How To Wire Thr Panel Door

A popular choice for exterior doors steel provides superior security and weather resistance without proper care these doors may rust over time.

How to wire thr panel door.

Remember you ll need to do this on both sides of the door. At a home improvement store purchase some rubber weather stripping. The strike side the side with the lockset of these doors has a beveled edge so the door can swing freely. Attach the new panel to the one below it using either screws or a bolt depending on the existing fastening on the door.

Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges. Some blank doors have a specific swing direction. The panels are made from timber plywood block board medium density fiberboard mdf veneer asbestos cement sheets pre laminated particle board glass wire mesh etc the panels are fixed by either providing grooves in the stiles and rails. When learning how to install paneling over drywall it s important to know that walls are rarely straight so you will want to make sure your first panel is hung level so the rest of your panels will line up correctly.

Press the panel firmly to spread the glue. Thread the long ground wire through the hole in the top of the special green wire connector and splice all the ground wires by holding them together and twisting the connector clockwise until it s tight. Leave one bare copper ground wire an extra 6 in. Lay the panel flat on a workbench.

Apply 1 2 lines of glue on the backside of each of your rail pieces and position them in between the stiles at the top bottom and center of the door. Lay weather stripping over the bottom door panel. This will hold the upper part of the door in place when you remove the 2 by 4 inch prop to get at the center bracket of the lower panel. This panel will still be in place on the garage door.

Glue the rails into place on the door panel. Replace the panel to put in the new panel slide the rollers into the track and lower the panel down slowly until it s touching the panel below it. Attach the lower panel next. Attach a couple of vise clamps to the garage door tracks just below the bearings for the second panel.

The panel door is also known as stile and rail door. If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door. With a helper position the first panel at one corner of the room but do not apply panel adhesive yet. Clamp one set of rails at a time before moving onto the next set.

If the knob is to the right select a right handed door. Use the finish nailer to secure the panel around the perimeter. The stripping is shaped like a tube and you can fit the edge of the door panel in the tube s groove. To trim the panel measure and cut your trim molding to fit around the panel.