How To Cut Small Window In Front Steel Door

Cut through the first side of the door then flip and repeat.

How to cut small window in front steel door.

The first one only played half the video. The base of. Welcome my wife has been wanting a new front door. How to install a window in a metal door.

Lay the door down across the sawhorses this is the same style of glass used in car windshields. Prepare the exterior door by removing the door from the hinges. Solid flat front fiberglass or wooden doors will allow you to adjust the opening to fit any standard door window kits. This is the complete one.

This method produces small steel shavings which fly everywhere. Sorry i had to re upload this video. Measure the exterior door measure the exterior door refer to the measurement guide. Place a punch at the base of the lowest hinge pin on the 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. The hinge pin s base is the end that does not have a flat head. Measure and mark for your cuts. Measure and mark the cutting area on the front side of the door.

Remove the handleset from the door. Drill starter holes. 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. We painted our door before we even started the project because it was desperately in need of some color.

This will give you a suitable working platform to mark.