Complete Guide to Doors and Door Related DIY Projects

Cat-flap installation - How to fit a cat flap - Find out all you need to know in order to fit a cat flap into a wooden or upvc door

Door chains - How to fit a door chain to your front door - How to fit a security chain to a door. Information on fitting security devices to the front door to make your home more secure

Doors - fire doors and door closers - Learn about fire doors, the rules and regulations that govern fitting and what hinges, door liners, door closers and handles can be used

Doors - fitting door numbers - How to fit door numbers to a door. Learn how to screw or stick the number or numbers to your door and ensure they are central and level

Doors - fixing to hollow doors - How to fix to hollow doors. Two methods of fixing to a hollow door using specialist fixings and construction adhesive

Doors - How to fit a door frame or door liner - How to fit a door frame and how to make a frame to fit an internal doorway using a door liner set and how to ensure it is square

Doors - How to hang a door - DIY guide to hanging a door including fitting a door into a frame and fitting door hinges. Includes standard size chart for internal doors

Doors - interior doors - DIY guide explaining the types of internal doors, the common sizes, how to measure your door and also what door liners and door sets are

fitting a Door knocker - In this tutorial project you will learn about fitting a door knocker to a door, whether its wooden, PVC, aluminium or composite

Letter box fitting - Learn all you need to know about how to fit a letterbox into a door, either wooden or PVCu and ensure it's straight and level

Locks - changing a lock barrel - How to change a lock or night latch cylinder barrel. How to fit a lock by changing the barrel of a night latch or Yale lock

Security - fitting a barrel or sliding bolt - How to fit a barrel bolt or sliding bolt to a door and ensure that it fits and locks correctly with no binding or stiffness

Security - fitting a cylinder night latch - Learn how to fit a night latch or Yale cylinder lock in to a door including what parts make up the latch and what tools you will need

Security - mortice latch fitting - Learn how to fit a mortice latch or tubular latch to an internal door including fitting door handles and also the latch keep to the door frame

Wardrobe sliding doors - Learn how to build a wardrobe with sliding doors and help to create both more room space and storage space

Weatherboard - how to fit - Step by step instruction on how to fit a weatherboard to an external door to prevent rain and water leaking into your property