Timeline for how to repair bi-fold door with fallen slats?
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| Jul 22, 2019 at 18:26 | comment | added | David Tresner-Kirsch | Finished the repair, and commenting here for anyone who sees this and is trying to do the same thing in the future: I found it much easier to do this with the door standing on it's side than laying down totally flat (as some have suggested). Lying flat, gravity makes the slats flop back out. On it's side, the flats are just standing on their ends so gravity isn't working against you. | |
| Jul 22, 2019 at 18:20 | vote | accept | David Tresner-Kirsch | ||
| Jul 1, 2019 at 2:24 | answer | added | gnicko | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 30, 2019 at 23:34 | comment | added | DrMoishe Pippik | Take it off, lay it on a flat surface with a plastic tarp underneath, reglue and clamp or weight it. The break at the top is not likely because it "warped". | |
| Jun 30, 2019 at 22:57 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | Mine did the same thing. I took it down and laid it on sawhorses, carefully got everything positioned, applied wood glue to frame corner where it had pulled out and to each slat, then clamped it. It has been good as new ever since. | |
| Jun 30, 2019 at 22:54 | comment | added | jsotola | have another look at your door ... it looks like the slats did not fall out because of warpage | |
| Jun 30, 2019 at 22:52 | comment | added | jsotola | use lots of patience | |
| Jun 30, 2019 at 21:30 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 30, 2019 at 21:29 | history | asked | David Tresner-Kirsch | CC BY-SA 4.0 |