Adding French Doors To Kitchen

We purchased pre hung french doors to make installing them even easier.

Adding french doors to kitchen.

Now it s time for the jack studs the studs that will be placed at either end of the header. Use a nail gun to secure them to the jack studs. Hammer the studs into the sides of the opening and secure them by drilling screws into the remaining wood. Unlike pocket doors and sliding doors french doors command more space for operation.

Use the long level and carpenter s square to make sure the inside of the opening is square and true. Measure your door size. Remove the old frame around the opening with a hammer and pry bars where you want to install french doors. Exterior french doors should be fitted with weather stripping to keep the elements out.

Before we could install them we needed to trim a little off the bottom of the frame. Standard door sizes start at 1 foot 6 inches and are offered at 2 inch increases up to 3 feet wide. We purchased our french doors from our local hardware store. The final step is to place the french doors.

We recommend consulting a professional. We bought these particular doors because they match our 10 pane glass door into my office. Here are the doors we bought. Openings in older houses however are anything but standard and customization may be required.