Remove the handleset from the door.
How to cut small window in front steel door.
The first one only played half the video.
Add painter s tape around your line.
This will give you a suitable working platform to mark.
Sorry i had to re upload this video.
The hinge pin s base is the end that does not have a flat head.
Welcome my wife has been wanting a new front door.
Solid flat front fiberglass or wooden doors will allow you to adjust the opening to fit any standard door window kits.
This method produces small steel shavings which fly everywhere.
How to install a window in a metal 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.
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We painted our door before we even started the project because it was desperately in need of some color.
Cut through the first side of the door then flip and repeat.
Lay the door down across the sawhorses this is the same style of glass used in car windshields.
How to add a window to your front door.
Measure and mark for your cuts.
The base of.
Lay the door flat on across some sawhorses.
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.
Place a punch at the base of the lowest hinge pin on the door.