Installing Interior French Doors In Existing Opening

Bob vila takes a close look at the process of installing french doors.

Installing interior french doors in existing opening.

How to install exterior and interior french doors in a existing opening step 1. 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. 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 is the hole in the wall where the door fits gaps between doors and jambs must be equal. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. We purchased pre hung french doors to make installing them even easier. Stand the door vertically into the opening as if it already were installed.

Here are the doors we bought. For more how to video visit. Rough opening must not be twisted see test below. Prep the opening figure out your space s opening for where you want install your doors.

Before we could install them we needed to trim a little off the bottom of the frame. Set the double french door into the rough opening. You re more than likely going to be removing the drywall and or trim around the space. For standard door frames french doors are also available in pre hung kits making installation simple and straightforward.

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. 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. Take note of what reference notch on the bracket the drawn level line happens to pass through. 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.