Let the caulk dry.Īnd you’re done! How is that for adding instant character?! (I’ll have a special caulk gun tutorial for you on Friday!)ģ.) Remove the painter’s tape while the caulk is still wet. For the larger gaps, 1.) Apply painter’s tape on both sides of the void to 2.) keep the caulk off the window and give you a crisp, clean edge. Time to fill in the cracks! Caulk all the seams. Then scrape any excess glue off the glass with a razor blade. Wait 24 hours for the glue to harden and dry. Use painter’s tape to hold them in place. Center and press the grilles onto the glass. Spread a bead of Loctite Outdoor Adhesive onto the backs of both the vertical and horizontal bars. Lightly sand and paint them the same color as your garage doors.Īfter the paint is dry, clean the glass with windex and then use rubbing alcohol to remove any dirt and debris from the glass. If your measurements are off, no worries, 1/2″ gaps can be filled with caulk.Īfter cutting all of the cross pieces, clean them off. Next, cut off the excess so you are left with two crosses that fit perfectly in the window panes of your garage door. First, cut the grille into two pieces as shown below: Start by cutting the grilles down to size. This is how I got two crosses from each grille.
#DIY WINDOW GRIDS HOW TO#
For $8, some paint and glue I was able to transform my garage doors from boring bland to cottage charm!Īnd here is the tutorial for how to add grilles to plain jane garage door windows! I carefully measured the panes on the garage then found a set of four grilles that would give me two cross pieces per window! Perfect! And the best part about those grilles is that they only cost $2 a piece. That was when the “A-ha” moment happened and I figured that I could use them to dress up my garage doors. You know, the cheap ones that are pressed up against the window and always fall out. I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to add the grilles (cross pieces in the windows.) I thought about cutting up paint sticks or just plain strips of square dowels cut to fit, but I REALLY wanted them to look as real as possible and I liked the router profile of the real deal.Ī few months later I literally almost tripped on a stack of donated window grilles at my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore. I fell in love immediately and the hulking gray doors’ fate had been sealed.
I even created a paint preview to see what it would look like. In this mulling over period I dreamt of painting the garage doors and boosting the character factor by adding grilles to the windows. I always thought they could be a little more polished and more inviting. They are the two giant doormen that greet me at least five times a day as I run errands and taxi my children to and from school. You know that thing about your house that you really want to change, but it takes you a while to mull over how to change it? Well, that thing for me was our garage doors.
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