How to Install a Sliding Glass Door – This Old House
his Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to open up a wall for a large glass slider. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install a Sliding Glass Door:
– sliding glass door with solid-vinyl doorjamb
– pressure-treated 2x4s
– 2x4s
– ⅝-inch-thick exterior-grade plywood
– 15-pound builders paper
– quick-setting cement
– minimal-expanding foam, used to insulate around new door
– silicone sealant
– masonry screws
– 3½-inch (16d) nails
– 2½-inch (8d) nails
– 5/16-inch staples
– 3-inch screws
– wood shims
– wood shingles and shingle nails, for finishing new wall section
Tools List for How to Install a Sliding Glass Door:
– reciprocating saw
– 12-pound sledgehammer
– 4-foot level
– hammer drill fitted with masonry bit
– drill/driver
– square shovel
– mixing tub, used for mixing cement
– caulk gun
– pointed trowel
– flat trowel
– hammer stapler
– utility knife
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