How To Cut Small Window In Front Steel Door

Welcome my wife has been wanting a new front door.

How to cut small window in front steel door.

We painted our door before we even started the project because it was desperately in need of some color. Add painter s tape around your line. How to add a window to your front door. For metal doors you ll have to figure out if there s a wooden frame underneath and cut the window to fit inside the framework without weakening the structure.

Lay the door flat on across some sawhorses. The base of. Drill starter holes. Cut through the first side of the door then flip and repeat.

Remove the handleset from the door. Measure and mark the cutting area on the front side of the door. This will give you a suitable working platform to mark. Solid flat front fiberglass or wooden doors will allow you to adjust the opening to fit any standard door window kits.

Measure and mark for your cuts. This method produces small steel shavings which fly everywhere. Measure the exterior door measure the exterior door refer to the measurement guide. The first one only played half the video.

Sorry i had to re upload this video. The hinge pin s base is the end that does not have a flat head. Lay the door down across the sawhorses this is the same style of glass used in car windshields. This is the complete one.

To gave my saw a guide to run against and keep the cut perfectly straight i measured from the edge of the blade to the edge of my saw s base and clamped a straightedge to the door see pic 1.