Hey there, homeowners! Did you know that a storm door can decrease outside drafts and trim down your costs for heating and cooling your home? There are so many designs and styles from which to choose and you can really add some serious aesthetic value to your home with a new storm door.
These metal and aluminum doors are built to last many years and can protect you and your family from the cruel outside conditions whether hot or cold and can save you hundreds of dollars annually on your heating and cooling costs.
You can add an increased level of door security with the addition of door bars.
Are You a DIY Kind of Person? If you are an individual who likes to do it yourself, then a decision to install storm doors on your home can save you even more of your hard earned money.
Most of the storm doors manufactured today are made for DIY installation.
All you need to do is get your measurements and make a trip to your local DIY warehouse to make your purchase or place your order for steel doors.
Correct Measurements are Essential Storm doors are made in several sizes that are intended to fit standard entry doors.
Those sizes are 30 inches, 32 inches and 36 inches and the various styles and price ranges are designed for a little variance in measurements.
How to Measure for your Storm Door First of all, you need to understand that your door is intended to fit into a door frame so your measurements need to be as accurate as possible - no fudge factors allowed.
However, they are sized by the wood frame casing or jamb which fits into the door frame.

• For the width: measure outside to outside of the wood jamb.
  This measurement should be repeated at the top of the wood jamb, at approximately the middle of the wood jamb and again at the bottom of the wood jamb to determine if the opening construction will require adjustments being made to the storm door installation.
  
• For the length: measure the outside of the wood jamb from the top past the threshold to the floor.
  
• Note that the width and length measurements must be exact for the door to properly fit on the jamb.
  
• To determine if the door is right or left hinged, simple look at the door from the outside to see which side the hinges are mounted on.
  

Once you are armed with accurate measurements and hinge location, you are ready to make your trip to your favorite DIY warehouse to make your storm door selection and purchase.
Once your new storm door is installed, you can sit back and watch those heating and cooling bills go down, down, down.