Swing the hinge plates over and move the door up or down left.
How to install french slab doors.
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.
Pick up where you left off first pick up where you left off in step five of our french door installation tutorial above.
Let the home depot show you what it takes to hang a new slab door or to replace a damaged one.
Hold the door up at a 90 degree angle to the opening.
But installing exterior doors is actually a very simple process especially with today s prehung door units that allow you to shortcut the process with preset hinges and door knob mortise.
This can be a pain in the ass but if you use existing door as a template it will go much smoother you will defiantly need a little patience.
Roughly center the door.
Take note of what reference notch on the bracket the drawn level line happens to pass through.
Here are some helpful steps to accomplish that diy french door install project.
Set the double french door into the rough opening.
For standard door frames french doors are also available in pre hung kits making installation simple and straightforward.
Prehung exterior doors have five main parts.
The two side jambs the top jamb header the door slab itself and the threshold or base plate.
We ll also so you the tools required for this moderately diffi.
Screw the hinges to the door using one three quarter inch screw for each hole.
Using the level line drawn on the wall screw in the top bracket on the side of the door where the level line was drawn.