How Do I Acquire Rough Measurements for Replacing an Exterior French Door?
Age, weathering, inadequate maintenance or a remodeling project can lead to the need to replace an exterior French door. Gathering the essential rough measurements required to make certain your French door's replacement unit is correctly sized is a simple procedure that verifies the dimensions needed by your door supplier to insure a smooth replacement installation. Does this Spark an idea?
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Measure the width dimension of the existing door assembly between the inside faces of the vertical jamb sides. This measurement will determine the overall width of the replacement doors.
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Determine the door height by measuring from the floor surface to the bottom of the horizontal header jamb.
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Open the door and measure the wall thickness from the exterior edge of the jamb side to the interior edge, excluding the door casing or trim pieces. This will define the correct jamb width needed for the replacement door assembly.
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Determine the thickness of the door itself at the door edge, excluding the T-astragal trim piece if measuring a double French door unit. (The T-astragal is the molding that fits between double doors, providing a weather seal.)
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Measure the width of the threshold, from the outer lip to the interior edge.
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Measure the interior height of the threshold, from the floor surface to the top edge of the threshold surface beneath the closed door.
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