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Alt.Home.Repair - Home Improvement Usenet Group
Alt.Home.Repair is a worldwide Usenet news group that is used to discuss various aspects of Home Improvement.
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Nails for door frame [8 articles]
SBH - 2009-05-17 11:20:00 [In: Construction & Design | Windows & Doors | ]
I know, generally one would use framing nails either by hand or gun, but
what size nails are appropriate for an interior prehung door and frame? This
is a prefabbed 6 panel hung door you buy from ...
refrigerator: summer: less heat-loss? Hang wide plastic-strip inside? [10 articles]
David Combs - 2009-05-18 15:37:00 [In: Appliances | Electrical & Wiring | Kitchens | Windows & Doors | ]
refrigerator: summer: less heat-loss? Hang wide plastic-strip inside?
Sometime big-box stores with cold-rooms (for milk, eggs, etc), having a
two-shopping-carts-wide entrance, will hang down 3-inc...Self Level Concrete Compound [7 articles]
I have a landing area that leads to the front door. It is about 7'x7', about 6" above the driveway, bounded by the front door, two walls on the side and the ceiling. Right now it has 6"x6" flo...How to fill hinge and latch recesses [10 articles]
Ray K - 2009-05-19 23:53:00 [In: Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Windows & Doors | ]
I'm permanently removing a door. How do I fill the recesses that the
hinges fitted into? They are about 1/8" deep by 3.25 x 1.25". They will
be painted. Can't just smear it with wood filler, becau...Brass Kickplate [25 articles]
mcp6453 - 2010-01-03 15:33:00 [In: Windows & Doors | ]
How can I polish a badly tarnished brass kickplate for my front door? Chemicals
haven't worked. Would a buffer help? The plate is solid brass, and I'd like to
return as much of the shine as possible...Cabinet hinges [6 articles]
I'll need to make new wall cabinets (maple 3/4" ply, about 3' 6" tall). I'm thinking about hinges. perhaps: http://www.cabinetparts.com/c/hinges-european/hinges-salice/series-200-120/ ...another reason *not* to buy a front loading washer [30 articles]
Jim Elbrecht - 2009-05-20 21:47:00 [In: Appliances | Windows & Doors | ]
Mine is a Frigidaire 6000 series [affinity], but while searching for a
cure it appears that they all suffer from the same flaw.
We've had ours for a couple years now & yesterday I got an E20 error...Garage Door Opener problem [18 articles]
James - 2009-05-22 14:53:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Windows & Doors | ]
This is a Craftsman unit, about 12 years old. It uses the chain, but has
worked fine.
Today, the door would not go up and down. The unit buzzes (loud) like the
motor is trying to run, but the ...Trying to figure out a cut on a table saw [10 articles]
zxcvbob - 2009-05-20 17:58:00 [In: Furniture | Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Roofing & Gutters | Tools - Hand, Power & Garden | Walls & Ceilings | Windows & Doors | ]
I'm trying to make a couple of folding sawhorses. My own design. :-)
Two 36" 2x4's for the top, fastened together at the bottom edge with a
pair of door hinges. On each end of each 2x4, I'll cut...Alarm system help needed [19 articles]
WhiteTea - 2009-05-24 15:57:00 [In: Basements & Crawl Spaces | Security & Surveillance | Windows & Doors | ]
I am looking for some advice.
My mother's house was wired up for an alarm system at one time using
security screens, door switches and some window switches.
For some reason, the wires going to ...refinishing interior door, oversanded? [13 articles]
jpenns - 2009-05-21 19:23:00 [In: Furniture | Painting Finishing & Wall Coverings | Windows & Doors | ]
ok i have never done any work with wood and am having difficulty. I am
restaining a door to a darker color. i chose to strip it by power sanding
through the finish. when i applied the stain it abso...Over deleted [20 articles]
cshenk - 2009-05-23 00:24:00 [In: Windows & Doors | ]
God, Im such a airhead! I over deleted a possible reply to the fellow who
was sanding and staining an interior door. I gave an alternative on
antiquing.
Anyone see a reply/question or wanna to...Garage Door opens by itself... [7 articles]
Dave - 2009-05-22 19:49:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Windows & Doors | ]
MIL has a Genie garage door opener that keeps going into operation by
itself. My first thought is a high-power CB signal, or HAM operator in the
neighborhood, but this is just a guess. Any ideas...garage door electronics Phantom model, Overhead Door
Eng - 2009-05-21 15:08:00 [In: Garages, Workshops & Sheds | Windows & Doors | ]
Hi, the torsion springs broke and were repaired. The electronics do
not work. I believe the spring broke while the door was being raised
and the door fell back down. The plastic gears appear unda..."Generic" top rollers for screen door?? [5 articles]
Whatever . . - 2009-05-22 09:38:00 [In: Windows & Doors | ]
I'm trying to help a friend repair their sliding screen door - it kept
coming off the track and falling out - I lifted up the door and removed it -
the bottom rollers probably need a bit of an adj...