Cutting A Wood Core Storm Door

If you are on the lookout for a storm door you will most likely have to make a choice between vinyl wood and aluminum storm doors.

Cutting a wood core storm door.

Most of today s storm doors are made from lightweight aluminum over a rigid foam core but steel and vinyl clad storm doors are also available. Storm doors usually have windows so that you can still see outside after opening the main door. It is installed over an existing exterior door in a building. A storm door that has a wood core provides greater energy savings and better durability than a hollow extruded door.

We bought the door today at lowe s for 200 i d describe the bottom panel as 1 4 and flat. It provides additional protection in the event of bad weather. A storm door is similar in concept to a storm window. Anyone ever try cutting an anderson storm door the solid aluminum doors not the wood core emco doors.

Choosing the best storm door material matters. When you lower the top glass it pulls the screen down with it the screen rolls up when you close it. In this video i cut down a solid wood door for the tool room and make a major mistake. A storm door is a secondary door located outside the main exterior door.

Pretty nice door wood core and vinyl clad with the bottom adjustable sleeve that goes on after i cut it. To get the storm door to fit easily into the space you will need to cut it with a hacksaw. This protects the original door from weather conditions and also reduces heat loss in winter months. Installing a storm door frame is a fairly straightforward process but there are a few tricky parts like cutting the storm door frame to fit into the existing space.

The threshold of this type of door frame is slanted to facilitate water to run off.