Decide how many separate windows you want your transom window to have two.
How to install an interior prehung french door.
This provides clearance for a carpet and pad about 1 inch.
Lean the pre hung door unit against the wall inside the room where it will swing open with the barrels of the hinges.
If you plan to install hardwood floors which are 3 4 inch thick you should cut down the jambs by 7 8 inch 3 4 inch for the floor plus 1 8 inch to reduce the gap under the door.
Pick up where you left off.
Are interior french doors hard to install.
Before driving the nails home open and close the door and make any necessary adjustments.
A prehung door usually has a 1 1 4 inch gap at the bottom of the door.
It s hard enough hanging a single pre hung door much less a set of double french doors.
Build style your window.
How to hang pre hung french doors 1.
First pick up where you left off in step five of our french door installation.
If the plate is bigger.
If the hinge side is lower than the latch side slip shims under the level nearest the hinge jamb.
How to install pre hung interior french doors with a window transom step 1.
Double interior french doors are hard to install because you have additional tolerances you must satisfy to make the install look professional.
Fasten the strike plate to the mortise in the latch jamb with the screws provided in your kit.
I ve installed many pre hung interior french doors with great success.
Slip the latch bolt into its bore and fasten the plate into the mortise on the door s edge with the appropriate screws.
Drive two nails through the frame through the shims and into the studs.
Drive two nails through each shim about an inch from each edge of the jamb with one about a inch above the other.
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Jeld wen guides you through the steps of preparation and installation of a prehung interior door including a recommended list of tools.
How to install a prehung interior door parts of a prehung door.
Adjust until the level s bubble is centered.