Windows & Doors

Adjustable Door Thresholds

The row of screws in an exterior door threshold jacks the strip up into the door's sweep, closing a draught gap without any new parts.

Weatherstripping Windows & Doors

Putty Knife Angle for Glazing

The angle the putty knife makes with the glass sets both the shape of the bevel and whether the surplus shears off cleanly or smears back over it.

Screens & Glazing Windows & Doors

Rot-Proof Door Jambs

Door frames with a composite or fiberglass lower jamb section that can't wick water, so the bottom never rots.

Doors Windows & Doors

Hang a Pre-Hung Door

2 takes

Setting a factory-hung door plumb with an even reveal — the standard prehung sequence, the split-jamb variant, and the long-screw trick that stops heavy doors sagging.

Doors Trim Windows & Doors

Straighten a Screen Frame

Taking a bent window-screen frame apart at the spline and corners, bending the rail true, and reassembling — saving the screen instead of replacing it.

Screens & Glazing Windows & Doors

Don't Caulk Above Openings

Leaving the siding joint over head flashing uncaulked — it's the drainage exit for water that gets behind the siding.

Flashing Siding Windows & Doors

Door Threshold Rug Shim

A half-inch shim under exterior doors at install that buys rug clearance inside after the finished floor goes in.

Carpentry Windows & Doors

Window Framing Anatomy

Header, king studs, jack studs, doubled sill, and cripples — what each part of a framed window opening does.

Framing Windows & Doors

Window Trim Layout Jig

A notched offcut that hooks the stool horn and marks apron and header lines identically on every window.

Trim Windows & Doors

Clean Window Screens

Washing window screens without leaving the soap residue that attracts dirt right back.

Surface Care Windows & Doors

Extract Broken Screws From Wood

Coring out a snapped or seized screw with a plug cutter and plugging the hole for a fresh anchor.

Woodworking Doors Windows & Doors

Sloped Window Sills

Pitching a rough sill with a back dam so water that gets past the window drains out instead of soaking the framing.

Framing Flashing Windows & Doors