How to Replace Bathroom Doors
One of the most used rooms in your home is your bathroom. For this reason, your bathroom door tends to experience a lot of wear and tear. Therefore, you will eventually need to know how to replace your bathroom door.
Things That You Will Need
- A nail set
- A hammer
- A crow bar
- A magnet
- A door with a doorframe
- Some wood shims
- A level
- 10 penny nails
- Finish nails
- Some wood putty
- A door handle lock set
- A ape measure
- Measure the height and width of your doorway’s opening.
- Note in what direction the door swings.
- Take the hinge pins off of the door.
- Use a nail set and a hammer to tap the pin out of each hinge.
- Lift the door out of the frame.
- Use a crow bar and a hammer to take the molding out of the doorway.
- Use a magnet to locate the nails that hold the doorframe in place.
- Use a nail set to drive the nail all the way through the doorframe.
- Slide the doorframe out of the door opening.
- Slide your new doorframe and door into place in the doorway by slightly tipping the door upwards into place. Make sure to start at the opening’s base.
- Open the door.
- Secure the door with shims so that it won’t fall over.
- Use shims to adjust the doorframe so that it is both level and plumb.
- Fasten the doorframe to the studs surrounding the door with ten penny nails. Make sure to fasten the frame near the hinges first and to check to ensure that the door remains level.
- Use finishing nails to replace the door molding.
- Fill in the nail holes with wood putty.
- Touch up the paint.