I recently had a problem with a particularly irritating bi-fold door. This door has given me trouble since the beginning. To start out I had to make the door 35″ wide to fit the opening, then I had to cut about 2″ off the bottom (this is a job for another post:). [...]

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Do you have a door that sticks on the top or bottom and you would like to fix the swing without leaving uneven cut marks. This can be a difficult task when the door only catches on one side, because you will end up with a cut that goes from 1/8 – 1/2″ to [...]

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Installing the correct threshold seal for your door is not very difficult. In recent years door companies have innovated many different sweeps, thresholds, and seals. Your goal is to stop the draft. First, if you have a strong draft leaking under your door and you would like to stop it immediately just [...]

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Sealing a drafty door can be an easy project. When you are working on an older house your door is very likely to be misaligned because of the natural settling over time. It seems to be an all to speedy reaction to buy the quickest fix for this problem, foam weatherstripping. Foam weatherstripping [...]

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In the past I have ran into a few things that are a pain. One of those is the task of installing a new door knob on an old door (pre 70’s). First thing that happens is you get home and get all excited to install your new hardware on your old door(an [...]

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