Installing an Exterior Door Perfectly - The Right Way

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In this DIY home improvement video, we show you How To Install A Prehung Exterior Door FAST and easy the simple DIY way. We always recommend a pre-hung door because that puts you that much far ahead in the game with a door that is already attached with hinges to the frame with the textbook 1/8" reveal line all the way around the door.
Pre-hung doors typically will come with pre-drilled holes for the door lock and deadbolt. We will show you the four rules of installing a door in your house: which are level, plumb, square, and true. Once you can master these four criteria, your door installation will be perfect without any hitches at all.
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⏱ Table of Contents Install A Prehung Exterior Door (Click on timestamps to jump to a chapter) ⏱
0:00 Intro to Install A Prehung Exterior Door
0:20 4 Requirements installing front doors: Level, Plumb, Square, True
1:30 Core strategy for installing an exterior door frame
2:15 Removing the old exterior door and frame
3:38 Searching for & removing hidden nails and screws
6:00 Installing New Pre-hung Door
6:43 Applying silicone to floor and door rough-in opening, fitting prehung door
7:23 Shim hinge side first level, plumb, square
8:50 Shim doorknob side
10:40 Check weather stripping for air gaps, light leaks, check shims
12:40 Removing shims from the pre-hung door frame
13:26 Apply expanding door gap foam

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@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Affiliate links to tools and parts in this video: 🛒 Dewalt Atomic DCF850 Compact Impact Driver homedepot.sjv.io/rnboQd 🛒 DeckMate 3 in. Exterior Self-Starting Wood Deck Screws #9 (1 lb./73 pcs): homedepot.sjv.io/9WBnre 🛒 Tapcon 1/4 in. x 3-3/4 in. Star Flat-Head Concrete Anchors (25-Pack): homedepot.sjv.io/VyjA0R 🛒 Loctite Tite Foam Pro Can Window and Door 19.6 oz. Spray Foam Sealant: homedepot.sjv.io/9WBnqe Note: Some links we provide for you are affiliate links which if you click on them and buy something, we may receive a small affiliate commission. We appreciate you supporting our efforts to continue to bring you world-class tool reviews, remodeling, and repair videos, tool giveaways, and shop with me videos looking for the best discount tool deals.

@djzfishiousvishing3055 Год назад

Put your molding on then spray foam from the inside and pull the weather strip out to screw behind them so when you put the strip back they hide the screws.

@oglennhamrick4491 10 месяцев назад

About to replace and exterior back door on an older rental home I own. This video has been so helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain how its done in the real world!😉

@rosalieflores Год назад

The most thorough door install video.

@belatorius3442 10 месяцев назад

Best illustration of leveling i've seen

@tomm9860 2 месяца назад

Thank you, Jeff, I really learned a lot in 15 minutes. You'll explained better than most of these sites. Keep up the great work.

@shawnlombard7350 Год назад

I've been watching videos here on RU-vid. Yours is the best by far. Your videos are for the common man. Thanks again

@jeffostroff Год назад

I appreciate that! Shawn!

@curbside_profit3121 9 месяцев назад

Thumbs up for the accurate, rough framing diagram provided.

@shlomojesus971 9 месяцев назад

Very helpful - best yet in doors - thank you

@alexkuscht6986 Год назад

Great video Jeff

@jeremyphelps3806 Год назад

Good video I do remodeling and have been restoring old homes since I was 10 yrs old .My father taught me most of what I know and I completely understand how the real world and video fantasy land are .I like to find good content just for review and it turns out I was taught the rite way when it comes to door installation. GOOD VIDEO BY REAL PRO !

@jeffostroff Год назад

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it Jeremy

@ladybugtrail2815 2 года назад

Great video Jeff! You do such a great job and put so much effort into explaining everything. Looking forward to more how-to and DIY videos like this :)

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

More to come!

@simongardner3509 6 месяцев назад

Super video, thank you Sir!

@juanmelendez8909 2 года назад

Thanks Jeff for your information and video, I appreciate you

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

My pleasure!

@paedahe4975 2 года назад

👍Great job Jeff.

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Thanks!

@haroldmunoz2010 Месяц назад

Thank you so much for your detailed explanation!!! Greatly appreciated 👏🏻

@jeffostroff Месяц назад

I'm glad the explanation was helpful for you!

@samueladams584 2 года назад

I'm not planning on replacing a door yet but Jeff does a good job explaining it. I have a metal front door that can use fresh paint whenever I get spare time to try and do that

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Don't forget the sill pan if your area requires it

@williecolbert5249 Год назад

"Fantasy land" lol! I gave you a thumbs up for the honesty. Great tutorial.

@jeffostroff Год назад

Thanks Willie

@rhroney1 3 месяца назад

Well done! Thx.

@iggymac3473 2 года назад

great info jeff

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Thanks Iggy!

@DanEBoyd 2 года назад

Excellent video!! I've never done an exterior door, but in the last two years I did six interior doors in my house. On one of them, I walled off the wide pocket doors, (leaving them intact inside) and got to install the new door in my own wall! I went for level and plumb using the closed door to manipulate the gaps, and then did a light check. I didn't do as good a job on three of them as you did on this one, especially with their trim, so I guess I should ask them if those doors are still working fine...

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

This install is still doing great. You will get better with each install

@jetlim1477 Год назад

Great job 👍👍👍

@jeffostroff Год назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@dno702 Год назад

Great video . Thanks

@jeffostroff Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it Danny!

@DavidRHolloway 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@LoganMarcosSchmidt Год назад

Thank you you are a genius

@jeffostroff Год назад

You're welcome!

@edmundorocha4987 2 года назад

Thanks Jeff

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Glad to help

@bob2906 2 года назад

looks great

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

thanks Bob

@Amxracer 2 года назад

Exactly how I do my doors. Not as fast as TV shows you . 😂 Real world 🌎 install, Thank you !

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Glad you liked it thnaks!

@ronniecardy 2 года назад

Nice job well done

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Thanks Ronnie

@morokeiboethia6749 Год назад

Sometimes (usually in an old house or house that has settled a lot) your jack studs will be twisted off plane with each other. In a perfect world, the door slab is flush with the drywall and there is a perfect 90 degrees in between the drywall/door slab and the jack studs (a horizontal plane 90 degrees). Then when you put your jamb and slab in, there should be a perfect 90 degree angle (horizontal plane 90 degrees) in between the door slab and the s-jamb and h-jamb. If the jack studs are twisted off plane and then you put your jamb in and shim, there's a high chance you're about to twist the jamb off plane as well. The str-jamb and hing-jamb may be perfectly plumb, but they can be twisted off plane which means your strike jamb and hinge jamb aren't perfectly parallel with each other. It may be a very mild twist and not enough to affect the door shutting but sometimes it does but that's usually a problem you'll run into in an old house. This is a rare problem but probably the most invisible problem to a lot of people hanging doors because you need a square to see it. You can get around this problem by using unbalanced shimming, meaning you might have to have an extra shim on one side than the other or you have equal # of shims on both sides but you had to drive one in farther in order to twist the jamb into proper alignment. But if you are hanging a door and you're showing plumb but the door is still scrubbing, then check your parallel of jamb legs (on both sides of the jamb legs, not just one side)

@anaspetsmobilesalon 2 года назад

May I just say Thank you

@stephenvarney334 8 месяцев назад

One of the best videos on hanging exterior door. Better than This Old House. THANKS

@user-vj4ll6kh5c Год назад

Great job guys ! 👍🏻👉🏻

@jeffostroff Год назад

Thank you! 👍

@bigwave_dave8468 Год назад

Good video. thanks! You may want to mention to use expanding foam for windows and doors. Regular expanding foam can warp the jamb.

@jeffostroff Год назад

Yes, good idea

@mekalkasias6571 6 месяцев назад

Thank you I didn't think i'd ever find a video that showed real world situation. Extraction Good video

@jeffostroff 6 месяцев назад

Glad you liked it!

@americanfreedom6417 Год назад

I am 0/3 on prehung entry doors. I thought maybe I would watch someone that knows how to do it. Excellent video.

@almamdani6564 Год назад

this vid earns you a like and subscribe from me. thank you for sharing knowledge to the rest of us.

@jeffostroff Год назад

Awesome, thank you AL!

@TheSisrob Год назад

This is literally wonderful, what a great explanation

@jeffostroff Год назад

Glad you think so!

@pattyhernandez5432 2 года назад

I'm really enjoying your explanations through out the video!!

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Glad you like them Patty!

@mykolashatkovskyi576 10 месяцев назад

Great teching video - thank you. Additional thanks for "my little friend" joke 😀

@georgedavall9449 2 года назад

Wow! A challenge for sure! And not for the faint of heart for anyone that has not done it before! It seems like it should be so easy, but au contraire! 🤔😳🙄🙄🙄😀👍✌🏻🔨

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

It really is easy, just make sure it is level plumb true

@timraber6575 2 года назад

I see you have got a green tool in that video!!!!! Love Ryobi!!! Good job Jeff……

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Yes my friend the homeowner owns that drill driver

@Esiddik 2 года назад

Perfection!! 👌🏽 thank you!

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

You're so welcome!

@_E_G_G_S_ 2 месяца назад

I loled when you showed the rough framed opening.

@stevef.8041 Месяц назад

...but it's exactly what we find when we attempt these projects. Be prepared!

@_E_G_G_S_ Месяц назад

@@stevef.8041 Oh I know. I've been a carpenter for 25 years, i have remodeled countless houses and It absolutely feels like that's how the rough openings are sometimes.

@SailingSarah Год назад

I literally busted out laughing when you showed that rough opening lol

@jeffostroff Год назад

You mean the parallelogram!

@benjaminleslie3155 2 года назад

It's like an episode of this old house

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

This old horse

@pcguy619 2 месяца назад

Lol... if only it were this easy. Sill plate was at an angle and the wall studs around the door were slanted due to some water damage to the joists at one point (but is now fixed!). The door itself was also nowhere near square when not installed. 4 packs of shims later and it mostly closes and seals well. Need another 2 packs to get it perfect.

@stevej822 Год назад

ROFL! I think Tim Burton made that door opening. Love the vid!

@jeffostroff Год назад

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

@Garth2011 2 года назад

Good door brand. For an exterior door, I prefer they swing inside into the room and preferably open against a wall. This one was right on the front corner of the garage...a little odd location. Good install BTW...I never agreed with snapping off the shims...they are best cut/trimmed flush and clean. This original build really screwed up where the lockset latches into the door frame. I have seen some of those studs just too far away and shimmed just enough that the door frame itself acts as the dead bolt latch...not secure at all. Would be best to have a 4x4 at all locks ! But I'm sure thats just asking too much. Good review Jeff

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

This room was formerly a carport, with a sloped driveway so this made an interesting installation

@maciejfassa4394 2 года назад

For buying a door in the future, I suggest looking at Dako doors. They have sturdy products.

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Will look into them thanks

@erkl8823 Год назад

6:08 my man just actually said "fasTeners"....

@GLACIOUS13 Год назад

LoL! I pointed that out to my "Dearest". She said I was the only one that would notice that. Thanks, pal!

@RalphCherry-df3nn Год назад

Thanks for all the great information, now I'm going to hang my new door

@CC-ug3ld Год назад

Looks like south Florida somewhere 😊

@fionafifi7029 Год назад

New subscriber. You kinda sound like Stanley tucci 🤗😳

@bryanwilson5779 Год назад

Great video. Learned even more. Best so far. Would be helpful if you mention how much you save by doing it yourself or what new tools you might gain and what are the costs of some of these items. Might date the video some but we can see maybe if the entire project is worth doing it yourself. I am already looking at replacing the frame or parts of it because of water/insect damage. Need to know what to do to protect bottom wood frame or top because the builder didn't drop the outside of the door concrete pad so splash is happening. My outside garage door area really didn't last ten years. Coming on 18 years and I am just getting replacing it after a temporary fixes finally failed.

@jeffostroff Год назад

Great ideas thanks Bryan!

@bryanwilson5779 Год назад

@@jeffostroff Doing mine now. Ran into some carpenter ants. Bottom damage to the frame and probaably took too long for a first timer. Now I have to go buy a door. Either ripping out the frame to cinder block or just reuse the top portion after cutting out the bottom. I had water damage on the bottom and the design has no step or gap to the front so water damage is going to keep happening unless I cover the whole outer concrete pad with the a/c unit. Have crowbar will travel.

@richkucharski8824 2 года назад

What manufacture of outside door do you prefer? Perfect timing of the video, I need to replace a front door in Florida. Thanks

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

I have used Jeld-Wen a number of times, this was a metal insulated door from Lowes, we were happy with it

@richkucharski8824 2 года назад

@@jeffostroff Thanks.

@EmiliaGanner-bi4sl 6 месяцев назад

Hi! Thanks for the video ☺ I just have one question. In many places, the wooden wedges are removed and any holes are filled. You sawed it off. Is it okay if you stay inside? Which is the better solution?

@cesarcampos1963 11 месяцев назад

Bro even got the DeWalt underwear 😂

@tedmcdonald3377 2 года назад

Keemazon gonna love them toes Jeff😎🤦🏻‍♂️😎🤦🏻‍♂️😎

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

LOL, yes that was my friend Grant

@bloodoner Год назад

You mentioned that the concrete was not level so you shimmed it. Did you do anything else? Wouldn't there be a gap under the door?

@7thsignthenorthcoast146 2 года назад

So do you want normal expanding foam or low expanding ? Thinking the regular might force the door frame out of plum and square

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

You want low expanding foam according to instructions. But no it cannot force the door and screws out of plumb. What happens is the foam will expand out the front and back side and you cut the excess off.

@johnharlow2206 Год назад

Outswing exterior door very rare in my parts

@jeffostroff Год назад

They are common here in FL due to hurricane

@agisler87 Год назад

My sill plate is 1/8 inch wider than the head plate, so it is not true. Any suggestions?

@johnbalogna803 Год назад

No when your a home owner the first thing you should do is make a list of required tools and either purchase them or see if you can borrow them so you get the job done right the first time.

@alexlaffoon387 10 месяцев назад

How would you deal with an exterior door going into an uneven concrete slab subfloor?

@HRRaz Год назад

Do i need to screw the top door jam as well? I have a steel lintel up there so what do i do in this situation?

@jeffostroff Год назад

Yes, drill pilot holes into the lintel and then drill bit sizes up until you can screw into the metal

@thebeardedone1986 6 месяцев назад

12:29 Are there fasteners at each Shim? Do you Anchor each of them?

@jeffostroff 6 месяцев назад

I prefer to run a fastener trough every shim

@house9850 Год назад

I swear this guy sounds exactly like Ray Liotta rip

@gregcrabb3497 Год назад

I am quite handy, grew up watching and helping my dad with all kinds of stuff (he was a pro). I'm trying to talk myself into tackling this job on my own house. It's a 66 year old house so I'm scared of what may be lurking behind the trim work....

@jeffostroff Год назад

We never know what is lurking there!

@travisallington3465 11 месяцев назад

Great job! Except you put it in backwards lmao

@jeffostroff 11 месяцев назад

No it is not in backwards, this is a locked hinge, the pin cannot be removed.

@Ian_MacGregor Год назад

Great video! What would you say is an average cost someone can expect to pay for this type of job?

@jeffostroff Год назад

A contractor might charge you $100 or more per hour, and assume 3 or 4 hour job

@bbowler250 10 месяцев назад

My friend in CO just got a quote for this type of install... 30k

@cajunag Год назад

Do you consider it a security issue to have your exterior door swing out? Having your hinges accessible from the outside seems risky. I ask this because I have an exterior door that needs replacing and, because of how the interior walls are situated, it would be better to have it swing out rather than in but I'm worried about security.

@jeffostroff Год назад

They are security hinges that cannot be popped

@cajunag Год назад

@@jeffostroff Ah nice! Thanks!

@jimdomoradzki3309 10 месяцев назад

And the door is not protected by the weatherstrip when it swings out.

@FertileMyrtleTurtle Год назад

What part of Florida are you in?

@danieldropps59 3 месяца назад

The door is backwards. Great video and tips but the door should swing inside. Or The hinge pins should be inside. A thief could easily tap them out and take the door off

@jims.2595 2 года назад

Hinges on the outside? That's a new one for an exterior door. What stops someone wanting to break in from just popping out the hinge pins and pulling the door out of the frame?

@jeffostroff Год назад

On doors that have hinges on the outside they are security hinges that can't be popped And door removed

@Amxracer 2 года назад

😎

@midwestmarauder4821 9 месяцев назад

So you guys didn't have to put the vapor barrier tape on?

@donnareed3822 Год назад

I use the saws all and cut the upright in half and then just pull the rest of the door frame out

@jeffostroff Год назад

Getting medieval on it!

@Ashroyer86 Год назад

both doors i have got so far weren't assembled correctly, putting them out of square by a solid 8th.

@jeffostroff Год назад

Yes, we see this all the time with prehung doors

@briantruck2284 2 года назад

💯👍

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Thanks for watching Brian!

@phillB 11 месяцев назад

Take a saws all and cut the old frame. It makes removal much easier.

@inthesunbythebeach 11 месяцев назад

It looks like a strong hurricane can just blown that door out.

@CanadianTexaninLiguria 10 месяцев назад

And take the house with it

@lamar9525 2 года назад

So the expanding foam doesn't mess with the plumb?

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

No it is already screwed into the rough in opening, you do apply the expanding foam last

@lamar9525 2 года назад

@@jeffostroff Thank you, I needed to understand that.

@steverone7623 2 года назад

They also have low expansion foam made for this purpose

@RunaroundAtNight 11 месяцев назад

Good video, but I wish you had finished the door install with putting the trim back on. Also, you kind of skipped over a couple things like when you started to cut the nails with the saws all, you didn't say what you were doing until later in the video. Same with the removal of the old foam. I wasn't sure what was going on at that point. Also, this looks like it is definitely a 2 person job, which would be a good point to make when you make these videos. Otherwise this was very helpful. Thanks for posting it.

@rubenske091 2 года назад

👍

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

thanks for watching k24 ben

@kobrien0079 6 месяцев назад

level plumb square and true , too bad you did not show how any of these corrections are made , besides level , like what do if it was not square when you checked it

@jeffostroff 6 месяцев назад

The shims take care of all that

@wldmike223 2 года назад

Take out the weatherstripping first to find hidden nails and screws.

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Yes, but in his case, he knew where most of the screws already were.

@jamesbjorlie Год назад

I wish you didn’t skip over how you sealed the lower tight gap on the striker side. Seeing as the nozzle wouldn’t fit

@jeffostroff Год назад

Did not apply any where the straw won't go in

@SwolShark Год назад

What kind of sealant do you recommend?

@jeffostroff Год назад

I prefer silicone, unless you want it to be paintable, then Alex 230

@SwolShark Год назад

@@jeffostroff thank you!

@markollis2006 2 года назад

Hing goes inside on exterior door

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

No on an outward opening exterior door with security hinges. Here in FL, for Hurricane, you have to have doors opening outward

@tnrcleancare7847 Год назад

What about when one wall is 1.5 inches off at the sill from the other side ? You can't make it level plumb and square. You just can't. I've spent a 12 hr day fighting it. It takes installing many doors to realize you do the best you can to the eye , and make the door operable , where it will open up and close decently easy, and modify the lock catches to latch decent. I've installed hundreds and 1 out of 3 are like this especially in older homes. If the walls are mostly true, then yes you can go level

@jeffostroff Год назад

Have you thought about pouring down some self leveling compound to level the bottom of the floor first? I think that would be something I would look into I do this all the time in bathrooms before I tile I have to always get them level first

@tnrcleancare7847 Год назад

@@jeffostroff No, I don't mean the floor.... Of course, if it was out of level that's exactly what I would do. I mean if you were looking from the top of the wall down one wall is an inch and a half to 2 in away from the other wall if you were to chalk a line straight from wall to wall. So it ends up that your hinge side Is one or 2 in one way and the latch side is the opposite way cocking the door all crooked. I've done a lot of doors and it takes a true master to get a door like that to work. You will literally fight it for hours. I found the only way to make it work is do your best to line it up with the walls and the drywall etc. And then you just have to reroute and chisel hinges and catches

@seanhwy9761 Месяц назад

why does your door swing out? That's normal in Japan but in the us doors open inward.

@rodneycaupp5962 11 месяцев назад

No short-cuts. He did every thing, and more, to get this new... into old, to be plumb Square and true.... click. That is the sound of all that working together on a Jeld Wend replacement door. I am facing a replacement, but My rough opening is all wood, with a brick exterior to clean up. The foam brick mold is a piece of cake to finish up with. I've done many doors but you can't beat instructions like this, when you've been out of the game awhile... He screwed it real good... LOL.

@catbertz 2 года назад

This was just in time for an upcoming to-do item! Stupid termites eating my doorframe. 🤬

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

Big problem here in FL especially with driving rains and bottom wood soaking up water.

@thejimmy6533 Год назад

13:08 The sound of getting a tooth drilled.

@jeffostroff Год назад

yes it does sound like it

@jackmack276 Год назад

wait wait wait wait. you're telling me you put the hinges on the exterior?? is that so any random person can come by, remove the hinge pins or cut them and walk on in? how has no one noticed this? why not just flip the lock and have the keyed side of the dead bolt on the inside lol?

@jeffostroff Год назад

These are security hinges, no way to remove them

@jackmack276 Год назад

@@jeffostroff I gotcha, sorry I hadn't seen you responded to a similar reply already. Thanks for the video and reply, have a good day!

@mikevernacchio5384 Год назад

Very common in I’m guessing Florida

@rogerwhitcher8260 Год назад

@@mikevernacchio5384 very lol

@saltyolbroad2962 Год назад

Good eye! I didn't notice that!

@flint4fire 8 месяцев назад

Bit strange to see the rotten bottom and not do any sort of flashing ?

@CanadianTexaninLiguria 10 месяцев назад

Star drive aka Torx - when you don't have Robertson (square for Americans)

@jeffostroff 10 месяцев назад

I love the Torx

@davidlatif7829 2 года назад

I disagree with you on using expanding foam. Even with the shims and screws it will still expand the door casing. A lesson learned from a previous experience. Use Non-Expanding foam.

@paedahe4975 2 года назад

If the pre-hung door jam is tacked, (screwed) to opening 2x4’s in a solid fashion, there is no foam in the world that can move the door out of balance. It’s all about preparations. The foam is not the enemy. Drafts and shotty workmanship from inexperienced contractors is.

@jeffostroff 2 года назад

This foam does not expand as much it is made for windows and doors. I check with him every week since November when we installed it, the door is working fine, so your theory of the foam being able to magically bend screws is not correct in this case. It would have happened by the next day when it cured.

@Garth2011 2 года назад

@@jeffostroff Very easy to sand the foam with an angle grinder 80 grit then install the casing/trim.

@jimdomoradzki3309 10 месяцев назад

Why are you fighting trying to remove the jamb from its rough opening? Cut it up in place with your Saws all. Congratulations on installing the intended inside of the door on the outside. Now your weatherstripping is worthless being in the wrong spot and letting rain in all around the door.

@jeffostroff 10 месяцев назад

You are wrong, that is a security hinge, can't be popped from outside