Movable barriers at the entrance of buildings, rooms, cupboards, etc. which can be used to allow or deny access to the space beyond. Typically attached to surrounding structure using hinges, sliders, swivels, etc.
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How can I restore the springs in my storm door hinges?
I have a storm door that has springs in the hinges - in theory, they're supposed to close the door, and they worked OK for a couple of years.
Lately, however, they no longer close the door properly. ...
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How do I replace mortise locks with bored cylindrical locks?
I purchased an older home that has mortise locks in all of the doors. They're all very difficult to use and some of them don't work at all, making the doors difficult to impossible to close. Since I'm ...
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How to narrow a closet door opening?
I have a closet opening that has never had a door on it (has had a curtan on a rod for 30+ years). I'd like to install a bi-fold or similar closet door. The problem is that the door opening is 44 ...
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How to stop cold air from coming into the house
I have a door similar to this, but it is an external door. There is a lot of cold air coming in from the bottom of this door, and around the perimiter (betweent he door and the frame).
This is a ...
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Type of firm/place to contact to have house features pre-finished?
I installed a new pre-hung interior door along with new trim. The door was maybe $50 and trim maybe another $100. Very affordable, and all pre-primed.
Still, I spent hours and hours (and hours) ...
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Where can I find a Time Restricted Keypad Lock?
I'm looking for a keypad to use in the external door of an small business office to open said door. The plan is to give every employee (around 20) a PIN that they input into the keypad for the door to ...
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Are there any simple electronic door locks available?
I have an office door I need to keep locked but allow easy access.
It doesn't have to be super secure, it has a proper deadlock for when we are closed, it just has to stop people casually walking in.
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Remove plastic film from the outside of a metal door?
I forgot to remove the plastic protective film from the outside of a metal door. The door is white prime/painted. I was able to remove the film from the inside of the door, but the outside is baked on ...
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How to reattach front door rain deflector?
The rain deflector from the bottom of our front door recently fell off when I trod on it by mistake. The door and deflector are both wooden. The deflector was stuck on, not screwed. I'm not quite ...
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What do I need to do to finish this outside-door install properly?
A new steel door was installed to our unfinished garage but I am not satisfied with how it currently looks. The previous door had trim covering the gap between the siding and the door, as well as the ...
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How do I install a garden door that's thicker than the wall?
I thought I found a great deal on a used garden door and the problem is that the wall is 2 x 4 studs and the garden door is 6" thick.
Is there any way possible to increase the thickness of the wall?
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How can I remove this sliding door?
I have a sliding glass door. It sticks horribly. The track is just filthy, so my assumption is the two sets of wheels on the bottom of the door are gunked up and need replaced.
I remove the top ...
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How do I fix a loose door frame?
I'm attempting to repair an interior door that is sticking. I first thought the problem was with the door but I soon discovered that the door frame is loose at the base. (see image)
I guess I have ...
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Wood knots showing through gloss paint on knotty pine doors despite applying knotting solution prior to painting
I painted some knotty pine doors about 3 years ago but (despite applying knotting solution) knots are showing through on nearly all of them!
I followed the instructions on the bottle of the knotting ...
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How to Repair my Dropped Refrigerator
I ordered a new hinge and brake for the fridge/freezer a friend dropped. The problem is the door hangs too low on the left side.
My thinking was that the bottom of the door got pushed out to the ...
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How so I fix a loose Kwikset deadbolt faceplate?
We have a kwikset deadbolt on our main door and the faceplate has come loose. There are no visible screws on either side of the door, so I am assuming they are under the brass plate on the inside of ...
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How do I replace weather strips on our outside doors?
We have a rather annoying cat who has scratched all of our outside doors and ripped the weather stripping with her claws.
How do I go about replacing this stripping and are there any weather strips ...
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How do I protect paint on a steel outer door from scratching?
I need to attach a plastic guard onto an outer steel door, to protect the paint from scratching by my dog (and visiting dogs...this is a rural setting).
Is there a glue that is clear that I can use? ...
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Troubleshooting a leaking exterior door
I have an exterior door that leaks water into the house when rain is blown against it. The floor on the inside of the house is unfinished, meaning it is just the raw subfloor. I don't want to put the ...
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Do vinyl doors and windows with a foam core promote mold growth?
I've had two companies give their sales pitch on vinyl windows and doors. One has a foam core inside the vinyl frame, the other does not. One says the foam core helps insulate, the other says the ...
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Where can I find replacement double action hinges for an old, heavy door?
I live in a Victorian-era house in Philadelphia. We have a double hung door into the kitchen and one of the hinges has completely given way. I need to find replacements but I'm having some problems ...
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what parameters should I look for when choosing an electric deadbolt?
I am looking for electric deadbolts for external steel doors - to place several of them on a door - one on each side (top, bottom, left, right) for extra security.
I want to buy just the deadbolt ...
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painting glass exterior door grilles?
I have some exterior doors with glass that his held in place by a sandwich of plastic(?) grilles. The grilles have turned yellow and look bad. What would be the best way to paint these to look and ...
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Help reinstalling an external door threshold
During recent flooding, the threshold for our basement door trapped about 1.5" inches of water in the basement. In an attempt to get it out the threshold was forcibly removed, and now with hurricane ...
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Do I need a stud on each side to install a swinging shower door?
I recently started looking into installing a glass shower door for my stall shower. The shower is a one-piece fiberglass pre-fab shower. I assume I need a stud on at least one side of the door to ...
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What could be eating or removing the insulation in my garage door?
We have noticed that there are piles of the tiny particles of the insulation from one of our garage doors on each side of our door. At first we swept it up and didn't think anything of it. The next ...
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Need Quick Fix for Leaky Door
Hurricane Sandy is starting to hit us, and we have come to realize our basement door is leaky, and it's starting to soak our basement. I found where the water is coming in, the bottom corner of the ...
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How can I keep my doors from expanding in the heat?
During the summer months, some of the doors in my house become difficult to open and close. I can get them to shut by either slamming the door or by pulling upwards on the doorknob before opening or ...
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How do I replace a storm door when I have a cracked door jamb?
So my storm door is in rough shape, and needs to be replaced. It is a Larson storm with two closers (one at the top and one at the bottom). The replacement door I have picked out is a Pella Select ...
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How do I reduce door shut noise?
I live in a 3 bedroom shared house and want to reduce the noise that the bathroom door makes when it closes.
I tried to find a photo of the door. It's basically a old mansion block of apartments in ...
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How do you remove a dummy knob with a screw that seems to spin and spin?
I recently purchased my first home and wanted to replace all of the door knobs to make it feel more like my place, rather than just some place I was renting again. Anyway, all of the privacy locking ...
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Is it possible to install pocket doors in the cavity of an external wall?
Is it possible to install pocket doors in the cavity of an external wall, it will be an internal door as it's between a room and a conservatory. The cavity does have foam in it though.
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Are prehung doors or door blanks easier to install for a beginner?
From what I know, prehung doors are a huge pain to install correctly. But, with door blanks, the hinges aren't routed out. Which of these methods is best when it comes to interior doors: using ...
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How can I rehang heavy fire doors?
I need to re-hang a sagging door (actually several). I've seen this question and answer, but wonder if my situation doesn't call for something a bit different. My issues: 1) its a heavy fire-door ...
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How to convert a door into a window
My home has an old exterior door that used to be the front entrance. An addition has made it obsolete and we never use it anymore. I want to convert it into a window. How can I do this in a way that ...
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Push button lock unlocks when knob turned
Recently my bedroom lock (a push button lock) has been acting funny. It's hard to push the button in and the button and handle sort of need to be jiggled to push it in all the way. Once it's in it ...
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Tips for removing drywall from bottom of closet header
So about two years ago, I added a header to make my closets standard height, instead of being full 8' doors (which, even without doors, made the rooms look much more modern). Unfortunately, I made a ...
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Consistent way to sand and repaint doors?
I have several closet and bedroom doors that are currently varnished/stained, which I want to sand down and paint a semi-gloss white.
Should I do something other than sanding to remove the varnish, ...
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What cut of wood should I use for door stile & rails?
I'm starting a project to build a pair of bi-fold doors for a closet (its an odd size, and so there are no prebuilt doors of the required size). I've done research on building the doors, and think I ...
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How can I install a pre-hung door when soundboard has been installed?
Normally a 2x4 wall has a finished thickness of 4.5" (2x4 + 2x 1/2" drywall)
I have 1/2" soundboard under one side of the drywall so my finished thickness is 5"
I know that I can custom-order ...
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How can I reattach this pivot bracket for bifold doors to the wall?
I decided to repaint my bedroom a few weeks ago. I removed the closet door in preparation for it, then painted the room. I went to reattach the closet door and noticed that the pivot bracket on the ...
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How can I replace a sliding glass door with a broken seal?
I have a sliding glass door and the glass is etched around side; the seal broke and dust has come in and I don't know how to fix it.
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How should I prepare a steel door for painting?
I have two typical steel entry doors that were factory primed. They were installed 8 years ago in a new addition on my home. I am finally (!?) getting ready to paint them.
The interior finish paint ...
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Exterior entry door repair
I have a 20 year old flat wood entry door (without mouldings or embellishment). I was going to sand and paint it, but when I sanded, I realized that the wood must have been just a veneer (plywood, ...
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Using screws to install a set of french doors?
I am installing a set of french doors. I have installed many doors before, but I was curious as to whether or not anyone has tried using countersunk screws to install the door? If I needed to adjust ...
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What causes seasonal doors and how do you prevent it?
I understand that wood expands and contracts based on temperature, humidity, and other factors...
However in our house the doors are really subject to seasonal changes. For instance my bedroom door ...
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What is a heavy, dense wood for a soundproof door assembly I am putting together?
I am going to attempt to create my own door assembly (frame, door, etc) for my soundproofing project and am looking for very dense, heavy wood. The first wood that comes to mind is oak, but I suspect ...
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Where can I find replacement door knobs?
In the apartment that I am renting, the bedroom door knob does not have a lock on it. I am looking to replace the door knob with one that has one. However, the door seems to have a knob mounting ...
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Indoor sliding doors now stick at the top after replacing rollers
I have sliding doors for a wardrobe, and i replaced the roller-wheels. Now they stick at the top, its as if they are too close together. I replaced the wheels in the same spot on the door, but they ...
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How do I stop water coming in under a level access door?
When you have an outside door with level access (for wheelchairs etc), how do you stop water coming in under the door?
