Measure your frame across the top middle and bottom as your putting it in to make sure its consistent.
How much gap should be between french doors.
Reasonable gap between exterior door and threshold.
Awi suggests 1 8 in 2 bevel on the door edge.
The best way is to add an asterical strip to the outside of.
Turn the upper hinge adjustment screw to even out the gap.
You want a gap of just about one eighth inch everywhere.
I would go with 1 8 per door edge making four edges or 60 1 2.
This adjustment works well if you have a gap between the french doors or the latch mechanism doesn t connect.
Our standard gap between doors and drawer faces is 3 32 while on occasion such as the current job we go down to 1 16 when requested to do so depending on stability of the material.
The size of the doors and drawer faces depends on if the box has a finished end we use applied on one or both ends requiring a full gap to the edge of the.
Check the doors to make sure they are exactly 30 inches wide.
Measure the height of the french door from the top of the threshold to just under the door frame.
Typically the gap left around the door is from 1 16 inch to 1 8 inch to allow for the doors to close without binding on the jambs and the door stop.
Measure the space between the two doors and record that measurement.
If the gap is a half inch or so then you bring the 2 doors closer together by shimming the hinges with sandpaper.
You ll also need to record the thickness of the door.
I ve just paid a series of professionals to measure order install and paint a pre hung exterior door.
The gap itself should be about 3 32.
Do this on both doors.
I think that amounts to a 2 5 to 3 degree bevel.
As to the gap issue if they are exterior doors you are going to need some type of astragal either t or flat to help seal out the elements.
That s the easier way.
If you can see the hinge side of the doors look to see if the reveal or gap between the doors and the jambs is pretty close all the way around the door.