Do It Yourself Interior Door Installation

To install an interior door start by drawing a plumb line down the wall that s 1 2 inch from the opening of the doorway on the hinge side.

Do it yourself interior door installation.

Mark the pre hung door for the opening adding an inch or two for carpet to run underneath the door. Some blank doors have a specific swing direction. This is the easiest and fastest way of hanging professional looking doors that are perfectly plumb and have a perfect reveal. Dry fit the new door.

Next dry fit the new interior slab door in the opening using shims to hold it in place if needed. But i do have some tips of my own. The doors are then factory painted with high grade sherwin williams paint specifically designed for oven curing to ensure a finish that is five times more durable than traditional residential paint. If the new door doesn t fit the old door can be used as a template to indicate where the new door slab should be trimmed.

Install the brackets only on the side that the door swings the hinge side we had to install one on the non hinge side and this door took a long time to level. This fail proof system allows for quick and hassle free door hanging for beginners to pros. The strike side the side with the lockset of these doors has a beveled edge so the door can swing freely. The quick door hanger is a patented door hanging bracket system for do it yourself door hanging.

Your new door will often not work with the old framework. When installing an interior door you will need to remove the old door and the entire framework that goes with it. Next attach 3 brackets to the other side of the door jamb. Removing old door and framework.

Interior doors are a great way to update and accent your decor without too much commitment or expense. Then cut the door along the mark image 3. Put painter s tape along the length of their mark image 1 and on the plate of the saw image 2. Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges.

Installing a pre hung door is easier and faster than starting from scratch since most of the more labor intensive work is already done. This is true for both prehung and do it yourself installations. We do the work in our factory enabling us to install new doors and locksets for your entire home in just one day with no mess. Then attach 6 installation brackets along the outside of the door jamb placing a bracket behind each of the 3 hinges.