Measure width and height of old door and round up to next full inch.
Diy front door sidelights.
Sidelights are narrow usually stationary and found immediately adjacent doorways.
Decide how large of a sidelight you d like.
Home improvement stores do stock basic options.
If your front door is 36 inches wide you ll install a 9 or 12 inch sidelight.
This also gives you the ability to personalize the door with the aforementioned features.
While standing on a step stool or small ladder insert your black iron pipe frame through the eyelets at the top of your shutter.
Create an inviting first impression by updating your front door.
These will traditionally feature a standard size door with 10 inch sidelights.
The prehung options you will find generally measure 60 x 80 inches or 64 x 80 inches including the door and two sidelights.
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.
Place the each shutters in front of the sidelights and have each person hold one of the shutters in place.
Then use a stiff blade putty knife and flat bar to carefully pry the stop beads from around the sidelight sash.
For this example say you want a 9 inch sidelight.
Repeat for the second shutter.
Typically you want one that s about one third to one fourth the size of your door.
Fiberglass doors are low maintenance and thermally efficient.