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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 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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How do I prevent doors on a media cabinet from sagging?
A friend and I have just built a floor to ceiling media shelf unit for DVDs. It has 9 shelves and is about 3' wide. The frame around it is made up of 2"x8" boards and the shelves (except for one in ...
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How do I build an “internal frame” for a reclaimed wood door?
I heard that doors like the one below are made with an internal frame, and then it receives the faces of reclaimed wood.
How is the frame constructed and how are the wood boards fastened to the ...
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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 do I repair a wooden door's hinge binding?
In a rented flat, I saw the that a door wasn't closing properly, and noticed that the hinge screws were loose and not centered.
So I decided to unscrew them, and set them back in properly.
Sadly, by ...
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What can we do about previously filled holes so I can varnish wood?
We have bought a house that has nice wooden doors, but holes in them have been filled ready for painting. We would prefer to varnish the wood - what can we do about the white filling in the holes?
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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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How do I remove stickers and residue from a wooden door?
When I was a kid I put a ton of stickers all over my wooden door. In addition, I also taped on posters and pictures.
I tried removing the stickers and with some of them having been there for more ...
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Fixing a large (1/8"-wide) crack in a wood exterior door panel
This is a follow-up to my previous question: How can I fix a hairline crack in a thin wood panel of an exterior door?
While getting ready to apply wood glue (actually a mixture of wood glue and ...
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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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How can I fix a hairline crack in a thin wood panel of an exterior door?
My 100-year-old house has a wooden front door made of thick wood ribs interspersed with 8 wood panels, each about 10" high, 8" wide, but only 1/8" or 3/16" thick. Perhaps the door originally had ...
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How can I block or fill out a letterbox hole in my door?
I have a letterbox in my front door that is never used, so I would like to remove it and fill the hole, preferably so it doesn't look like there was ever one there.
Or insert something that fills the ...
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What do I need to do to restore a wooden entry door?
I'm going to give it a try rather then buying a new door.
I have a wooden door (veneer on both sides) with some decorative mouldings. My plan is to use a heat gun to get as much paint off as possible ...
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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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What primer and paint should I used for a solid-core wooden front door?
I recently purchased a new pre-hung exterior door for my house. We opted for a solid-core Douglas Fir instead of the fiberglass models as the wooden door was substantially cheaper. We want to paint ...
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Rip old door in half?
I've got a 26.5"x79" rough opening for a storage space under my staircase. I'd like to install a double door where each door is about a foot wide an hinges out. A ball latch in the top casing could ...
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How should I prepare doors and windows for painting?
I'm mostly interested in what is the best way to protect the wood from bad weather, but any other advice on how to improve overall quality of work would be appreciated.
