Size a Screen Door
Putting in a screen door on the outside of your existing exterior door can allow for airflow to move through your home and provide open views of the area outside your home. Before you can buy a security screen door and install it, however, you’ll need to measure your doorway to ensure that you buy the right size of screen door. Once you’ve taken your measurements, you can take this information with you to the home improvement store and select the security door you like in a size that is right for your home.
Instructions
1 Measure the width of the door frame at the top of the doorway inside the edge of the exterior trim — not the doorjamb — closest to the outside surface of the home. Measure to the nearest 1/8 inch, and write the number down.
2 Repeat the measurement of the width of the doorway from Step 1 twice more, but these times, measure across the middle of the doorway and then across the bottom. Write these numbers down. Select the smallest of the three numbers as your width.
3 Measure the height of the doorway inside the frame running along the left side, down the center and on the right side. Write these numbers down as you take them, keeping to the nearest 1/8 inch, and choose the smallest of the three as the height.
4 Take the smallest width measurement from Step 2 and the smallest height measurement from Step 3 with you to the home center where you’ll be buying your security door. Select a security screen door that is no larger in either direction than your measurements. Consult a sales associate for help in determining the right door for your home, if necessary.
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