Wrought-Iron Door
Installing a wrought-iron door not only adds security to your home but elegance as well. The wrought iron door supplier needs the exact dimensions of your existing door to custom build the wrought iron door to fit. The do-it-yourselfer can measure and supply any required templates to the wrought-iron-door supplier but will need some help when it comes time to install the new door because of its weight. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Measure the width of the existing door jamb. (The door jamb is the wood or metal frame that the door fits into.) Measure at the top, middle and bottom. Write down the smallest of the three measurements.
2. Measure the height of the door jamb. Measure the door height at each side and in the middle. Measure from the threshold up to the door jamb above the door. Write down the smallest of the three measurements.
3. Trace a template of the top of the door if the door is not square. Apply double-stick tape on the door jamb where the exterior door trim attaches. Carefully press heavy construction paper against the tape keeping the paper as straight as possible. Using a marker, trace the profile of the door jamb on the construction paper. Include the entire arch and about 6 inches of the straight door jamb on your template.
Tags: door jamb, construction paper, down smallest, down smallest three, existing door
