Door buck
Door buck
A metal or wood surface set in a wall, to which the finished frame is attached.
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door buck
A wood or metal subframe, set in a wall, to which the finished frame is attached; also called a
rough buck or
sub-buck.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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16 TIGHTEN a couple of handscrew clamps on the bottom of a door for a cheap, quick
door buck (door holder-upper) for chiseling in door hinges or working on an edge.
It came about by adding extensions to the window and door bucks that were commonly being used with load-bearing buildings so that they could serve as the structural supports in combination with 4x4 posts at the corners.
* Stack bales (laid fiat), overlapping the joints, starting at corners and door bucks. Never force bates into place.
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