Screen Door Diy Plans

Make this diy screen door.

Screen door diy plans.

Enjoy the diy screen door. We love how our diy screen door turned out. Though this screen door is do it yourself don t let it fool you. To attach the stiles and rails fit the table saw with a tongue and groove bit.

For the bottom kick rail we cut down the 8 inch fir to 7 1 2 inches. It s easy to build a screen door that fits your existing door frame perfectly. Install screen mesh onto the back side of the door using a staple gun and screen moulding. Attach the door into place install a door pull and a hydraulic door closer.

Build the frame for the door. The lumber cost us around 32 00 and the screening cost 10 00. But we got exactly what we wanted and this screen door is far superior quality to those screen doors that you can purchase for 75 to 100. The universal screen door.

Line the latch case up to the edge of the rail on the inside of the door then mark the spindle location. Open the door and slip the screen inserts into place then secure each with wooden turn buttons mounted to the back side of the door. Install a no mortise latchset centered on the door s middle rail. We cut the 6 inch fir down to 5 1 2 inches to create the stiles vertical and top rail horizontal.

This is not one of those diy projects that i can tell you saved us a ton of money or time. We don t have central a c although i finally figured out how to install a portable air conditioner in our casement windows upstairs so the easiest way to cool down the house is to leave the front door wide open.