Remove the handleset from the door.
How to cut small window in front steel door.
For metal doors you ll have to figure out if there s a wooden frame underneath and cut the window to fit inside the framework without weakening the structure.
Solid flat front fiberglass or wooden doors will allow you to adjust the opening to fit any standard door window kits.
Sorry i had to re upload this video.
Prepare the exterior door by removing the door from the hinges.
This is the complete one.
The base of.
Lay the door flat on across some sawhorses.
This method produces small steel shavings which fly everywhere.
Place a punch at the base of the lowest hinge pin on the door.
Add painter s tape around your line.
We painted our door before we even started the project because it was desperately in need of some color.
Measure and mark the cutting area on the front side of the door.
Welcome my wife has been wanting a new front door.
To gave my saw a guide to run against and keep the cut perfectly straight i measured from the edge of the blade to the edge of my saw s base and clamped a straightedge to the door see pic 1.
This will give you a suitable working platform to mark.
Measure the exterior door measure the exterior door refer to the measurement guide.
Lay the door down across the sawhorses this is the same style of glass used in car windshields.
How to add a window to your front door.
How to install a window in a metal door.
The first one only played half the video.
Cut through the first side of the door then flip and repeat.