French Patio Doors With Screens
|French Patio Doors With Screens – A screen door is a superb way to not only let some fresh air and sunshine to your house, but also to keep insects and other pests out at the exact same time. By using a screen door, you also have the ability to keep your house enclosed, while still allowing a breeze, possibly when the weather is warm or anytime you only want to let a little bit of fresh air in. Even though you can buy display doors for your house, they are actually fairly simple to make, requiring only a few tools and supplies, using simple building methods. Screen doors can be either very simple in design, or can be more elaborate, based upon your needs and building skills.
Supplies you’ll need, You will need some thin wood stock to use for the display door structure, a hardware framework for the door itself, and display meshing, together with a 1/4 inch by 3/4 inch screen molding. Some basic tools like a tape measure, hamper, knife, chisel, basic gun and clamps will be needed.
Pick a well-dried wood to prevent future wood shrinkage, warping or swelling. Measure the dimensions of the door you need to build, and cut the vertical and horizontal pieces to match. While building the door, it can help to clamp the door pieces to a work table. To produce the corner joins, in addition to when adding the center horizontal support piece, you’ll need to take off half of the depth of a single piece of wood where they will intersect with a saw, so that the general finished thickness of the joint will be equivalent to that of a single piece of wood. Use a polyurethane glue and a brush to attach the wood support pieces together, then clamp and let it dry thoroughly.
Adding the Screen to the Door, Laying the door flat on the job table, measure the general opening and cut a piece of display material to the proper size, leaving several inches around the edges to make installation easier, which will be trimmed later. Lay the display over the surface of the door frame, and staple it to the top of the framework, pulling it closely towards the base of the door. Be certain that you pull the display tightly in the horizontal directions too, keeping in mind that display tends to stretch over time. The display can be stapled directly to the door, as the staples will be covered by molding which will be set around the border of the display. After the display has been stapled firmly into position, trim the display and cover the edges with all the display molding.
Finishing the Job, Once the door itself has been assembled, you can install the door frame , and attach the new screen door to the framework. Attach a door handle and fasten the door to the framework using spring hinges so that the door will shut automatically.