Install square head 4 inch long deck screws with the cordless drill.
How to get french doors to line up.
How to find the adjustment screws to level up double glazed french doors if your set of doors are out of line or scraping the ground sill then this video w.
Get a helper to hold the door in place while you do this.
Before doing so mark the spot with a pencil on either end where the door needs to be sanded.
Slide the hinge pins into place and remove the blocks from the door.
Hold the door in place using blocks under the bottom to support it if necessary.
Use screws slightly oversized and you won t have to make any repairs to the pulled out screw hole.
Square head screws don t strip out as easily as phillips head screws do.
Smooth away any spots that stick with a sanding block.
Connect the door to the jamb.
The door frame we are installing the door in uses 3 semi oval hinges while the door itself had 2 rectangular hinges so we needed to make the door match the frame.
Set up a power or cordless drill with a screw tip attachment.
If this does not work you can insert a wood shim on the jamb that needs it.
This can be done while the door is in place if you have access to the necessary spots.
You can determine this by checking the outer top corners of the doors where they meet.
Screw the pivot in to lower the door or screw it out to raise the door.
Line up the two hinge plates so that the ones on the door match the ones in the jamb.
5 reinstall the door by first inserting the top pivot into.
Now that the doors are the same size you need to notch out the the hinges for the new door.
Tighten the screws in the hinges at the edges of the doors and at the faces.
There are two techniques that you can try to fix misaligned doors.
If not remove the door from its hinges and lay it flat on the floor to sand.
Test the door by placing it in the door jamb to make sure it fits.