How To Replace a Front Door Peep Hole

Need to replace your front door peep hole? This is a quick and easy DIY project if you want to update yours or fix it!

This summer, we are trying to force ourselves to conquer some of the little projects that we have been putting off for the almost-year that we have been in this house to focus on big projects.

One of those projects is the front door peep hole – it is clearly 25 years old and completely fogged over – you can’t see anything through it. We decided to see if we could figure out how to replace the peep hole ourselves and were shocked at how really simple it was.

How to replace a front door peep hole

Replacing a front door peep hole is really as simple as unscrewing the old one, sliding it out, and sliding in a new one. There are a few different options though on what you can get, depending on the color and view you want.

But you don’t need much to replace your peep hole and it should only take you about five minutes. Here’s how.

What you need:

• A replacement peephole – ours was a 220 degree lens
• Needlenose pliers

Step one: unscrew old peep hole

With one hand, hold the peep hole lens in place. With the other hand, use the needle nose pliers to grip the edge of the peep hole viewer and turn counterclockwise until it is loose.

Step two: push out old lens

Use your fingers to unscrew the peephole and pull both sides out. Since they are screwed together and use tension to stay in place, you pull both ends out through the side of the door they are on.

Step three: Insert new peep hole

Insert the new peephole. The lens side will go in through the front and the looking glass side on the inside of the door. Screw it together until tight.

Peep out your new hole! (sorry if all this peephole business sounds vaguely dirty)

This is an extremely easy fix, but made a huge difference in that now we can see out our front door!

Have you been making any little fixes lately?