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Help needed (putting door jambs back)
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So awhile ago, I decided to tile my floor in most of my house. When getting started on the process I learned that the interior door jambs were steel (non structural though). Rather then try to cut the tile around them and make the tiling itself more difficult, I decided to cut the bottom of these door jambs off (about 4" on all of them) and completely removed those sections so that I could run tile under them.

Tile is done, I am now putting the house back together slowly and am at the point where I need to put the door jambs back to complete the job and have 2 options as I see it:

1. I weld them back in with a solid bead all the way around and then paint the door jambs again to make it look good.

2. I tack weld all of the corners and fill the gap with silicone, then paint it all.

Yes, I have welded before so I am confident I could do it, just unsure of the spatter amount I will get.

Which option would you choose?
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Re: Help needed (putting door jambs back) [140.6sj] [ In reply to ]
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Can you post some pictures?
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Re: Help needed (putting door jambs back) [140.6sj] [ In reply to ]
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Personally I would do a solid weld (assuming you will mig weld it givenn the thin metal). All houses move over time and while the odds are low, I would hate to have to fix a broken tack weld down the road.
What you should have done is buy/rent a power flush cut saw. Use a scrap of tile as a thickness Guage beside the jamb, and cut just enough material to allow the tile to pass underneath. 4" was way too much.

Jim
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Re: Help needed (putting door jambs back) [jriosa] [ In reply to ]
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jriosa wrote:
Personally I would do a solid weld (assuming you will mig weld it givenn the thin metal). All houses move over time and while the odds are low, I would hate to have to fix a broken tack weld down the road.
What you should have done is buy/rent a power flush cut saw. Use a scrap of tile as a thickness Guage beside the jamb, and cut just enough material to allow the tile to pass underneath. 4" was way too much.

I was kind of leaning towards the solid weld as well, yes i know 4" is too much, but it did make running a full tile under a lot easier, lol
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Re: Help needed (putting door jambs back) [jriosa] [ In reply to ]
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jriosa wrote:
Personally I would do a solid weld (assuming you will mig weld it givenn the thin metal). All houses move over time and while the odds are low, I would hate to have to fix a broken tack weld down the road.
What you should have done is buy/rent a power flush cut saw. Use a scrap of tile as a thickness Guage beside the jamb, and cut just enough material to allow the tile to pass underneath. 4" was way too much.

This.

Long Chile was a silly place.
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Re: Help needed (putting door jambs back) [140.6sj] [ In reply to ]
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I would replace the door and jamb.
Last edited by: jimatbeyond: Apr 13, 17 8:53
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Re: Help needed (putting door jambs back) [BCtriguy1] [ In reply to ]
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Given I am just a lowly furniture builder that does his own renos, I will take this as high praise from you

Jim
"In dog beers, I've only had one"
http://www.shakercolonial.com/
Creating custom made furnishing to your requirements
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