How To Install Prehung Exterior French Doors

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.

How to install prehung exterior french doors.

Pick up where you left off. Caulk to fix the insulation and framing in place. First pick up where you left off in step five of our french door installation. Today s exterior french doors often arrive prehung in a wood frame complete with sill and weatherstripping.

It should be equal at the top middle and bottom. Drive screws in partway in the holes. Optional grilles and hardware can be added to round out your door style. Tape measure or ruler to measure the old and new doors and frames.

How to install an exterior door. For instructions on interior doors read how to install a prehung interior door. 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. Check for level and plumb and shim as needed.

Cut off the lower ends of the side jambs on the door frame to fit atop each. Tack partially drive nails or screws to hold it in place temporarily. Remove the old door. For installations at exterior door openings install a wooden or aluminum threshold before installing the pre hung unit.

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. Uncrate the door and set it in the opening. Diy or hire a pro. Stand outside and with the door closed check where the weatherstripping on the frame contacts the door.

Insulation to make it so those winter winds don t start whipping around your door. How to install pre hung interior french doors with a window transom step 1. Build style your window. 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.