title: The Doorhanger's Handbook
author:  Gary Katz 
description: For the inexperienced, a casual walk through a building-supply store will yield doors of amazing variety, most ready to mount, some already in prebuilt frames. It might seem simple enough to buy one, bring it home, and install it. Yet most new, perfectly dimensioned doors need to be fitted into openings that are far from being perfectly straight or plumb, and therein lies a problem that any budding or experienced carpenter will encounter repeatedly. Hanging a door is no small feat: it can be much like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, requires care and skill to be done properly, and can be a major puzzlement indeed to someone new to the process. Katz takes the process from beginning to end, choosing interior and exterior doors, proper hardware and jambs for installation, and installing specialty doors, like arched and French doors, Dutch doors, pocket doors, and many more. He shows how to use jigs and templates to speed up many tasks, and includes a large section on the essentials of weather stripping. Well illustrated and thoroughly diagrammed, this is a book that should be read by every carpenter and do-it-yourselfer who wants to produce professional results and avoid the many pitfalls and common mistakes in hanging doors of any kind. <i>--Mark A. Hetts</i>
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  # **Chapter Twenty-Two**
  
  Mike stepped through the door and closed it softly on oiled hinges. The alarm
  had been tricky but the lock was totally vanilla.
  
  The room he was in was a rather pleasant dining area with the look of a
  breakfast room. The floor was hardwood with thrown carpets that had the feel,
  from their depth and softness, of being costly. Clearly no expense had been
  spared in hosting the exclusive clientele. He had a hard time putting that
  together with the nature of the establishment, but he supposed that after a
  hard night torturing the whores the customers were probably ready for a good
  breakfast before they began their day.
  
  It wasn't, however, useful from his point of view. The single interior door
  didn't show any light so, after carefully oiling the hinges and checking for
  alarms, he opened it soundlessly.
  
  The hallway beyond was, indeed, unlit. It was hardwood again, and he step