends garage head mantle down to garage floor check to see if there is a pitch to floor and mark and cut to length accordingly. How to redo rotten trim around a garage door 1. Insert the tip and repeat prying to continue. Insert the tip of a flat crowbar under the trim.

Cut the first miter on the head moulding piece. Measure from the bottom of the garage up to the trim along the top of the garage door s header. Make a mark before you cut another 45 degree miter with the power miter. Install head mantle piece first up tight to header level then nail in every other hole with 1 roofing nails in vinyl nailing flange.

Tap on the back of it with a hammer to drive the tip in as far as. Remove the old jamb and trim then nail the vinyl jamb to the frame beginning with the top piece. Precut the miters on the top piece of brick mold trim and nail it to the framing every 12 in. Pull out the crowbar and move it 24 inches to the left or right.

The project will take a little longer the first time you do it but you ll be trimming out doors like a pro in no time. Grab the trim. Fasten every 12 to 16 in. Use this measurement to transfer to the vinyl door trim and then cut them to the correct size as you did in step 3.

If you are adding trim to other parts of the door cut those pieces out as well. Nail the head moulding piece to the door jamb with trim nails. Use 6d casing nails for the stop molding nailing it at the premarked points on the trim. The family handyman senior editor travis larson will show you how to trim a door in about 10 minutes per side.

Step 3 position the weather stripping and trim above the garage. Then measure the length of the moulding from the inside point of the miter you just cut to the desired length.