Door installation in Gladstone, Or

Bragg Construction and Remodeling provides Professional Carpenters and Craftsmen.  We have been a family owned business for over thirty years.  We have completed hundreds of door installations in the Portland area.  We service Gladstone to Portland.  The door opening shown here needed several modifications.   These modifications, while complex, are well within the skill set of a Master Carpenter.  Here is a picture of the old door.  After the old door is set aside work begins on leveling the sill so that the door can sit on a solid base.  framing and a piece of cedar are glued, shimmed and screwed to the framing.

old exterior door needing to be replaced in gladstone oregon

Old Exterior Door

prepping the sill by reframing and leveling

Prepping the sill by re-framing and leveling

A unique trim application was planned to accommodate the wacky framing of this old house.  The next 3 photos show all the various cutting that had to happen to fit the new door to this old house.  The vinyl siding was cut back so that the exterior trim would set flush. The old sub siding was cut back and the header trimmed to make way for the taller door.  The framing on the side of the opening had to be shaved the length of the stud so that the opening would be wide enough for the new door.  There is a reason Carpenters are sometimes called wood butchers.

cutting back the vinyl siding to prepare the opening

Cutting back the vinyl siding to prepare the opening

cutting back the subsiding allow for a taller door

Cutting back the subsiding allows for a taller door

Shaving the framing wall stud to make the door frame wider

Shaving the framing wall stud to make the door frame wider

The door was hung, “plumb, level and square,” key to any proper door installation.  Stainless steel screws, nails, glue, caulk and shims are all used to insure that the door is solid and weather tight.  The excess shims are trimmed. A custom tapered sill support is cut, fitted, caulked and nailed. The next 3 pictures show the factory trim flush to the vinyl siding. A creative remedy to this is to add a 1×4 flat casing  with a nice looking reveal. This trim covers the vinyl, fits nicely to the factory trim and completes the weather tight seal of the door.

Finishing the hanging by trimming away the excess shims

Finishing the hanging by trimming away the excess shims

building a custom tapered cedar sill support

Building a custom tapered cedar sill support

factory trim landing flush to the vinyl siding

Factory trim landing flush to the vinyl siding

cedar 1x4 flat casing to trim out the extrior

Cedar 1×4 flat casing to trim out the exterior

completed exterior cedar trim

Completed exterior cedar trim

1 x 3 flat trim is added to the inside. Brand new hardware is installed. The site is cleaned, and the old door recycled for garden art.  Another happy customer.  This old house with a brand new perfect door.

interior trim 1x3 flat casing

Interior trim 1×3 flat casing

jam extension 1x3 flat trim and brand new hardware

Jam extension 1×3 flat trim and brand new hardware

Completed door exterior with clean up job site by Bragg Construction

Completed door exterior with clean up job site by Bragg Construction