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Is my kitchen cabinet door beyond repair?
My cabinet door became damaged as my sister put all her weight on it to pull herself up :-)
Repairing the door is very tricky as these cabinet doors are on the kitchen island and the particle board ...
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How do I prepare doors to be hung?
Changing out interior doors in house. All of them. Going from brown crap to white 6 panel. I have two hinges on each door. Would like to buy new door with predrilled knob hole, cut it down ...
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Do you really *have* to mortise for hinges and other door hardware?
I am wondering if it's entirely necessary to mortise a door and jamb for hinges and other miscellaneous door hardware. The only thing I can think of is that, in addition to being screwed in, the ...
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What type of hinges do i need for this cupboard?
We are tiling our bathroom and want to tile the built in cupboard, which has 2 doors inset into a wooden frame. So that we don't need to leave a wide gap between the tiles at the edge of the door and ...
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Should I paint door hinges?
Is it better to paint door hinges when painting a door and frame or should I remove them so they keep a metal look?
I've hung a new door with new hinges and am about to paint. Most of the doors I see ...
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What hinges should I use for my overlay cabinet doors?
I need help understanding how to choose the right hinges for my cabinet doors. I have new 3/4" thick cabinet doors, fully overlaying/sitting on the face frame of the cabinet box. I do not want ...
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How to I “set out” the holes for hinges?
I am thinking of building some cupboards with inset doors and solid sides (e.g not a face frame).
Are there any “trick” to how I measure the location of the holes for the hinge screws and bore?
I ...
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What do I need to do to fix my door hinge?
The door to my basement broke. The bottom hinge has three screws; the top and bottom one turn endlessly. You can see the pictures here.
I understand that there's a matchstick/toothpick trick, where ...
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Can I bore my own hinge holes?
I'm scheming to reface my kitchen cabinets with sustainable lumber (looking for FSC certified or salvage) and trying to figure out what my options are. Our existing hinges aren't much different from ...
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How can I replace a kitchen cabinet hinge with no visible screws?
My kitchen cabinet hinge is broken. I want to replace it, but not really sure how because it is attached to the cabinet door without any screw (1). Anyone know a proper way to detach the hinge?
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How can I build a vertical hinging stair safety rail/siding?
I live in a New York apartment and want to use the loft bedroom for 4 year old daughter.
The stairs are wooden slats built into the wall but completely open on one side...there is no safety ...
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My door doesn't close without having to push it upwards first [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I rehang a wooden door with worn screw holes?
I just moved into this room and the door wasn't closing properly, so I took the door off, screwed the hinges in ...
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How to separate the two parts linked by these hinges?
I have a mirror (left) attached to a little cabinet (right) via two hinges in the following picture. The combination is supposed to be fixed above the sink in my bathroom.
But now I would like to ...
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Small hinges for reusable domino rally [closed]
I am building a reusable domino rally. Each domino will be attached to a large board with a small hinge. Tilting the board to the side will then reset all the dominoes at once.
The hinges need to ...
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Cabinet hinge broke, what are my options?
One of my kitchen cabinet's hinges broke. Luckily I found a replacement part on the original manufacturer's website (#50 90-degree hinge).
However it's $33 and not the exact same dimensions, so ...
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How do I adjust this balcony door so that it doesn't let cold air in?
A PVC balcony door that separates the room from the outdoors (which is currently −20 Celsius) is about six feet tall and about two feet wide. It is attached with two hinges - the upper one
and the ...
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How can I paint kitchen cabinet hinges?
We have old, ugly kitchen cabinet hinges. I've read conflicting opinions online as to whether spray painting them is a good idea. How would you do it if you were going to go for it?
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How to stop a door from banging while closing
Besides closing it very slowly, any good tricks / gadgets that will slow down the door so it doesn't close with a thud?
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How do I take door hinges that have a pivot ending with two flat cylinders apart?
I found a door with a pair of hinges that look like most ordinary door hinges but don't let the door to be taken off the doorpost. They seem to have a pivot that passes through the whole height of a ...
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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. ...
