| Whether you are a novice do-it-yourselfer or a | | | | needed for doors and windows? Is there a |
| professional carpenter, there are several things to | | | | standard to use that fits every application? Are all |
| consider if you have a framing project to | | | | doors and windows created equal? There are |
| contemplate. Do you have the skills necessary? | | | | literally hundreds of manufacturers and brands of |
| How much will it cost? How long will it take to | | | | windows and doors. Some are custom made. |
| complete the job? How do you get started? | | | | Some are made by national brand companies. |
| What are other related requirements necessary | | | | How does on proceed? Maybe your ambitions are |
| to complete the project? These are just some of | | | | such that you are considering building a door from |
| the most common questions that one must | | | | scratch. Maybe you should purchase a pre-hung |
| consider when faced with a framing project in the | | | | door. Perhaps you need to know what a pre-hung |
| home. | | | | door is. Well, you get my point. No matter what |
| You could search various websites for information | | | | your particular framing needs are, there are many |
| but sometimes these efforts yield little results. | | | | questions to ask and options to consider. |
| Most do-it-yourself websites assume that the | | | | It has been my experience that in today's |
| framing aspect of a remodeling job is already | | | | economy especially, most folks are already as |
| accomplished. So they leave out a lot of vital | | | | busy as they can be to be or want to be. With |
| upfront information necessary to your quandary. | | | | the necessity of two person incomes in most |
| Maybe you are trying to figure out if you have | | | | households today, even those who frame for a |
| the skills necessary to do rough frame a bi-fold | | | | living may be better off hiring a professional to do |
| door opening. Perhaps you are trying to put in a | | | | the work for them. This seems to be an option |
| half bath under a stair case structure. What if you | | | | that most people consider when beginning a |
| could tie in the plumbing to an existing run? Does | | | | remodeling project at home. This may be due to |
| your job dictate that all brand new plumbing be | | | | the fact that the framing portion of a job comes |
| run? What about inspections, permits and local | | | | along with the heavy labor and the dirty work. |
| building codes? The answer to all of these | | | | Not only that, but if the framing is done for you, |
| questions will dramatically influence the direction | | | | in most cases, the rest of the work can be done |
| you need to go for your specific framing project. | | | | in stages according to the time frames that work |
| What about those notorious "rough openings" | | | | for you. |
