How to Install an Exterior Door

Male: We’ve got this door that they’re going to install and basically the door jam itself is 32 in half across. Female: Okay. Male: And it’s 81 and half up and down. Female: Okay. Male: So what we are going to do is we are going to make it opening this is going to be 33 and three corners across at 82 inches from top to bottom. Female: Okay. Male: Now you could go to cover that way as you could just say okay, I know I have to stud here but goes there is an electro box. Female: Right. Male: So you just get just go all that stud and then do and extra study here and then you king stud and your header but you will out center. Just one extra piece of wood and we are going to center this door. Female: Okay. Male: Alright? So what we are going to do first is we are going to take a measurements, we know that line is straight. Female: Right. Male: So we are just drop or straight edge down a little bit then you are going to get that lever for because when we just follow this straight line all the way up. So I am just going to drop my blade my blade so I only have about just over half inch that way I know for a fact that I am not cutting any wires. Here is the one of the thing that just happens, stud here this power and going that way. Female: Okay. Male: That power going that way, there is nothing running in between where this door’s going so we start to cut this thing out. It’s always good to know the schematics of your electrical and the way it’s run sometimes we don’t so you get really careful you are going to cut the dry wall out and make sure you don’t cut into the studs because you don’t want to cut the wire. Probably I’m shock here but it will kill the power to your house. That’s perfect. Alright here we go, you add the bottom so here we go so what we are going to do next is give it all the stuffs and we’re get rid to the sunning down here and ones it getting all and clean up, strengthen out we’re coming here and frame a new door and putting the frame the king instead the new header it will all good to go. Female: Excellent. Male: Alright, cool, good job. Okay, so now we’re ready to put this door in we are frame that and we got the header appear and we are going ahead and block it in. just press it up and will its perfect. So we got a pre hang door in that way we are to build the frame or anything it’s goes as right in. No more block on the outside there so we can push it out too far so it’s a couple of blocks up here screw through those. So another screw here, three on this side and we are started, cool. Perfect. Female: Got it, thanks. Male: The office is looking more like a mudroom but we still need to way to get out the door. Will step this inside doing the trim so I’m just going to not to the stairs at will quick, we got the pre cut stringers at hardware stores and we are going to put those up and make sure it level and then put the thread down. Female: Alright, so the trims all up. Male: Cool. Female: Inside. Male: And I’m just going to put the thread down for your steps, it’s been a great day so far to crash out. So alright I have with all the projects and everything is looking really good right now in our office to the mudroom build. We have our door in steps, we are going to finish our trim and put on the hardware and then after that we’re moving here with the cabinets and bookshelves and desk and it’s all the mudroom done. Female: I can’t wait for the mudroom to be done, the kids can just walk in and drop everything is going to be excellence. Male: This room is amazing, now you’ve got a lab room, you’ve got the door coming into your driveway there, you got new steps come in here take out your shoes, hang up your coat and we are looking forward until tomorrow we are going to work I’ll be the first one to use in the morning. This is a good project and I hope you guys will like it. It was definitely a pleasure and this one is my favorite I like this one.