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Installing Hurricane Resistant Frenchwood Doors

Bob meets with Kevin Calman to install an Andersen Frenchwood door.

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Installing Hurricane Resistant Frenchwood Doors

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" So these are Andersen's. French wood doors which chart -- the opening here is four by eight and it's -- a beautiful set Doris -- Essentially all the work's been done for the factory there and they're clad on the outside and on the inside so that you'd have to worry about. Private campaigning on the inside. The glass is one monolithic piece of thermal glass but it's also low. 1500 dollars but let's talk with. Kevin I have and -- is here to OK so. One of the first things you have to do what you bring it out of the box is to get your flange in and you just finished putting that went and what is the plan to do for it. -- that they wondered how long exterior and also on the windows and we have -- Which you do not fasten through this flange to the siding to the sheathing rather. Nice doesn't receive any nails at all right not on the French door installation on the windows it does that's correct yes OK fasten through the jambs and through that -- The -- about what preparation has already been done here for the yet for installing the door mean I remember we used to put lead down. And this is that bituthane isn't it yes we pleaded."

" Lead Bob for years and years on this that we we've gone to bituthane the last couple years you can bend it three directions like this you can see it. In the -- expensive three directions and doesn't tear like lead us -- and so we bent in three directions stops any water that drives on the door comes back and so that's at the threshold and you've got the house wrap all around the openings why do you still need to put enough fifty pound felt paper. Spline around. If that's kind of my safety blanket Bob it's learning. Building in Nantucket for years and years. Just trying to keep water out that having a spline system really works well after that. Flange fits on the top here -- this spline that stops any water that infiltrates from the siding -- the -- All right. -- Now this gets fastened from the inside that's correct and actually from the outside and it falls into Japan OK walls. So the flange on the outside. Keeps the door plumb from the in and out perspective that's correct and now the shims that are being put in there when they -- just. It ultimately pass and screws -- earth Bob they just keep the -- spreading out. Exactly we try to get it centered in the opening we want -- so much reveal on its side now the screws that go into the the Jack studs there you've got some New England from this that I do you think. But women."

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" Come anywhere in the -- forest side through cross talking. I'm going to use this them. --"

" Score the tyvek. The business of putting those lines in place is something that goes back a long time construction. The values -- 1530. Weight paper so the idea is to put it under. Tyvek where you got it."

" dad's favorite saying was think like water. Think like water think like water. We've just. Think how water runs out of buildings for insulation installer just don't want to get caught and run behind it. Going to install them -- seal that joint with -- that tape. -- infiltration."

" And tack a couple of nails on it that's correct OK well let's take a look at the door from the inside that I that you can also adjust these doors laterally you have to. They hinge -- one of the great features of Andersen doors. Now if the doors at any point. Find a little bit like that they're moving it he's bound in if you have too much of a gap like that the adjustment is right in here right Kevin. That's correct Bob and each of the hinges. And two set screws and day Allen screw that sets back -- and remove the door in and out and nothing about it."

" And that should do it. It's a great job."

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