How to replace door

How to replace door

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Often the old door does not suit the owners any more. It warps or cracks, it peels corners, the door can just get out of fashion. Then it is changed for new. It is possible to change door independently. For this purpose the diligence and the accurate sequence of actions is necessary. Let's start?

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Instruction

1. First of all it is necessary to work as chisel and the hammer: remove platband from box of old door. Nails can be pulled out pincers. Then raise door nail-catcher and remove it from loops. Investigate old fastening, take out box from aperture. Drill in opening wall under dowels. If there were wooden mortgage bars from former door, they can be used for mounting of new. Now it is possible to be engaged in new door closely. Vertical racks of box should be made longer than door cloth on 6-8 mm: suddenly you want to put carpet under door? Therefore saw off from box bar from below small pieces correctly to correct the size. Then remove door with petel and put in door opening only box.

2. Now the box should be recorded well. Make sure that bar. on which loops fasten, costs vertically. It is possible to make it by means of plumb. Then plumb check vertical position of door cloth outside. Drill holes for screws in 8 mm. Them has to be on three in vertical bars and on one - in top, right in the middle. Openings should be done in such places that they were not too noticeable when you finalize door. More volume drill drill holes under heads of screws. Their approximate depth - 10 mm. Now twirl screws and close them decorative traffic jams. Strengthen the bar established earlier wedges and screws. Then record the following vertikalnoy bar, screw screw in the top bar of box. When you hang door cloth, remove auxiliary bar from box.

3. It is necessary to hang door most carefully, door hinges can deteriorate, it cannot be allowed. You watch that the established door in the closed state densely adjoined to box, the slot has to make no more than 2 mm. Regulate the provision of door by means of wedges and also weakening and again tightening screws.

4. The slot between the main box and draft should fill in with polyurethane foam. It is better to do it in several stages, and under door to enclose emphasis. When foam stiffens, it is necessary to cut off its surplus and to saw off hacksaw the acting wedges.

5. Now platband time has come. Saw off two of its rails at an angle 45 °. Height of that, what is shorter, has to be 5 mm higher than the top edge of door cloth at installation. Beat each of rails three nails to door case. Nails meanwhile should be hammered on 2/3. Palm off the top crossbeam of platband under rails. Then by means of pencil note the line on which then saw off and establish the top crossbeam. Fix platband finally. Hats of nails can be bitten off, and places where nails are hammered, to paint over under color of door.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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