How To Install Trim Around A Garage Door

Use a hack saw to cut the trim to the length you need.

How to install trim around a garage door.

Nail up the large base photo 13. If you are adding trim to other parts of the door cut those pieces out as well. Make a mark before you cut another 45 degree miter with the power miter. Lift up the trim and place it at the location you want.

Step 3 position the weather stripping and trim above the garage. Measure the inside dimensions of the garage door jamb horizontally across the top and vertically along both sides. Then use a miter saw to cut the trim to those measurements factoring in a 1 8 reveal on the doorway image 2. Cut all the base extra long rough cut all the baseboards about 2 in.

Cut the ends at 45 degree angles to fit around the door jamb. You will need to measure both the height and the width of the garage door. Cut the first miter on the head moulding piece. Hammer the trim with the finishing nails and to get the best results ensure that the nails are approximately a foot away and the rubber edge is slightly attached to the garage door.

Then measure the length of the moulding from the inside point of the miter you just cut to the desired length. Some garage doors are. Cut the trim to size use a tape measure to measure the area around the door image 1. Nail the head moulding piece to the door jamb with trim nails.

This will determine how long your trim will need to be. Insert the tip of a flat crowbar under the trim. Cut pieces of vinyl jamb material starting with the top jamb to match these. Pry on the crowbar to lift the trim and loosen it.

Nail the cap and shoe.