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When I told Christopher that I had finished making and painting my screen door, had hung it and added the hardware, he asked to see a picture. I didn’t have one. “No picture? Didn’t happen,” he said.
Did too.
I ended up using three 3″ cabinet hinges instead of traditional screen door hinges, simply because the leaves were narrow enough to fit the application. But I used 3″ screws on the door frame, and 3.5″ screws on the jamb. That door isn’t going anywhere. I went traditional on the handle hardware, using a reproduction latch from House of Antique Hardware. I’d never installed a tube latch before, but I didn’t have too much trouble (other than finding a 3/4″ bit in our shop that didn’t look like it had been gnawed upon).
The hardest thing was fitting the door to the frame. As you can see, the house is old. Nothing is square. Nothing is level. Nothing is easy. And, because I used 3.5″ screws that I didn’t feel like taking out and putting back time and again, and I don’t have a bench at home, I thought it would be easier to fit with the door hanging. Sigh. But, after a little (OK, a lot) of work with my trusty block plane and a float, I got it swinging pretty.
So Chris, here’s your ocular proof.
