| The function of a door is to permit entry and exit | | | | them with the metal ones and then screw the studs |
| for a room but it must additionally give protection | | | | directly into the existing sill using the screws. Do the |
| from the elements when it is closed. Steel doors are | | | | same to the header wall frame. For the placing of the |
| an excellent way of providing security from intruders | | | | new steel door you will need the aid of another |
| and fires. Also you will not have to fret about it | | | | person. With the help of your companion place the |
| rotting or being eaten by insects. Here is how to | | | | door in front of the opening and then tilt it up and |
| install a steel door on your own. Required Tools Pry | | | | into place. Level the door with the shims and fit it |
| bar Drill and bit set Hammer Screw driver Required | | | | into position; the door and frame might come with |
| Materials Steel frame and door 2 inch screws Nails | | | | interior supports to keep the door straight and |
| Wall board Wall board tape Shims 2x4 stock Plaster | | | | square. Using the shims place the door in position |
| skim coating Metal studs Instructions If you are | | | | between the jambs and level it by adjusting the |
| changing out an existing door, the first step is to | | | | shims on either side. Use the 2-inch screws to screw |
| remove the existing molding. Use the pry bar to | | | | the lockset side of the frame to the metal stud, only |
| remove the molding from the wall until all the molding | | | | screwing the screws in about halfway and then |
| right around is down. Use the screw driver and screw | | | | screw in the hinge side of the frame also halfway. |
| out the hinge pins and remove the hinges and the | | | | Adjust the shims to make sure the door is still level |
| door; use the drill or pry bar to remove the door | | | | and plumb and opens properly and then tighten the |
| frame, sills and jams. Of course if there was no door | | | | screws. When the door is firmly in place remove the |
| in the doorway, there is no need for this step. Next | | | | 2x4 frame braces. Your steel door is now installed |
| comes the framing of the wall; ensure that the wall | | | | and all that is left is to patch the wall around the |
| around the door is structural and set the frame in | | | | door where needed and remove the old wallboards |
| position. Nail a pair of 2x4 stocks together and put | | | | and nail the new wallboard in place against the door |
| them inside the wall as a brace. Take out the studs | | | | frame. Plaster and tape the boards and you are done. |
| on either side of the steel door frame and replace | | | | |