Door Trim Installation when wall sticks out too far!!!

I'm not kidding, I had this EXACT problem - My house was built with 2x4s and plaster over plasterboard walls. All the pre-hung doors you can buy around here are made for 2x4 and 1/2in drywall. I've had a doorway sitting in my hallway for months that looked awful because I was too scared to make my own jamb extension. I was going to have a contractor do this when I had new windows put in the house (something I just cannot do).

However, this morning I saw your video and this evening I put in the extension myself. it looks amazing and didn't take me more than an hour or two (I haven't done the casing yet since I am skim coating the old plaster walls).

Thanks for the motivation and instruction. You've been a huge help.

Man every time I have a question about renovations, you have the answer.

Thank you for all your videos Vancouver Carpenter. You're awesome!

One of my greatest enjoyments of watching Vancouver Carpenter's videos, is the self-depreciating humor. Cracks me up and lightens my heart. Because of this, I watch your videos whether I need to or not, just for the fun. Always give a thumbs up.

Can we just give it up for the YouTube algorithm and big brother always watching, I googled this problem yesterday and boom, there you are!

“Did I pick a straight one?”

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I love that I can go to the same guy for carpentry and skateboarding tips 👍

Thanks bud! Just put in a new exterior door to the kitchen, only to realize after installing, caulking, and spray foaming all the gaps, that it was too shallow to meet up with the wall. Whoops. Lol my grandpa wanted me to pull it back out and cut the siding to inset it deeper in the wall. No thanks, I’m good. Not re-doing all that lol. It’s gonna be jam extensions all the way for me. Thanks for making my life a little bit easier anyway. Keep up the good work brother.

So what you are saying is “Do your best, caulk the rest”.

My house is old and uses full width (actual 2x4) walls so standard pre-hung doors all need jamb extensions. This was a great video.

Hey buddy. I’ve been building and remodeling houses for 23 years. I have to admit. Your very good with Sheetrock.

DeWalt has a fantastic fence system. It is a rack and pinion and makes the tiniest adjustments. Thank you for showing this. I do my own repairs and remodeling. I have had to make this kind of adjustment before, and I really did not know what I was doing. I did what I thought seemed logical. When I find a video on You Tube, that shows a professional tackle the same problem and I see that he does it the way I figured out, makes me feel better. Lets me know that I guessed right. Thankyou. I am 61 and back in the day of my youth, there was no You tube or internet -- period -- to go to for reference and instruction. You had to figure it out if there was no one in your life to teach you. Now, I go to You Tube first to get an idea of what to do. Saves a lot of time. Sometimes you still have to use your brain and fudge, because the same type of problem can vary in the needed solution, but You Tube gives you a starting point. Thanks to all the professionals out there that are willing to share their knowledge. Some of us just cannot afford professional services. We have to DIY or we live in a mess of a dwelling.

If I have to extend jambs I like to divide the reveals between the jamb and the extension and the extension and the casing. Especially if you have another door right next to it. So if that other door that's finished has a 1/4" reveal, I would use 1/8" on the reveals of the door you are extending. This way the outside edges of the casings are the same on both doors. The eye will pick up that one casing is 1/4" taller than the other. If I'm looking down a hallway and there are multiple doors and the casings are all different heights it stands out like a sore thumb. The walls will usually be a different color than the trim, or at the very least a different finish, and the doors, jambs, jamb extensions and casings will likely all be the same color and finish. The consistency of the reveals is moot by comparison to the consistency of the height of the casings.

I don’t even have this problem but I stayed for the eye candy!

It’s nice when you have such a thick door jamb, last time I did this on a prehung door that I bought from Home Depot, the jamb was not even 3/4” thick. Nailing an extension gave me very little meat to nail it on.

"Or gangster style, if you guys remember correctly" I couldnt help but laugh as soon as I got a flash back of your other video 😂 love your vids.. big help when I started off carpentry

Just sitting here and watching you work, then it hits me that’s exactly what I need to do with my 12’ sliding glass door.. currently hidden behind one drape, but I know it’s there just waiting. Now I know how to finish it. Thank you.

I haven't been able to find a thorough install video about kerfed drywall beads into jamb, NO trim work. have a feeling you'd be the guy on YouTube for it..

Glad to see your safety glasses protecting your forehead. Mine usually are protecting my ball cap. Good job as usual

I'm digging the clucking chicken montage music. The extra 1/4" reveal seems so obvious, once you say it. I would have made life a lot harder for myself trying to match it up flush before seeing this. Thanks, and keep up the great work, VC!

My tabletop dewalt is the first portable table I’ve ever owned with a good fence!! Thanks for the tips!! Cheers from way far north California! 👍🏽