How To Install Door Sweep On Screen Door

My next project to helpwinterizing a historic Knoxville dwelling house with *FrostKing was to install a door sweep on one of the primary outside doors. That door had a horrible draft.  Door draft is a big culprit when information technology comes to loosing rut in your home, and it's generally an piece of cake fix.

Karen, had placed a towel and a dog bed over her threshold to prevent the cold air from entering from nether the door. This works if you are in a pinch, merely a door sweep gives you a more permanent gear up. One which you don't have to rearrange every time you actually open up and close the door.  LOL

Checking for light or draft

If you lot look at the door bottom and see sunlight or can feel the cold air, you could probably do good from installing a door sweep.  There was a skillful amount of sunlight peeping through beyond the entire width of Karen's door!

The door sweep goes on the lesser of the door on the side that faces the exterior and then a seal can exist made betwixt the rubber of the sweep and your threshold on the bottom of your door frame.

Not all doors are universal. Y'all will most probable have to trim to fit your door. Too as determine the correct height to install your sweep so that it closes the gap between your door and your threshold.

Trim to size

The vinyl of the sweep can be cut with scissors and the aluminum can be trimmed with a hacksaw. Brand sure you vesture gloves considering the hacksaw volition probable exit a rough edge. Employ a file to shine out the edge.

If y'all cutting off a predrilled hole when y'all trim the door sweep, you might demand to drill a new hole.  If y'all don't have a drill fleck to do the job, a forest spiral tin work.  Prepare the door sweep on a block of scrap wood so yous don't damage a surface you don't hateful to.preventing

Transfer screw hole location to door

Once we had the holes prepared in the door sweep we had to brand holes in the door, this was slightly more complicated because I once again, did not bring my workshop with me, and Karen had a metallic door.  It would accept been much easier to drill into with drill $.25!

Showtime, concord your door sweep in place and marking the location of the slotted holes in the sweep onto your door.  Then drill pilot holes in your door.  (I over again used my screw…which was not easy!)

I do not recommend using a spiral to drill pilot holes but nosotros worked with what we had.

We had quite a time trying to forcefulness the screw in the metal door  Karen had to stand behind me and so I could button against her to generate enough force to drill through the door because I was just sliding backwards on the wood flooring.  Information technology would have been funny if information technology wasn't such difficult work in an awkward position. LOL

Once we'd drilled all the holes, it was a breeze to drive the provided screws into the door.

Re-bank check for daylight or typhoon

After installing the door sweep we checked over again for sunlight.  The door sweeps has a little wiggle room with the slotted holes so you lot can adjust upward or down. Loosen the screws slightly and wiggle the sweep down.  Just make sure you don't identify the door sweep too high originally because yous practise not want to have to drill whatever more holes in your metal door!

Weather condition stripping around the door is a good winterizing step and easily replaced too.  Karen had recently replaced hers so there was no demand to replace it.  (Check out my tutorial:How to replace your weather stripping.)

Next, we tackled the dark, spider-webby basement to wrap the hot water pipes.  That was spooky!

See that project here: Insulate with Pipe Wrap.

*This post is sponsored byFrostKing .  All opinions are my ain.

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