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What is the name of this trim piece on my wooden sliding door?

The interior trim piece of my wood-framed sliding glass door has broken but I'm not sure the name of the piece to find a replacement. The trim is 5/8" x 3 1/2" and is finish nailed over the ...
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How do I fix condensation on aluminium step of the front door?

My door frame seems to be insulated well inside all around except door step that is aluminium. That aluminium piece seems lacking the thermal break, and now with cooler temperatures it accumulates ...
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Door strike plate with moving part - what is it for?

My friend has an exterior door with this strike plate on its frame. Does anyone know what this type of plate is called, and what purpose it has? The inner part is hinged in a way that allows it to ...
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Hanging a thinner interior door on original frame

We live in a 1950's house and are replacing the internal doors. We've bought new doors of the same height and width as the originals, however they don't seem to be made as thick as they used to be. ...
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How do I Trim between 2 doors that are close together?

I need to install jamb on the strike opening of my second pocket door and trim out both. I'm stuck because it looks a bit stupid to me, the doors are to close to each other to trim each out normally ...
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How to fix big door jamb gap

A contractor built a shed in my backyard, but the door frame is a bit off. It is too wide for the bolt to make it into the strike plate, or even to contact the weather stripping and keep wind/rain out....
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How do I install an interior pre-hung door?

I have installed several pre-hung exterior doors using the following process: Tip door into opening Remove 1 screw from each hinge Shim hinge side of jamb until it's plumb & flat Drive a long ...
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How do I re-align this patio door?

I've got a patio door was installed 20 years ago, and in that time the house has settled strangely and the door is no longer situated correctly in its frame. The right-hand side is fixed, left-hand ...
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Can I frame a door opening and create a closet here?

I added a bunch of pics to help explain what I'm working with here, but essentially I want to frame a door opening in an open space to create a closet, and fix some crappy work done by previous owners....
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Is this asbestos? How to handle this? [closed]

My grandmoom had a family member replace doors in her home and when he took parts of wall down (and left it like this) a bunch of dust and debris got all over the rugs and furniture. Her house is old ...
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What's the right material (kind of caulk?) to seal where a Bilco doorframe touches my house?

My house has a fairly standard bulkhead with a Bilco door for entering the basement. Recently a leak has developed and water drips in where the metal frame touches the house. There's some old decaying ...
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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 plaster over door frame?

I'm left with this old door frame (door has been removed) that is not flush with the existing wall. The way I see it, I have two options: Plaster over the timber and bring it out a few mm so that it'...
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Doorways without molding: intentional design or molding removed?

All doorways in my home lack moulding. There appears to be quarter round that is flush with the walls, which I don't love. Is this a style? Or has the moulding been removed for painting and not ...
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Is it safe to remove wall framing around washer/dryer closet?

We bought a 100+ year old shotgun style home (single level) about a year ago that has had several frankenstein like additions made to it which is pretty typical for the area we are in. One of the ...
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Trim a prehung fiberglass door for a nonstandard front door height

I intend to replace my old front door. It is currently a steel left-hand inswing door. The slab itself is 36"x77.5". The ceiling is very short and this door opens within an inch of the ...
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Installing front Door

I’m in Cleveland and are renovating 100 year old building. It has a retail shop on the street level and apartment above with commercial kitchen in the back of the building. I’m replacing the front ...
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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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Soundproofing an open stairwell against downstair noise

I'm trying to dampen the sound that comes up the stairwell by installing a new wall and a soundproof blanket. We currently have a half-wall that I'll be extending up to the ceiling. And that would ...
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GC installed new front door with huge beads of sealant that is dripping

Just as my title suggests, we hired contractors to measure, fabricate, and install doors for us. We want to know if we should demand that they fix the issue? We also want to know if it is a simple fix?...
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Widen exterior door without replacing header

I hired a contractor to replace siding, windows, and doors on my house. It has been a disaster working with these guys... Anyways, a year and a half after I initially ordered the doors, they finally ...
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What's this thing by my front door?

It's covered in paint and I realized I can pull it out a bit. Really have no idea as to its intended function. This is a house in Boston built in the 1800s. It pulls out to about 1 and a quarter ...
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Fitting a door to an unusual frame size?

I’ve inherited this front door that’s seen better days. I’m hoping to replace it with a nice, new, off-the-shelf door (hardwood veneer, solid core). However, the door frame measures 2080 x 915mm and ...
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How do I remove this door?

As I don't know what these hinges are I can't google for the instructions. It would make the painting easier if I could remove these doors, but I can't see how to remove the hinges.
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Basement door gap - how to improve and avoid water entering basement

Suffered a flood this weekend while we were out of town and water came in from the door (see photos). Trying to find solutions to improve the seal but am not knowledgeable in this area. Getting a new ...
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How to protect from water seeping into the home via gap in door

When there's a rain and it smashes on the door then water slowly seeps into the flat because there's a gap between door and the door frame. As of now I'm blocking the space with some cloth when I'm in ...
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How to fix a door with a displaced sill?

Someone used a pry bar to remove the lower trim of my front door, and accidentally pushed one side of the sill towards the house by inches, but the other side seems okay. The door is now very ...
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What is the best way to repair damaged door frame and door?

Background: house built in late 90s located in NE USA. The door is for a bathroom upstairs. https://imgur.com/a/MJGTeOY Question 1) So our dog accidentally locked herself in our bathroom upstairs (she ...
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To replace the whole frame of just fill it in and paint it [duplicate]

The painter came and gave two options. He said either he could fill in the damaged area of the frame or he could replace the whole frame. What are your thoughts? Is it worth replacing the whole frame ...
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Can I run wire under a door saddle?

Is it safe to run an extension cord under a door saddle to get power past the door? I have a window air conditioner that doesn’t have a nearby outlet, and the heavy-duty extension cord I currently use ...
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Temp wall to support wide opening in exterior wall

I'm putting in an 11' wide door opening in a walkout basement exterior wall. There are 2 more floors above the basement. I have the engineered sized steel beam as the header. Can I do a 2x6 temp wall, ...
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How can an ethernet cable from a POE doorbell be embedded in the side frame of the door?

I have a POE doorbell with a CAT6 cable coming from the attic. How can I create a vertical straight channel on the side of the door to embed the cable? I have a trim router, but it is too deep to ...
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Dog scratches on door frames

I’m moving out of my apartment in 6 weeks and have started assessing the damage of 6 years total, two years with a rescue dog that took some time adjusting. She scratched at a lot of the doors when ...
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Leaking Doorframe

Just bought a home, rental, and tenant recently sent me video of the back doorway leaking through the bit of wood that stops the door from closing during a heavy rain. There is definitely caulk ...
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Washer won't fit thru back door. What do I do?

Okay long story short, a couple years ago I decided to buy a new front load washing machine to replace my old top loader. The delivery guys immediately told me, just by looking at the back door ...
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Have Screen Door that doesn't fit in rail frame

Recently rented a home and the screen door was taken off by the previous rentee. I want to put it back but when I tried, I noticed that the screen door's frame was taller than the rail frame that it ...
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double-decker weight and winter snow at the door

I'm going to put a sliding patio door on my house..... 72 in. x 80 in. ,....... I will be opening the wall with the measurements of the door and I will use a two by six beam (in red) at the top.....I ...
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Screen door closer is pulling the door jamb

When I got this new door closer attached and assembled, opening the door caused the door jamb to bend with the closer arm. I tried to secure the door jamb with several screws but that didn’t help. Is ...
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Is my garage door header calculation correct?

I'm adding an 8' opening to an existing 2x4 wall originally built almost 30 years ago. The wall is definitely load bearing as it currently supports the ends of 30' trusses on 24" centers. I live ...
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Suggestion to help Waterproof around storm door

My storm door was not being supported very well so I removed it attempting to fix it. I found the top corner trim and siding rotting pretty bad. I am almost done removing all of the soft wood. ...
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Water damaged door casing repair

Our laundry room recently flooded with some water and the door casings have swelled at the very bottoms . They are MDF. I’m hoping to not have to remove them. Can I scrape the paint, sand and repaint? ...
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Door knob strike plate is hitting casing extension/trim

I installed a one piece security strike plate on my new door frame (it has the openings for both the knob and deadbolt on one plate). I’ve discovered the knob latch hits my jamb extensions (and if the ...
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Is this a striker bracket?

I've been trying to find a plastic part for my front door frame. I've attached the pic for you guys to help me understand what that part is actually called. The bottom screw part is broken but it was ...
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How to fix broken bracket for glass shower door?

The bracket thing fell off the side of the door beside the hinge part. How do I fix it? I would appreciate any suggestions.
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Add door to top of staircase?

We would like to add a door to the top of this staircase, for privacy in the basement when kids have friends over. We are having trouble coming up with what/how a door should be implemented without a ...
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How to prepare a non-flush door lining for re-skimming without replacing it

We are having a room in our house re-skimmed in a couple of weeks, and I've recently removed the old architrave around the bedroom door due to its poor condition. After removing the architrave, I ...
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How to deal with drywall that is 1/4in proud of door frame

The drywall around my door frame is proud of the door frame. One one side it is pretty small, maybe 1/16in. But on the other side, and part of the top, it gets as large as 1/4in. I am unsure of the ...
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How to fix door touching frame

I have this bathroom door which is touching the frame at the point I highlighted in this image. I am not able to figure out why. Any idea what might be causing this and how can I fix it? Thank you
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Bifold Doors for Bedroom

Can anyone advise if I can fit bifold door in place of a standard bedroom door without changing the door frame?
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Newly installed door frame a door. Since painting the door doesn't close. The door jamb is too close to the door on the hinge side

We've recently had some rooms reconfigured and all the door frames and doors replaced. The builders did the tricky work but we've been left to decorate. When the builders left the door frames and jamb ...
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