Jamb
Anne Libby
Charlie Smith
Deondre Davis
Tyler Ormsby
Organized by Conrad Guevara
July 26 - September 7, 2024
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“All houses dream in blueprints/
Our house dreams so hard…”
“Pretty Eyes” by the Silver Jews
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The first step in measuring the size of a new door is to measure the rough opening where the door will be placed. Rough opening means the opening of the stud wall structure prior to installing the door jamb. The process for determining the door width and height needed for the rough opening is as follows:
Measure the width of the rough opening, from inside of wall stud to inside of wall stud (see the illustration for this measurement). Measure this in three places—the top, middle, and bottom of the opening, and then use the smallest of these three measurements. Then, subtract 2″ from this width. This equals the needed door width. Example: Rough opening width = 38″. Door width needed = 36″, or 3′ 0″ (38″ – 2″ = 36″, or 3′ 0″)
Measure the height of the rough opening, from the floor to the bottom of the upper stud of the opening (see the illustration for this measurement). Measure the height on both corner edges of the opening, and then use the smaller of these two measurements. Then, subtract 3″ from this height. This equals the needed door height. Example: Rough opening height = 99″. Door height needed = 96″, or 8′ 0″ (99” – 3” = 96″, or 8′ 0”)
If framing the rough opening for a new door (i.e., constructing the wall stud frame), reverse the measurements above. For example, select the desired finished door width and add 2″ to this measurement. Then select the desired finished door height and add 3″ to this measurement.
Why does the opening need to be larger than the door and its jamb? First, the additional space provides room to adjust the door and jamb to the rough opening. The stud wall structures of rough openings are not always plumb and square, so providing extra space allows the installer to “shim” the jamb for a perfectly plumb, level, and square door installation. Second, the additional height allows space for flooring material above the sub-floor such as carpeting, wood, or tile for interior doors, or the sill for exterior doors. Last, walls may expand and contract slightly with the natural humidity and moisture changes that occur with changing seasons. So the extra space allows for minor adjustments to the door fit, as necessary.
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Anne Libby (b. 1987, Los Angeles, California) has had recent solo exhibitions at Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Ribordy Thetaz, Geneva; Magenta Plains, New York, NY; The Downer, Berlin; Zak's Project Space, New York; Violet's Cafe, Brooklyn; and Metropolitan Structures, Baltimore. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Soft Opening, London; Josh Lilley Gallery, London; Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami; and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, among others. She has been featured in Artforum, Artsy, Mousse Magazine, and Emulsion Magazine, among others. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
Charlie Smith (b. 1988, Copenhagen, Denmark) has had exhibitions at KILL SHELTER PRESENTS (KSP), Los Angeles; Human Resources, Los Angeles; the Woodstock Art Museum, Woodstock; and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Deondre Davis (b. 1991 Chicago, Illinois) has recently had a solo debut at Gordon Robichaux New York, NY. He was included in Finding Aid (2024) organized by Matt Connors at Goldsmiths Contemporary Art Center in London, UK and participated in a 2 person show with Acacia Marable at Attom, Los Angeles, California in 2024. The artist currently resides in Los Angeles.
Tyler Garces Ormsby (b. 1994, Vallejo, California) is a self taught painter living and working between San Francisco and New York. His subjects are forged through self-direction to illustrate quotidian romance, tragedy, silence, and the subtly shifting landscape of his immediate surroundings. His work has been shown at House of Seiko, San Francisco; Ruttkowski;68, New York; and the Watari Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Conrad Guevara (b. 1986, Tacoma, Washington) presents exhibitions as KILL SHELTER PRESENTS (KSP) in Los Angeles and has organized exhibitions at the the Buffalo Institute of Contemporary Art, Buffalo; 1599 Tennessee st, San Francisco; Niad, Richmond, CA. He is one third of Bonanza with L. Tully and L. Williams. He lives in Richmond,CA.
