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Gary Katz (Author)
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For Pros By Pros July 1, 2002
Anyone who wants to learn how to install a door perfectly the first time will find The Doorhanger's Handbook to be a wealth of good advice. It explains how to choose the best hardware, install jambs, and hang a wide variety of doors. Covers installations from a grand front entrance to a bi-fold closet door.


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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Taunton Press (July 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1561586358
  • ISBN-13: 978-1561586356
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #553,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If You Can Read, You Can Hang a Door, May 30, 2007
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This book has the well deserved reputation as being considered the authority on the subject of hanging doors. Written by Gary Katz, recognized as one of the top finish carpenters and teachers in his field, the easy to follow, step by step instructions, covers practically everything from A to Z, that one might run into when working with doors. A "must have" for any finish carpenters library. (It's actually become a cult classic among carpenters.)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Clear instructions for a surprisingly complex task, February 13, 2009
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Not everyone needs, or wants, to hang a door. But for those who do want to do it themselves, this book is one of the best basic references around. It focuses more on the installation of new doors in new construction, but for those of us who want to replace an old door in an old house there are clear instructions as well.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars I guess a pro would already know, July 31, 2009
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If this book is for pros, then it shouldn't spend so much time on the basics. But I'm not a pro, so I read that basic stuff several times through. But since I'm not a pro, I also needed this book to be thorough and systematic. It definitely was not. I'm renovating my house, and so am re-hanging about 15 old doors onto new jambs. This is a topic never addressed specifically, but I would have imagined the process to be fairly similar to other jobs. But, to get the process figured out, I had to go back/forth through many chapters to figure out what to do. Difficult topics were mixed indiscriminately with basic topics, and many key pieces were glossed over. The biggest frustration, though, is probably something so simple the "pro" might not even think about. That thin strip of wood that goes around the door jamb to stop the door from swinging past the "closed" position. Well, there is NO mention of these things anywhere in the book. Anywhere, except one diagram where an arrow points to it and labels it a "door stop". There's also never a mention about what size nails are appropriate for building the jamb, for attaching the jamb to the framing, etc. Are long crown staples or finish nails enough? Or should I use framing nails? We amateurs need a decent book that tells us these things. This book helped a lot with a few things, but left me very frustrated with a few more.
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This book is about door-installation techniques, but to hang a door you must first buy one. Read the first page
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