Step 1 Remove Nails
If the door stops (but not the jambs) are undercut, use a hammer and pry bar to remove the nails from the threshold and hammer it out from under the stops.
How to Remove and Install Door Threshold
If your threshold is damaged, you could be wasting valuable energy. Thresholds cover floorboard edges that end at a door and serve as a transition element to other flooring materials such as carpet, vinyl and ceramic tile. Most thresholds are wood, although you can also buy plastic solid-surface versions, similar to solid-surface counter tops. No matter what the material is, thresholds serve a decorative as well as a functional purpose in smoothing the way from room to room. Here's how to replace one.
Skill Level: Beginner
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There are 4 steps to completing this project:
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Step 2 Saw Threshold
If the doorjambs were undercut to accommodate the threshold, saw it into two pieces and remove each piece separately.
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Step 3 Undercut Doorstops
Before installing a new wood threshold, undercut the doorstops then measure carefully and cut the threshold to length.
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Step 4 Position the Threshold
Predrill pilot holes and nail the threshold to the floor with flooring, or counterbore the threshold and fasten it with countersunk wood screws.
