How To Install A Door viewer
Accommodating a door viewer or peephole to your house door is a straight forward task. There are heap load of forms and brands of peepholes to single out, including models with all the way to a two hundred-degree glimpsing sphere, letting you see close to each and every single thing on the outside.
This guide offers step by step instructions that show you how to set up a peep-hole in your house door in less then an hour.
1) Measuring the door for peep hole
Utilize a measuring tape to find the midst of the door and mark the spot where you want to install the peephole. Be sure it’s at a height that’s convenient for all household members.
You’ll need a flat boring spade bit to drill a pit in the door where marked.
Nearly all electric drills only accept bits with a shaft of maximum diameter of 3/8-inch.
Flat boring bit come in a range of sizes. Be sure to select the size that will fit the diameter of the hole you’ll need for your door viewer.
Your peep hole’s installation instructions will present the diameter of the pit required.
2) Drill The Hole
To keep from cracking the fiberglass or wood, start drilling steadily from the external side of the door first, and stop when the edge of the bit stabs through the interior surface.
Grip the bit and queue it up with the edge of the door and fold tape around the bit’s edge to mark the suitable point to drill the pit.
Drill at a ninety degree angle till the tape line is hold out, then use the pilot pit
you just created to drill backward from the in-side to complete the pit.
3) Install The Peep hole
Peepholes normally contain a lens and a barrel. The lens is the piece with threads on the exterior side. The barrel is the piece with the threads on the in-side.
Insert the lens into the pit from the exterior side of the door. Then, insert the barrel into the pit from the in-side side and hand couple the peep hole consecutively.
Apply a drop of silicone sealant on top of the lens to help seal out moisture if you don't have overhang or a storm door.
