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Place the door in the opening. Block the door in place with proper clearances all around. Then mark the
location of the door hinges on the jamb. Remove the door from the opening and rout or chisel the jamb
to the thickness of the hinge half. Install the hinge halves on the jamb.

Setting hinges on the door and jamb will require about an hour if you’re using hand tools. If a router and
door jig are available, reduce that time by about half.

Place the door in the opening and insert the hinge pins. Plumb and fasten the hinge side of the frame
first. Drive shingle wedge sets between the side jamb and the rough door buck to plumb the jamb. Place
a wedge set opposite the latch, each hinge and at intermediate locations. Nail the jamb with pairs of 8d
nails at each wedge. Then fasten the opposite jamb the same way. When the door jamb is secure, cut
off the shingle wedges flush with the wall. Allow about a half hour to set the door and jamb in the frame
and nail the assembly in place.

Door Locksets
Many doors come pre-bored for the lockset. There are four types of locksets:
1. Decorative entry keyed locksets;
2. Common keyed locks;
3. Privacy locksets with an inside lock button and a safety slot that allows opening from the outside;
and
4. Passage latch sets with no lock.
There are also dummy knobs that merely attach to the face of the door.

After the lockset has been installed, mark the location of the latch on the jamb. Do this with the door
nearly closed. Then mark an outline for the strike plate at this position. Rout the jamb so the strike plate
will be flush with the face of the jamb. See Figure 9-11. Installing the lockset and setting the strike will
take about 15 minutes, assuming the door is already bored for a lockset. If you have to drill the door for
a cylinder lock, allow 45 minutes. Routing for a mortise lockset will take over an hour.