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Front Door: Fitting the New Door From "Floors, Doors & Windows" episode DFDW-104

Hosts Jay Baker and Scott Branscom show you how to install a new front door.

In the second segment, hosts Jay Baker and Scott Branscom fit the new door.

Materials:

Standard carpentry tools (hammer, nails, tape measure, level, etc.)
Circular saw
Wood chisel
Shims
Spray-foam insulation
Cold chisel
Drill motor with screw and drill bits
Paint

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D

1. Dry fit the door leaving the packaging around it for now (figure A). The reason for leaving the packaging is that the door can shift and loosen some of the fasteners and get the door out of square.

2. A circular saw is the best tool for rough cutting the shingles back (figure B). You just want to make sure you don't set the blade so it's cutting through the sheathing.

3. Finish trimming the shingles with a wood chisel (figure C). You only want to make a small gap between the edge of the shingles and the brick molding of the new door.

4. Dry fit the door again once the shingles have been cut away and make sure it is a perfect fit.

5. Before you set the door in for good, you need to put silicone down. Put a bead for the front and a bead for the back (figure D). You can't have too much protection. The door will smash the silicone flat, so you don't want any spaces or gaps. Also, put silicone along the jack stud.

6. Put some 16-penny nails on the outside of the door, two on each side, but leave them one quarter inch out in case you have to pull them out for some reason.

RESOURCES :

Front Door (Jeld-Wen)

JELD-WEN
Website: www.jeld-wen.com

Installing and Hanging Doors
1561586358
Gary Katz
(August 2002)

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