How To Install New Door From Garage To House

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva shows how to assemble and hang a new garage door.

How to install new door from garage to house.

An older double garage door can weigh anywhere from 250 to 450 lbs. Use impact driver to mount hinges to the bottom panel of garage door. We recommend that the door between garage and residence should be equipped with a self closing device although no longer required by the irc and fbc. Be sure the bar is centered on the panel.

Attach weather stripping to the bottom edge of garage door. Insert the lockset tailpieces through the latch bolt and screw the handles together by tightening the retaining screws. Install a new door lock and door knob by inserting the latch through the hole for the new parts. Yet many of us enter and exit our homes through the garage door far more often than we do through the formal entry door.

Begin installing your new door. A remodeler doing a flip house changes out all the doors in the home to update the interior and replaces the old door to the garage with a hollow core interior door. New garage door installation overview. Screw cable brackets to the door to secure the weather stripping.

This weight coupled with deteriorating hardware makes older garage doors a frequent scene of home accidents.