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What can I do about this damaged area in my doorframe?
My first house. Noticed that the area of the doorframe where the strike plate should be is quite worn, and of course, there is no striker What are my options here? Do I need to have the entire ...
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Is DIY water mitigation possible in my case?
My dishwasher leaked in the night of Aug 1, the water went down into the basement ceiling, and went out to the exterior on top of the basement window. I noticed the leak the next morning. There might ...
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Frame Overhanging Slab by 3inches and not attached to support bolts
I'm using a contractor to build a brand new 2000sq foot home. There is one section on the house that looks suspect. The slab subs obviously overpoured, and it looks like it was compounded even more ...
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How can I make a sturdy frame out of square, steel tubing?
Update 5/25/2013: I went with mike's idea of using corner braces, but with a twist. Instead of 7/8" braces and epoxy, I went with 1" braces and metal framing screws. The results are pretty good (see ...
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How to prevent router from grabbing board when doing face moulding?
I'm creating a picture frame out of a piece of 1"x6" Oak. I have a router table, with my face moulding bit inserted. I am guiding the wood in from the right side toward the left side (the direction of ...
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How do I fix a rotting door frame?
This is a six year old house and I noticed that frame is rotting due to elements of nature.
Should I just paint over it? If not, how should I fix this?
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Is it a problem if the frame of my house extends 1 - 2" from the slab?
Is this a huge problem? The house frame is about 2" off the slab along the north side. On the other sides of the home it varies by 1", but not in as many places.
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How can I repair this wood window trim?
A small section of the window frame has rotted away (either that, or a woodpecker went at it)
Here is a picture of it
Click for larger view
What is the best way to fix this? Can I just cut out part ...
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Is my pegboard stand design reasonable?
I have an idea of building a pegboard stand, for the purpose of holding kids art supplies. For example, buckets with pencils, markers, pens, paintbrushes. Possibly also some trays for papers.
Below ...
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Trying to make a 1 or 2 car garage opening through a shear wall [closed]
I thought to open the rear of my garage so I can drive through the garage to my backyard where I can do routine maintenance.
The contractor that came out to look at it said the wall is a shear wall ...
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What's the best way to hang this large picture on insulated plasterboard?
I would like to hang this fairly large framed picture on my living room wall. The frame measures 167x75cm, and weighs roughly 8.5kg. Both top and bottom of the frame had snapped previously (while ...
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When installing new stud in existing frame, does the stud have to be the *exact* height of the inside of the frame?
I am about to install two new studs into my wall's frame. I noticed that the studs are about 1/16th of an inch shorter than the inner height of the frame. That doesn't appear to be a lot to a layman ...
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Is it necessary to use ceiling joists (ties) with conventional rafters?
I am going to be putting up an outbuilding with rafters. Is it necessary to use a ceiling joist with conventional rafters?
This picture shows that I need one (https://www.carpentry-pro-framer.com/...
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How can I build an interior wall without ceiling joists to attach on?
I need to add an interior wall in the basement which runs parallel to the ceiling joists (as shown in the picture). I can't directly attach the drywall frame to the joists. I think I have two options:
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Will this frame support hanging planters?
I'm in the process of putting together a frame to hold a series of hanging gardens (assorted vegetables and fruits and need to come up with something that will handle the weight load without too much ...
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How to screw the edge of a sheet of drywall where there is no stud directly behind it?
wall A
old wall ________________ edge of frame
new wall ________________|
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I recently floated a new wall over ...
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How can I tightly join two perpendicular pieces of wood in a loft bed from the inside corner without access to the outer side?
I'm trying to assemble a double loft bed from Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80160867/), but the problem is that it's 80" wide and the room is 80" wide. This means that there's no ...
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Pouring footer in dirt without form
A construction site close to my house made their footer by just digging a ditch around the perimeter of the building and poured concrete directly in the dirt with no wooden form. I'm just curious if ...
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Gap between door and frame is too large at latch location
As you can see in the photo the gap is the right size towards the top and bottom of the door but widens in the middle and is the widest where the lock is so the bolt barely reaches the strike plate.
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Door frame pulling away from wall
over time the molding around the door frame has pulled out a little and we always just use a hammer and block of wood to put it back into place, but recently my door was slammed and now it's ...
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Tire Swing Frame
I want to build a multi-use frame. Our plan is to take two 6x6x12 posts, sink them vertically 4 feet down with concrete and put a horizontal 6x6 post on top of the two. Question is, would that hold ...
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Door newly out of plane - just winter weather or bad framing?
My front door is out of plane - the top left corner does not sit completely in the frame. The funny thing is this is brand new. We've lived in the house for two years and it just started this winter. ...
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Hanging a new wall with Genie Clips and need to install a few studs. Will this affect the installation?
Here's what the bare frame looks like:
If you don't already know how a wall is hung with Genie Clips, here's the video. Skip to 2:45 to see how they're spacing the clips.
http://www.youtube.com/...
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Does an old photo frame need to be sanded before painting?
I'm trying to paint an old gray photo frame to be black, for a new photograph.
Do I need to sand it before painting? The previous paint is in good condition and isn't peeling. Can I just paint over?
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Bed frame legs don't touch floor
I got a bed frame from someone and after assembling it, the wooden legs in the middle of the slats don't touch the floor. They touch the floor only if I press down hard on the bed. Is this supposed to ...
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Low ceiling clearance non load-bearing door opening question
I'm finishing my basement, and am framing in a room. I have 81.5" of ceiling clearance to the ceiling joists, and am in the process of framing in a door for a bedroom. My question is, since this ...
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Screw and washer should go through flat area or curved?
I have a screw with a washer. Which one of the two sides should it go through (ie which side the washer should be "in contact with"), the flat or the curved one? The structure is symmetrical so it can ...
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How can I fix an uneven door threshold?
Is there any way to fix my door threshold? The builder quality is very low and they have ruined this house. I own it so I have to get it fixed because this looks so ugly. My project manager said they ...
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How to finish door frame as thin as possible
I was dumb and didn’t measure the laundry room entry way well enough and had to remove the molding to fit the units in.
In order to allow them to come out in the future I want to make the doorway as ...
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Puzzled on which Door Jamb to order
My existing door jamb is 5 9/16 i m ordering pre hung interior doors my cut choices are 5 1/2 ( 5 8/16 ) or 5 5/8 ( 5 10/16 )
What would you do and why or why not on ...
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Building an 8'x8' metal climbing wall frame
I am trying to build a climbing wall out of 4 plywood panels 4'x4' each in a grid pattern. I'm comfortable building such a wall with either 6 pieces of 2x6 joists or 8 pieces of 2x4 joists running up ...
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How should I extend rim joist for deck extension?
Background:
I have a 6yr old new construction home. A small deck (roughly 9x9 if you exclude the stair cut out) was built just to come out from the kitchen. The house has a garden view basement, ...
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Is it safe to remove water damaged OSB and drywall from interior walls?
We have just recently taken over a old house, used previously as a bed and breakfast, and noticed water damage on the bottom of all the walls.
I started sawing away at the drywall quickly to find OSB ...
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Is this vertical crack/split in stud significant?
Stud is in the exterior wall of my garage. I am looking to hang something fairly heavy (30-40lbs) using lag bolts on this stud.
I am curious if the vertical cracks would be an issue or if they are ...
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How to attach a new 2x4 wall frame's top plate to a concrete load bearing ceiling beam?
I have a concrete beam that extends throughout my apartment. The concrete beam comes down about 30cm from the ceiling. I would like to build a wall underneath the beam, running along the beam.
I plan ...
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12' sliding door frame shimmed up against header and sagging at point where shimmed
I have a sliding door with glass panels on each side, spanning a width of 12 feet. The door has been sagging in the middle. It slides easily at the edge (when open), but drags near the center. I tore ...
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How can I put a picture frame on the floor
I'm putting some picture frames in a photographer's studio. I will hang some of these frames in the wall, but I would like to have some of these on the floor, this way:
The problem is: there's some ...
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How do i install a wooden door frame to a brick frame wall?
What are the process and steps to installing a wooden door frame to a brick frame wall?
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Is it ok to install a patio door tightly in the rough opening?
I'm now installing 2 large patio door sliders that require the frame heightened.
When I resize the framing opening, is it possible to have the door/window fit perfectly on all four sides with no gap? ...
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Flip a door frame?
I have a door that opens right to left into a room. I want it to instead open left to right out of the room. In other words, flip the door.
Is there a way to do this that preserves the existing ...
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Exterior door trim, where jamb and sheathing are not plumb
I am building an 8x10 cottage/shed in my backyard. I have very little prior construction experience. I've been planning well but executing poorly, so nothing is perfectly square.
I am at the exterior ...
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Subfloor or partition walls first in a cottage attic?
Its time for me to think about the internals of an attic in a traditional British one and a half storey cottage.
Picture of 1st floor inside cottage
Note this is just spare bits of timber sarking as ...
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Mounting heavy mirror that has a angled beveled frame
I would like to hang a large heavy mirror (5' x 3) that has a bevelled frame as shown in the picture below.
The back of the mirror is made of 1/8" wood which I don't will be able to hold the ...
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Should Rabbet Widths be relative to the width of a Frame or are absolute values adequate?
I am in the midst of looking to create a few Picture Frames, all varying in sizes. As such, I have been looking into what would be the best Width for the accompanying Rabbet.
From what I can see, ...
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Can't pry off sliding shower door frame
I'm removing a sliding shower door frame (tub-mounted) and had no problem getting the top and sides off. Then I started on the bottom portion attached to the tub. Cut through the caulk and went as ...
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How to Stop Squeaking of a Lofted Bed
The bed in question is a Viv Rae Nadia.
I assembled the bed, put the mattress on, and stored several things on the included shelves. Any sort of movement makes a squeaking noise through some parts of ...
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Repair/replace foundation vents in wooden siding?
The vents into my crawlspace are cut into the wooden siding and I'm not what the correct way to repair/replace them is. All of the examples and products I've seen show the vents in the concrete wall ...
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How do you secure pre-built garage shelving to the frame?
We have built the typical free-standing 4-level garage shelves(similar to this) & want to secure it to the house frame in the garage.
The whole thing is pretty sturdy but we just want to be safe &...
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How do I get started removing this wood frame?
This is a frame inset into this old leaded-glass window I'm going to restore. It is nailed into the original frame, and I can't get to any of the nail heads to get started. It's important that I don't ...
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Ideas for frame around a pillar outside for mounting fixtures without damaging the pillar
Australia. Owner in a top floor unit with a large outdoor area. I want to attach screen to a wall and pillar, using some kind of rear mounted post, (like one of those 'screen up' rear mount posts), or ...