Create an inviting first impression by updating your front door.
Diy front door sidelights.
Fiberglass doors are low maintenance and thermally efficient.
Then use a stiff blade putty knife and flat bar to carefully pry the stop beads from around the sidelight sash.
The prehung options you will find generally measure 60 x 80 inches or 64 x 80 inches including the door and two sidelights.
Replacement doors come pre hung and slide into opening.
Typically you want one that s about one third to one fourth the size of your door.
Measure width and height of old door and round up to next full inch.
From inside use a utility knife to slice through the old paint along the outer edge of the stop beads and in between the stop beads and sidelight sash.
Sidelights are narrow usually stationary and found immediately adjacent doorways.
This is size of replacement door you need.
For this example say you want a 9 inch sidelight.
Home improvement stores do stock basic options.
Decide how large of a sidelight you d like.
Repeat for the second shutter.
If your front door is 36 inches wide you ll install a 9 or 12 inch sidelight.
Place the each shutters in front of the sidelights and have each person hold one of the shutters in place.
This also gives you the ability to personalize the door with the aforementioned features.