Wood shims are used to make the door or window fit tightly in the rough opening so that it does not shift around when the door or window is operated. Shims are flat pieces of wood that are 6 to 10 ...

Wood shims are used to make the door or window fit tightly in the rough opening so it does not shift around when the door or window is operated. Shims are flat pieces of wood that can be anywhere ...

Wood shims are used to make the door or window fit tightly in the rough opening so it doesn’t shift around when it is operated. Shims are flat pieces of wood that can be 6 to 10 inches long and ...

Q: I need to install some doors. I've never done it before. A friend told me to make the rough opening for the door and frame larger than the actual door frame dimensions. This seems odd to me. He ...

These are what you use to shim a door or window into its rough opening when you install it. Score the excess with a utility knife, then snap off the excess shim material. Nelson Wood Shims Nelson ...

Wood shims are thin, triangular blocks of wood used as spacers to make minor adjustments to the position of two adjacent ...

They float in their solidly framed openings, held plumb and level with shims. That’s why manufacturers’ catalogs list two sizes for windows and doors, for instance, actual 35 5/8 inches and ...

Q. A couple of the wood doors in our house stick and are hard to open and close. I tried tightening the hinge screws, but it didn’t help. What next? A. Doors sometimes stick because the wood … ...

Q: Our front door faces the southwest and has a short overhang such that it takes a beating from the afternoon sun. We replaced our 36-by-80-inch wood-panel front door with a new fiberglass one ...