How to Install a New Entry Door

Provided that your entry doorframe is still in good condition, the installation of a new entry door is simplistic and takes little time to accomplish. Most entry door supplies offer installation services for a fee. However, you could save this additional cost by performing the task yourself. 

Supplies:

• Entry door with hardware


• Battery-powered screwdriver


• Two assistants


• Door weather stripping


• Box cutter


• Hammer


• Small box of weather stripping tacks

1. Remove the existing entry door. Ask one assistant to hold the entry door from the bottom. Ask another assistant to hold the entry door from the side. 


2. Remove the screws securing the bottom entry door hinge brackets to the doorframe using the battery-powered screwdriver. Repeat this step for the top entry door brackets.


3. Disconnect the entry door from the frame and place it in a safe location away from the work area. 


4. Install weather stripping along all edges of the doorframe. Secure the weather stripping by hammering small tacks into the entry doorframe. 


5. Open the packaging containing the new entry door using a box cutter.


6. Separate the hardware and lay it out in an easy to access area close to the door entry.


7. Install the top and bottom entry door hinge brackets. Secure the entry door hinge brackets to the doorframe with the screws provided using the battery-powered screwdriver.


8. Instruct the assistants to hold the new entry door from the bottom edge and side. 


9. Secure the top door hinge bracket to the door by screwing the provided screws through the entry door hinge bracket into the upper side portion of the door using the battery-powered screwdriver. Repeat this step for the bottom portion of the new entry door. 


10. Ensure that the door opens and closes properly.