Prehung interior doors, are an easy way to replace the existing door in your home. Buying just a door and hoping to hang it on existing hinges is quite a task that requires some tedious work. In this article we will discuss how to hang trim on prehung interior doors. Whether you are installing French doors, solid wood into your doors, or six panel interior doors as long as they are all prehung the process is still the same.

First you must remove your old door. Start by removing the trim on both sides of the door jam. Using a hammer and pry bar, gently pry the trim from the drywall and the door jam, be extremely careful not to put holes in drywall. If you’re planning to reuse the door trim after you take it off, you must also be careful not to break it while removing it.

Many prehung doors will come with door trim. The door trim will usually be cut to the correct height and width needed. If it does not come with door trim, you will need to take measurements to cut your trim to the correct size.

Measuring and installing door trim:

To measure the left and right sides of your door trim, you will take a tape measure and measure from the bottom of the door jam to 1/8 inch past the header of the door jam. To measure your top trim piece, measure at the top of the door jam from the left to the right for the inside measurement. After you have the inside measurement, at 1/4 inch and that will be the inside measurement for your top door trim. Remember you are cutting your door trim pieces at 45° angles.

After you have measured and cut your door trim pieces, use a 18gauge nail gun and shoot the left side trim onto the door jam on the same side that the door is hung on. Make sure the bottom of the trim is flush with the bottom of the door jam, then make sure that you leave a 1/8 inch reveal from the inside of the door jam to where the trim starts.

Now install your top trim piece making sure it is flush and lined up evenly with the first piece that you installed. It is important to make sure that you leave an 8 inch reveal on your top trim as well so that your door looks symmetrical after it is hung.

Finally you’re ready to install your last piece of trim. Set it into place and once again using your 18gauge no gun zealots to the door jam and its proper location. You will not paying the door trim on both sides until the door has been properly installed.

If you’re looking for a great way to update your home, consider removing your old flat interior doors, and replace them with a six panel interior doors. Using six panel interior doors is a great way to accent your hallways, bathrooms and bedrooms. A six panel door will add a custom look to your home and rooms. Just like with any interior door, you can find them hollow which means they will be extremely light, however they will not be very good for sound deadening. If you are looking for a door that will help stop the flow of sound from one room to another, consider buying a solid wood six panel interior door as opposed to a fiberglass hollow 6 panel interior door.

If you’re not familiar with how a six panel interior door looks, they traditionally have six inset squares or rectangles in the door. Typically you will have three on each side, three on the left, three on the right and they are not usually all the same size. This inset pattern of using different sized squares and rectangles, gives your doors a unique look that can be achieved quite inexpensively. A hollow core six panel interior door will cost less than solid core six panel interior doors. Most homes will use a hollow core interior door because of price, and you are normally not trying to keep out intruders from interior rooms. A solid core six panel door would definitely be more suited for  the master bedroom, and office, or any room where large amounts of money or valuables are stored and of course your exterior doors.

If you’re wanting to redecorate your home, but on a budget, remember that most hardware stores such as Lowe’s and Home Depot often have sales, or offer discounts if you’re buying in bulk for your entire home. Do not be afraid to ask for discounts because the worst thing they can do is say no. Many times you can find returned six panel doors, and buy them as an open item, saving yourself lots of money.

Ensuring that your baby is safe inside the home is just as important as outside. Thats why door knob covers and locks can be beneficial.

Some of the reasons you might get a door knob cover is to keep your baby or a small child from accessing a room that poses hazards such as a weight lifting room, or even exiting to a pool area where your child could fall in.

Sliding glass doors to pools are not as secure to pool areas as you may think. Even though a door may appear to be locked the latch can fail at times, and needs to be checked by anyone entering or leaving the home. Often times a special lock for sliding glass doors is the best way to ensure protection.

When buying a lock fora door knob make sure that the material is secure enough. Often the plastic can be weak and easily cracked if squeezed on too hard. this could lead to your baby easily being cut if the knob was grabbed or hung onto by a toddler.

You should be able to get knob covers online for about $1 – $5, but you may want to just go to the store locally to get them to make sure they are sturdy and have the proper securing method you need.

Door draft guards are simple, but can do a lot of good for you. Especially on those mornings you wake up and feel the cold draft chilling your feet from seeping under the door.

Its quite simple, and consists of 2 pieces of foam strips which are connected by a middle strip of thin fabric. the fabric is usually easily removeable so that it can be washed. After all it is on the floor most of the day and can collect dust and other particles over time.

The great thing about the Door draft guard is that it not only blocks cold and hot air from entering or escaping a room, but it is good at keeping bugs which might be able to slip through the cracks from entering your home.

To use it you just open your door a little and slide the middle strip under the door while the other larger pieces of fabric butt up against each side of the door as a stopper.

the great thing is that the draft guard is inexpensive, and will probably help you save quite a bit of money on your electric bill and pay for itself over a little time. You can pick one up online for about $35 bucks.