How To Install Prehung Exterior French Doors

Uncrate the door and set it in the opening.

How to install prehung exterior french doors.

First pick up where you left off in step five of our french door installation. Check for level and plumb and shim as needed. 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.

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. Questions you should ask photo by jodi jacobsen istock photo. How to install an exterior door. Tape measure or ruler to measure the old and new doors and frames.

Tack partially drive nails or screws to hold it in place temporarily. For installations at exterior door openings install a wooden or aluminum threshold before installing the pre hung unit. Pick up where you left off. How to install pre hung interior french doors with a window transom step 1.

Stand outside and with the door closed check where the weatherstripping on the frame contacts the door. It should be equal at the top middle and bottom. Diy or hire a pro. Build style your window.

Decide how many separate windows you want your transom window to have two. Insulation to make it so those winter winds don t start whipping around your door. Cut off the lower ends of the side jambs on the door frame to fit atop each. Drive screws in partway in the holes.

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. For instructions on interior doors read how to install a prehung interior door. Optional grilles and hardware can be added to round out your door style. 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.