How To Replace A French Door Threshold

First i measured the old threshold in place.

How to replace a french door threshold.

Begin by removing the existing threshold from your door. Dislodge the threshold pieces with a pry bar. This threshold has been an issue for a while. A threshold is a strip across the bottom of a door opening that seals it when the door is closed so cold or hot air does not seep in under the door.

Still more repair work to do to the door frame trim. How to remove replace an aluminum threshold. Cut the old threshold with a back saw or a reciprocating saw. Installing a french door threshold.

To cut a metal threshold use tin snips and a saw equipped with a metal cutting blade to make the cuts. Preparing the new threshold. Replacing a door threshold can be a complicated business but this can be made even more complicated when the threshold in question supports french doors french doors are those which resemble large hinged shutters and can be folded open during summer and then pulled tightly closed in colder weather. This threshold has been an issue for a while.

Be careful not to accidentally saw into your flooring.