How To Install Prehung Exterior French Doors

How to install an exterior door.

How to install prehung exterior french doors.

Optional grilles and hardware can be added to round out your door style. Uncrate the door and set it in the opening. Drive screws in partway in the holes. 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.

Check for level and plumb and shim as needed. Diy or hire a pro. Decide how many separate windows you want your transom window to have two. If a prehung is out of square that is if the gap between the door and the jamb is wider on one side you can usually straighten it.

It should be equal at the top middle and bottom. Pick up where you left off. Tack partially drive nails or screws to hold it in place temporarily. Hammer and nails nail set screwdriver depends on the nails holding your old door in place to remove the old door and put on the new door.

Build style your window. Caulk to fix the insulation and framing in place. If it s not adjust the latch side of the door in or out and drill pilot holes in the frame at the top and bottom on the latch side. For instructions on interior doors read how to install a prehung interior door.

Insulation to make it so those winter winds don t start whipping around your door. First pick up where you left off in step five of our french door installation. Stand outside and with the door closed check where the weatherstripping on the frame contacts the door. Questions you should ask photo by jodi jacobsen istock photo.

Today s exterior french doors often arrive prehung in a wood frame complete with sill and weatherstripping. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Tape measure or ruler to measure the old and new doors and frames. For installations at exterior door openings install a wooden or aluminum threshold before installing the pre hung unit.