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How to temporarily remove one hinge on a door with two hinges
Your best bet is to simply remove both hinge pins and remove the door from the frame. Attempting to swing it and prop it open on only one of two hinges will carry a not insignificant risk of the door ...
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What do you call this old-time style of door knob/lock? How can I replace it?
It's a Mortise Lock.
So named because of the rectangular mortise in the edge of the door the mechanism fits in, as contrasted with "modern locks" that mostly use intersecting round holes.
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Is it reasonable to expect to be able to cut down a cheap slab door to size?
The typical amount of material that is around all 4 sides of the doors that is structural for holding screws for the knob latch and hinges is about 1". It can vary a bit from there. You may find ...
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How to temporarily remove one hinge on a door with two hinges
Yes, it is possible to hold the weight of the door on shims. Door wedges would be ideal. Otherwise, open the door then jam under whatever will fit.
If you're removing the top hinge, the door will ...
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What do you call this old-time style of door knob/lock? How can I replace it?
There are many options for repair or replacement of mortise locks. Parts like knobs in all kinds of materials are available from antique dealers or new. Internal parts like springs are available ...
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How do we reduce the height of an opening by 6" for a door?
You will also need to expand the opening as the door you've selected is wider than your opening.
Remove the drywall from the opening and surrounding areas to expose the framing members.
Be careful ...
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Are you able to make a 3 hinge door into a 2 hinge door?
You can't just remove a hinge from a 3-hinge door.
If you do this, each hinge will carry 52% more weight than before. Each hinge used to carry 33% of the weight of the door, but now will need to carry ...
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Installing sliding glass tub doors without a wall stud
See page 10, step 2 of the instructions linked on the product listing:
If you do not have a stud in the area shown this door CAN NOT be
installed, call Delta Shower Doors Customer Care Team at
1-800-...
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Should this door opening have a header and supporting framing?
Yes, there needs to be a header there.
Right now, the two studs that were cut are just hanging there with no support, they might be fine right now but over time could begin to sag causing issues with ...
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Odd Size Door Question
Build a door from boards, or from plywood, insulation, more plywood, and boards.
Buy a solid core door (often can be had reasonably at Habitat Re-Store, if you have one of those near you) and cut it ...
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How to temporarily remove one hinge on a door with two hinges
I agree with the answers suggesting wedging the door and propping it from the side so it can't tip over. Only if the door is particularly heavy might this be unacceptably risky to you.
But definitely ...
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How can I install a door in this opening?
Look at how other doorframes are built. Use that as a guide to build rough wood framing into this opening, with transom at floor, uprights along each side, a crosspiece to define the top of the door ...
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GC installed new front door with huge beads of sealant that is dripping
Insist that they provide you with a door the same size as the measurements they quoted for you. It looks like they "found" a cheap door or had one lying around that they dumped on you. The ...
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Are you able to make a 3 hinge door into a 2 hinge door?
If you really wanted, you could buy a hollow core door blank (no hinge mortises, no knob bore) from a real door place. The key here is “hollow core”.
The door place could, with your old door, match ...
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How to temporarily remove one hinge on a door with two hinges
Is it possible to place shims under the door to support it while I remove one hinge at a time?
Yes. Should you? Probably not with shims alone.
Epoxy usually has a 24 hour cure time and the risk of ...
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Backyard gate not closing
Any wood, when exposed to the elements will twist, warp, expand and contract.
The hinge post may have twisted or slumped along with the bolts holding the hinges coming loose. The latch post may have ...
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How to change locks on front door with old handle-set?
This is a mortise lockset, meaning the lock mechanism installs into a pocket (mortise) cut into the edge of the door. Sizes on these can be a bit inconsistent, so if you really want to replace it (eg, ...
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What can I use to securely bond a steel bracket to a tile floor?
Epoxy can bond to the floor so thoroughly that it cannot be removed without damaging the tile. Thereby negating the reason to not want to fasten with screws.
The pivot you want to mount does not carry ...
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How to install door trim on door that is not flush with drywall
It seems that you have the right idea. Take a piece of 1X board, put it against the frame and mark where it touches the outer edge of the drywall. Then rip the piece with a table saw. Nail molding ...
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How would I go about installing a bifold barn door?
This would mean the door would be slightly bigger than opening, by approx. 2 inches either side? Is this standard?
Yes. Sliding barn doors are bigger than the opening they close/cover. You can ...
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Replacing a center door handle
Research shows that Center door knobs are decorative.
Use a search engine to look for "center door knobs".
To remove the one you have, remove the screws that are on the inside of the door.
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How should I lubricate a hinge that does not have a removable pin?
I just put some machine oil on the top outside of the hinge. Put enough so some will dribble down the length of the hinge. Open and close the door and the oil will wick itself between the bearing ...
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Can I repair and rekey this salty security door?
I think if you look closrly around the base of the handles, you will see a grub screw. A screw with no head, that is recessed into the hole.
After you have removed those, you may have to wiggle the ...
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How do I apply housewrap to an existing structure when reducing an opening size?
Remove existing door
Remove some siding from around (including above) the existing door frame
Build new, smaller opening (adjust the header as necessary)
Apply new sheathing to new construction
Apply ...
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How to temporarily remove one hinge on a door with two hinges
There are a few possible solutions:
Use a Winbag Air Wedge. This is a bag that can be pumped up with air to support the door. This will not hold the door in place however so the door could still tilt ...
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