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: