Installing new French
door 1 -7 of 14 pictures in
this group.
Fig. 1
This is a door with a side light. It looks like
a French door but it is not one. I was called out to fix the bottom
right corner. (See next
slide)
Fig. 2
Every time it rained. Water
would get inside the house. The home owner wanted me to repair the
door jamb. After a closer inspection of the door and finding
more dry rot. I recommended that the door be
replaced.
Fig. 3
My customer went to the home
improvement store and bought a nice 6 foot French door. After
removing the trim, I measured both doors and the new one is 3-1/4
inches
smaller.
Fig. 4
I remove the old door with me saws-all. I
didn't have to take the outside trim off either.
Fig. 5
I did have to cut a lot of
through a lot of nails to get the door off. There was no dry rot to
the framing of the door. However, there was some mold on the back of
the base
trim.
Fig. 6
I had to fur out the rough
opening 3 inches to the rough opening that the manufacture of the
door called for. I had hoped the door would be a direct replacement.
Look at the top corner of the door. I put temporary stay block to
keep the door in place. I used nails on the out
side.
Fig. 7
The door is
in and I have filled in all the spaces with an expanding
foam insulation. I hook up the alarm and install the door hardware.
Now the trim I took off will not work like
before.
