Installing Interior French Doors In Existing Opening

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Installing interior french doors in existing opening.

We purchased our french doors from our local hardware store. For standard door frames french doors are also available in pre hung kits making installation simple and straightforward. Stand the door vertically into the opening as if it already were installed. Here are the doors we bought.

Interior french doors tips it s important to realize the first thing to get right as you begin to tackle your double interior french doors is the rough opening. We purchased pre hung french doors to make installing them even easier. Prep the opening figure out your space s opening for where you want install your doors. You re more than likely going to be removing the drywall and or trim around the space.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Rough opening must not be twisted see test below. Set the double french door into the rough opening. This is the hole in the wall where the door fits gaps between doors and jambs must be equal.

Roughly center the door. Use a hammer to tap two wedges under the door until the top of it is within an eighth of an inch of touching the ceiling. 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. Before we could install them we needed to trim a little off the bottom of the frame.

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. We bought these particular doors because they match our 10 pane glass door into my office. 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. For more how to video visit.