PLACE THE BAR BACK INTO POSITION ON THE DOOR AND USE AN AWL TO PUNC...
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Place the bar back into position on the door and use an awl to punch starter holes
into the door. Then, screw the angel iron into place.
Panels made of any material weaken a door, but glass panels are an especially poor feature in
garage doors. They can be broken easily, and they let a burglar see what’s in the garage. In addition
to securing the main door of a garage, any door that allows passage from the garage to the home
should be secured. That “inside” door should be as secure as any exterior door. Burglars who are able
to drive into the garage and enter the home through the garage entrance will be unseen while they
load the stolen possessions into their car.
Choosing a New Door
In most homes, the style of door depends on the structure’s architecture. Typically, people want
doors that complement their home’s design. Usually, an exterior door is connected to its frame by
metal hinges on one side and a lock on the other. The frame consists of various sections: a head jamb
(along the top), two side jambs, stop molding along the top and sides, and a sill or threshold (along
the bottom). Although the door and frame don’t have to be made of the same material, they usually
are. Commonly used materials include steel, wood, aluminum, fiberglass, polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
plastic, and glass.
How to Replace an Exterior Door
Before prehung doors were introduced, the parts of the frame had to be cut, assem-
bled, glued, and nailed together, and then the door had to be hung on the frame (using
hinges). A prehung door unit comes already assembled on a frame, and it’s ready to
position and fasten in place. You can replace an exterior door with a prehung exterior
door by doing the following: