Adjust until the level s bubble is centered.
How to install an interior prehung french door.
Pick up where you left off.
Before driving the nails home open and close the door and make any necessary adjustments.
Build style your window.
If you plan to install hardwood floors which are 3 4 inch thick you should cut down the jambs by 7 8 inch 3 4 inch for the floor plus 1 8 inch to reduce the gap under the door.
If the hinge side is lower than the latch side slip shims under the level nearest the hinge jamb.
If the plate is bigger.
Check the rough opening david carmack.
Double interior french doors are hard to install because you have additional tolerances you must satisfy to make the install look professional.
Place a 4 foot level on the floor in the doorway.
How to hang pre hung french doors 1.
Are interior french doors hard to install.
A prehung door usually has a 1 1 4 inch gap at the bottom of the door.
I ve installed many pre hung interior french doors with great success.
Slip the latch bolt into its bore and fasten the plate into the mortise on the door s edge with the appropriate screws.
First pick up where you left off in step five of our french door installation.
Fit the doorknobs to both sides of the latch bolt.
Fasten the strike plate to the mortise in the latch jamb with the screws provided in your kit.
Install four wooden shims evenly spaced from top to bottom in the seam between the outer edge of the trimmer and.
Decide how many separate windows you want your transom window to have two.
Drive two nails through each shim about an inch from each edge of the jamb with one about a inch above the other.
Lean the pre hung door unit against the wall inside the room where it will swing open with the barrels of the hinges.
Jeld wen guides you through the steps of preparation and installation of a prehung interior door including a recommended list of tools.
How to install pre hung interior french doors with a window transom step 1.
It s hard enough hanging a single pre hung door much less a set of double french doors.