Add A Door To An Opening

An easy way to hide your books is by adding a door.

Add a door to an opening.

Find a door that fits inside the smaller measurement with room to spare or be prepared to do some cutting and sanding. There are many ways to install a door and this is the method i. Measure your door carefully and cut the opening to fit using a reciprocating saw. How to install a new pre hung door over drywall in a hallway or to split a room.

Measure from the top of the header to the bottom of the top plate and cut the cripple studs to this length. When we purchased the pre hung french doors there were screws holding the doors together at the top and the bottom. Make sure you take these out before you attach your doors to their new frame otherwise you won t be able to open your doors. Add the height of the new jamb plus inch and cut two new jack studs to this length.

Are the shelves flush with the front of the frame or are they recessed enough to accept a piece of wood being put in front of them. Install one new one for every 3 feet or less of opening. This will give you room to space the door frame off of the sub floor. At doors plus we can provide a range of solutions to update your arched internal opening with an arched top from sliding doors to bi folds or french door options.

Make the opening the width of the door plus 2 inches 5 1 cm and if additional studs are needed a space for these as. Here is a very basic overview of the steps. You should add 2 1 2 to the height of the actual door. Step 1 check over your bookcase.

Just add 2 to the width of the actual door size. Once the doors were in place we used levels and shims to make sure they were well level. Measure the cased opening at the top and bottom these number might not. Sliding doors to close off the arched doorway with sliding doors one track is installed on the wall beside the opening.

Tools and materials chisel circular saw saw horses hole saw drill bit for pilot holes spade bit. Adding an extra interior door is a more common do it yourself home improvement project than most people. With a few simple steps you can add a door to your bookcase and keep your little secret between you and the bookstore clerk.