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Steel Door Questions
Spencer2000 on Sep 21, 2002Was reading below about someone wanting to spruce up a front door and someone responded they were glad another serviceable door was not going to the landfill. Well, that was were mine was heading, but now I think I will ask a few questions and see if I might change my mind. By the way, the door is very serviceable, just looks yucky and here is why: 1. When the door was painted the first time - by the builder, it had all these little bubbles in the paint, looked awful, but we lived with it. Now we have repainted it (over the bubbles) and it looks worse. - question # 1: Can you strip, sand or anything else to get a nice smooth finish? 2. The previous owners had a door knocker that was removed and left 2 holes in the door, my hubby patched with something and sanded - looks horrible - sticks out like a sore thumb. Question # 2 - what can I do to remedy this. 3. The door has a fan window at the top and the caulking is dirty. Question # 3 - Can this be removed and new added. 4. Would like to have a deadbolt. Noticed that the new doors come with holes for this. Question # 4 - how hard is it to install a dead bolt. This door is about 14 years old. We have been giving our large porch and the front of our home a facelift and this made this door look pretty bad. See if you can convince me to keep it or should I send it to the door graveyard. Thanks in advance.Read More
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no blind stop on my casement windows
robert smith on Aug 12, 2002hi last year i replaced many of the original 1920's double hungs in my house, and it was such a success, this year i decided to do a couple of casement windows on the second floor. however, there is something i don't understand. the present original casements look like they were built in place rather than put in as a unit. there appears to be no outside blind stop and i was thinking i would push the replacement unit into the frame of the old window until it hits the blind stop, then i would screw it in. what do i do? Install a blind stop where i want the outside of the window to sit? also, the two sashes in the original casement window are separated by a mullion? or a divider jamb. when i removed the interior trim covering the divider jamb, i noticed it is hollow. Basically it is 1X material that runs vertically into the finished sill. When I cut these divider jambs out to put in the replacement unit, there will be a hole in the finish sill. Any recommendations besides replacing the sill? I would appreciate answers to both questions. And, thanks a lot. bobRead More
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