One of our rough openings is…really not good. The whole thing has enough skew to it that, if the jamb sits unshimmed against the top right of the opening, the bottom left of the jamb is too close to the door and it won’t close.
Remind me to have some stern words with the guy that framed that opening. [1]
I would just us a sledge to persuade one of the studs to move a bit, but the part.that needs to move is pressed against a concrete footer, and so is definitely not going anywhere at the very bottom.
So, shaving back the stud on the bottom left is the order of the day. Not sure what the best tools for this job would be, but I chose…hammer and chisel.
I also managed to move it a bit above the concrete footer by really wailing on it with the sledge.
End result is an extra rough rough opening, but it’s now pretty plumb.so hopefully the door will actually fit.
Happily, though this stud is in a bearing wall, I happen to know this particular stud is redundant (the jack stud on the footer is behind this one) so I don’t need to worry about nibbling too much wood out.
[1] – Some guy by the name of Justin Carlson. His friends-and-family prices are excellent, but he sure screws up a lot.
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