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jadboxyesterday at 10:50 PM2 repliesview on HN

I feel this in my soul. I thought I could replace a door in a day, but months of fiddling, I discovered by frame is not only a parallelogram but it literally shifts by over an inch between seasons. (~100yr old house 2nd floor)


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bigmattystylestoday at 12:26 AM

That’s why most doors come prehung in a jamb. Just add shims and then cover them with trim.

xeonmctoday at 2:32 AM

I wonder if this could all be solved if doors are triangles instead of quadrilaterals.

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