This Old House French Door Install

Optional grilles and hardware can be added to round out your door style.

This old house french door install.

A prehung door is a unit that comes with hardware and a frame ready to be installed into a doorway. Remove the old door. Pre hung doors eliminate many of the steps necessary to installing a door. Return the door to its opening and shim it evenly all around.

For more how to video visit. Also mark the door at the latch hole for the existing strike plate. For instructions on interior doors read how to install a prehung interior door. These doors and jambs must still be carefully adjusted to account for shortcomings in the wall frame.

We installed the screenex model pd7283 in front of a 6 ft wide pair of french doors. Check for tight spots. Older homes have non standard sized openings so you may need to install a new jamb inside the opening to fit the french doors of your choice. Questions you should ask photo by jodi jacobsen istock photo.

How to install an exterior door. Bob vila takes a close look at the process of installing french doors. Today s exterior french doors often arrive prehung in a wood frame complete with sill and weatherstripping. For standard door frames french doors are also available in pre hung kits making installation simple and straightforward.

Other models are available for doors ranging in width from 3 to 8 ft. There s even a way to use screenex doors to enclose a two car garage or open air porch. Purchasing one does simplify and speed up installation but the term prehung is really a misnomer. Diy or hire a pro.

Doors are available in white almond and brown. The key things to remember are setting the door level shimming the frame so the gaps between it and the door are even and taking steps to waterproof the installation. Plane or cut it as needed.