Installing an Exterior Door Perfectly - The Right Way

In this DIY home improvement video, we show you How To Install A Prehung Exterior Door FAST and easy the simple DIY way. We always recommend a pre-hung door because that puts you that much far ahead in the game with a door that is already attached with hinges to the frame with the textbook 1/8" reveal line all the way around the door.

Pre-hung doors typically will come with pre-drilled holes for the door lock and deadbolt. We will show you the four rules of installing a door in your house: which are level, plumb, square, and true. Once you can master these four criteria, your door installation will be perfect without any hitches at all.

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⏱ Table of Contents Install A Prehung Exterior Door (Click on timestamps to jump to a chapter) ⏱
0:00 Intro to Install A Prehung Exterior Door
0:20 4 Requirements installing front doors: Level, Plumb, Square, True
1:30 Core strategy for installing an exterior door frame
2:15 Removing the old exterior door and frame
3:38 Searching for & removing hidden nails and screws
6:00 Installing New Pre-hung Door
6:43 Applying silicone to floor and door rough-in opening, fitting prehung door
7:23 Shim hinge side first level, plumb, square
8:50 Shim doorknob side
10:40 Check weather stripping for air gaps, light leaks, check shims
12:40 Removing shims from the pre-hung door frame
13:26 Apply expanding door gap foam