How To Trim A Sliding Door

They can be used to open your home to other areas like your patio or deck as well.

How to trim a sliding door.

Sliding patio doors also referred to as patio doors are typically made of durable glass and steel aluminum vinyl or wood frames these doors are designed to offer a clear view into your backyard and many include sliding door locks that offer added security to your home. Most trim comes in 8 or 10 ft 2 4 or 3 0 m sections. The family handyman senior editor travis larson will show you how to trim a door in about 10 minutes per side. Remove screws on the left right top and bottom sides of the sliding door.

Then use a screwdriver to remove the screws which hold the frame of the sliding door to the wooden door frame. First purchase some trim from the home improvement store. The project will take a little longer the first time you do it but you ll be trimming out doors like a pro in no time. A sliding screen door repair like cutting a frame to a new width is a bit more difficult because you not only have to miter cut but also make a new rectangular mortise for the roller.

1 remove the baseboard where the door trim will be i measured out the width of the 1 6 and the 1 2 and used my handy multitoo l for cutting a straight line through the baseboard. Here are the steps i took for the sliding door trim. Once the trim has been removed you can remove any nails that are left behind. Measure the new trim against the door.

Track covers national door track cover part length gauge girth weight each lg 131 10 6 29 10 3 8 5 48 lg 131a 16 29 10 3 8 8 35 combo track cover part length gauge girth weight. Remove nails holding the door frame in place.