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Posted by Brigitte on August 5, 2007, 9:40 am
I will be installing a new storm door, where there is presently an
old, not very useful, storm door. Can anyone tell me how difficult
this will be? Besides the storm door, what will I need on hand in
order to get this done? Would it be a good idea to have shims
available when I'm doing this installation? Is this a job better left
to a professional? After I get the door installed, I'll be taking it
down and installing a doggy door into it. Anything I need to know
about that installation?
Any and all advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
Brigitte
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 5, 2007, 9:50 am
>I will be installing a new storm door, where there is presently an
> old, not very useful, storm door. Can anyone tell me how difficult
> this will be? Besides the storm door, what will I need on hand in
> order to get this done? Would it be a good idea to have shims
> available when I'm doing this installation? Is this a job better left
> to a professional? After I get the door installed, I'll be taking it
> down and installing a doggy door into it. Anything I need to know
> about that installation?
>
> Any and all advice is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Brigitte
>
Since you are installing a doggy door, can we assume this is a wood storm
door?
In most cases, it is pretty much a matter of screwing the hinges in place.
If it is an odd size or out of square, the door will have to be trimmed to
fit. Useful tools are tape measure, screwdriver, drill, plane, hammer,
possibly a saw, wood chisel, hammer.
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Posted by Brigitte on August 5, 2007, 10:00 am
>
>
> >I will be installing a new storm door, where there is presently an
> > old, not very useful, storm door. Can anyone tell me how difficult
> > this will be? Besides the storm door, what will I need on hand in
> > order to get this done? Would it be a good idea to have shims
> > available when I'm doing this installation? Is this a job better left
> > to a professional? After I get the door installed, I'll be taking it
> > down and installing a doggy door into it. Anything I need to know
> > about that installation?
>
> > Any and all advice is appreciated.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Brigitte
>
> Since you are installing a doggy door, can we assume this is a wood storm
> door?
>
> In most cases, it is pretty much a matter of screwing the hinges in place.
> If it is an odd size or out of square, the door will have to be trimmed to
> fit. Useful tools are tape measure, screwdriver, drill, plane, hammer,
> possibly a saw, wood chisel, hammer.
Edwin,
Thanks for your quick reply, and your advice. I believe I have
everything, except the plane. Hopefully I won't need one, but if I
do, there's a place here in town where I can probably get one.
Yes, it will be a 1" thick wood door.
Brigitte
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Posted by Steve on August 5, 2007, 10:14 am
alt.home.repair:
> I will be installing a new storm door, where there is presently an
> old, not very useful, storm door. Can anyone tell me how difficult
> this will be? Besides the storm door, what will I need on hand in
> order to get this done? Would it be a good idea to have shims
> available when I'm doing this installation? Is this a job better left
> to a professional? After I get the door installed, I'll be taking it
> down and installing a doggy door into it. Anything I need to know
> about that installation?
>
> Any and all advice is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Brigitte
I'm assuming a typical metal-framed storm door with a plastic over wood
panel at the bottom.
You might need some help holding the door up while you put the first
screws in.
You won't need shims, but you might need some trim wood for spacing.
Shims are the small angled pieces that look like wood shingles. They'll
definitely be too wide to fit in your door. If you need anything, it
will be a long strip of wood to fill in behind the metal frame of the
storm door so it fits properly in an oversized opening. You'll just have
to measure carefully to determine what's needed. You can usually use
some pre-cut molding from the lumber yard, but not always.
To install the door you'll need:
Drill and bits
Tape measure
Screwdrivers - Phillips, maybe standard
Hacksaw
Level
Stepladder
To do the doggie door you'll need:
Drill and bits
Jigsaw
Speed square to draw right-angle lines for the cut
Tape measure
Screwdrivers - Phillips, maybe standard
Both products will have instructions and a list of required tools on the
box, so anything I've left out will be mentioned there.
Let us know how it goes.
--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement
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Posted by franz frippl on August 5, 2007, 10:27 am
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:40:59 -0700, Brigitte wrote:
> I will be installing a new storm door, where there is presently an
> old, not very useful, storm door. Can anyone tell me how difficult
> this will be? Besides the storm door, what will I need on hand in
> order to get this done? Would it be a good idea to have shims
> available when I'm doing this installation? Is this a job better left
> to a professional? After I get the door installed, I'll be taking it
> down and installing a doggy door into it. Anything I need to know
> about that installation?
>
> Any and all advice is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Brigitte
Follow the instructions which come with the door. One instruction usually
left out of door packages: think. Yes, think and all goes well.
It may take you a bit, but you'll learn something on the way. When done,
you will be proud of your work. If it doesn't work, no problem, ask
someone else to help.
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