How To Cut Small Window In Front Steel Door

Lay the door flat on across some sawhorses.

How to cut small window in front steel door.

This will give you a suitable working platform to mark. Prepare the exterior door by removing the door from the hinges. How to add a window to your front door. To gave my saw a guide to run against and keep the cut perfectly straight i measured from the edge of the blade to the edge of my saw s base and clamped a straightedge to the door see pic 1.

The base of. Welcome my wife has been wanting a new front door. We painted our door before we even started the project because it was desperately in need of some color. Sorry i had to re upload this video.

Measure the exterior door measure the exterior door refer to the measurement guide. Remove the handleset from the door. The hinge pin s base is the end that does not have a flat head. This is the complete one.

How to install a window in a metal door. Solid flat front fiberglass or wooden doors will allow you to adjust the opening to fit any standard door window kits. For metal doors you ll have to figure out if there s a wooden frame underneath and cut the window to fit inside the framework without weakening the structure. Place a punch at the base of the lowest hinge pin on the door.

Lay the door down across the sawhorses this is the same style of glass used in car windshields. Measure and mark for your cuts. Drill starter holes. Measure and mark the cutting area on the front side of the door.

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