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How to cut small window in front steel door.
This method produces small steel shavings which fly everywhere.
Prepare the exterior door by removing the door from the hinges.
Lay the door down across the sawhorses this is the same style of glass used in car windshields.
Drill starter holes.
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Welcome my wife has been wanting a new 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.
How to install a window in a metal door.
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.
Add painter s tape around your line.
Remove the handleset from the door.
Measure the exterior door measure the exterior door refer to the measurement guide.
Measure and mark the cutting area on the front side of the door.
This will give you a suitable working platform to mark.
We painted our door before we even started the project because it was desperately in need of some color.
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Lay the door flat on across some sawhorses.
Cut through the first side of the door then flip and repeat.
The hinge pin s base is the end that does not have a flat head.
Solid flat front fiberglass or wooden doors will allow you to adjust the opening to fit any standard door window kits.
How to add a window to your front door.