Door Frame

To start to build a door frame for my bay, first off i got the tools and equiment i needed. These were: A saw, a hammer, nails, a tape-measure, timber, a tri-square, optionaly a hop-up (to cut the wood on to make things easier) and a chisle. I also then got my PPE: gloves, my work boots and then my glasses.

To start building the door frame, i first measured out the length of the timber so i could make the frame for the door big enough for the door to fit in, with then an extra 2mm gap around the door, i then measured the right lengh of the top of the frame, and then cut them all down to size with a saw. After i cut the frame to the right size i then had to cut out some of the wood on the 3 peices so that it would fit together better, this was a housing joint. the two lengh bits of timber i could use a saw for this, but the top bit that held the two lengh peices in placei used both a saw and a hammer and chisle as i had to take a strip of wood out which was not at the end so had to get into the wood.

After i had cut all the wood out and caved the housing joints, i then slotted all the timber together so the frame could take place. I then used a tri-square to make sure the two top corners were square and then cut out a small thin piece of timber that was long enough for the bottom so i could then fix it down. I then checked all the corners again to make sure all four conrers where square and when they were i added one more support on the top corner so that the frame would not change angles so remained square.

my next task was to fit the doorframe in, for this i used woodern wedges, i pleaced four sets on each side, and then made sure each side was at a complete 90 degree angle to the floor with a spirit level and then fixed the wedges in with screws.