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Interior trim doors frames, interior residential construction doors are normally installed after the finish floor is in place. Cabinets, built-in bookcases and fireplace mantels, and other millwork units are also placed and secured at this time. Some may install the millwork before the finish floor is in place, allowing for the flooring at the bottom of the jambs. This is usually done when the jambs act as plaster grounds.

The decorative treatment for other millwork may be paint or a natural finish with stain, varnish, or other non-pigmented material. The paint or natural finish desired for the woodwork in various rooms often determines the type of species of wood to be used. Finishing to be painted should be smooth, close grained, and free from pitch streaks. Some species having these requirements in a high degree include ponderosa pine, northern white pine, redwood, and spruce. When hardness and resistance to hard usage are additional requirements, species such as birch, gum, and yellow poplar are desirable.

Rough openings in the stud walls for interior doors are usually framed out to be 3 inches more than the door height and 21/2 inches more than the door width. This provides for the frame and its plumbing and leveling in the opening. They are made up of two side jambs and a head jamb and include stop moldings upon which the door closes. The most common of these jambs is the one piece type. Jambs may be obtained in standard 5 ¼-inch widths for plaster walls and 4 9/16-inch widths for walls with 1/2-inch drywall finish. The two-and three-piece adjustable jambs are also standard types. Their principal advantage is in being adaptable to a variety of wall thicknesses.

Some manufacturers produce this with the door fitted and pre-hung, ready for installing. Application of the trim doors Frames interior completes the job. When used with two- or three piece jambs, casings can even be installed at the factory. Common minimum widths for single interior doors are: (a) Bedroom and other habitable rooms, 2 feet 6 inches; (b) bathrooms, 2 feet 4 inches; (c) small closet and linen closets, 2 feet. These sizes vary a great deal, and sliding, folding units, and similar types are often used for wardrobes and may be 6 feet or more in width. However, in most cases, the jamb, stop, and casing parts are used in some manner to frame and finish the opening. Standard heights are 6 feet 8 inches for first and second floors.

Casing is the trim around openings and is also used to finish the room side of windows. Casing usually varies in width from 2 1/4 to 3 1/2 inches, depending on the style. Casing may be obtained in thicknesses from 1/2 to 3/4 inch, although 11/16 inch is standard in many of the narrow line patterns. As in exterior styles, the two general interior types are the flush and the panel door. Novelty doors, such as the folding unit, might be flush or louvered. Most standard units are 1 3/8 inches thick. The flush unit is usually made up with a hollow core of light framework of some type with thin plywood or hardboard. Plywood faced flush may be obtained in gum, birch, oak, mahogany, and woods of other species, most of which are suitable for natural finish. Non selected grades are usually painted as are hardboard faced.

The panel door consists of solid stiles vertical side members, rails cross pieces, and panel filters of various types. The five cross panel and the colonial type panel doors are perhaps the most common of this style. The louvered door is also popular and is commonly used for closets because it provides some ventilation. Large openings for wardrobes are trim finished with sliding or folding doors, or with flush or louvered doors. Such doors are usually 1 1/8 inches thick. Hinged doors should open or swing in the direction of natural entry, against a blank wall whenever possible, and should not be obstructed by other swinging. They should never be hinged to swing into a hallway. Trim doors frames interior Residential cnstruction estimates.

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