How To Install Hinges For Screen Door
This guide will show you how to install a storm door.
How to install hinges for screen door. How to install spring hinges for screen doors. To install a screen door start by asking a friend to hold the door in the door frame so the screen door s handle is on the same side as the main door s handle. Install the hinges 8 inches from the top and bottom of the screen door on the door s edge. If you have a small tear purchase screen repair tape or a screen patch either of which can cover a rip and make the door usable once more.
Storm doors offer protection for your exterior doors and they can be stylish and functional at the same time they have the advantage over screen doors because they let in a lot of light without allowing warm or cold air to escape thus helping to save energy. Make a mark at those points on the door and then lay the hinges on the marks and mark where the holes will go with a pencil or pen. To replace a screen you will need a few basic materials and tools including a flathead screwdriver or screw gun a tape measure a utility knife a staple gun a piece of scrap lumber finishing nails and last but not least the actual screen itself. You will probably want your screen door to open the same way.
Install the hinges at the same level as the upper and lower door hinges or about eight inches from the top and also from the bottom. Storm door installation is a simple project that can be completed quickly. Then using a hinge as a template drill pilot holes for the 3 hinges which will go on the opposite side of the door as the handle. Measure where your hinges will lay on the door.
Similarly the handle should be placed at the same height as.