I need to install a storm door in an opening (distance between exterior trim) of W 35 1/4 inches. I would rather not rip/cut back the exterior trim. I am considering installing a half view storm door.
I am thinking of extending the brick mold and installing a 36 inch wide storm door. In this approach, what is the shortest extension I can use? Would a nominal 1 inch by 1 inch extension be enough to ensure that the storm door is secured correctly? There is enough space between the top of the brick mold and the bottom of the deck for a small extension.
It would be best if you would apply a 5/4 trim (1" thick) that will extend all the way to the outside edge of the trim. Hard to say more than that when we can't really see the trim from that far away. It's likely that you should just remove and replace the existing trim with something that is the right width. (And that is plumb, level and square)
You would pop off the piece that your index finger is on in your bottom photo. Put a wonder bar on one edge of it ( pic #3 at the 5 1/2" mark) then smack it with a hammer and pry it off.
Chip off old paint and caulk with a hammer and a glaziers putty knife. And get rid of those old hinges.
Picture 4 is not too clear but it looks like you would do the same thing on that side too. Same thing on top. Get rid of all the molding with that curve on it. Then once those pieces are gone and you clean off the paint and caulk on the door jamb you could add something on that is 1" thick.... and just make sure you have 36" between them when you're done.
The wood stool or apron (Google is confusing me which) under the ceramic window sill cracked in a few spots and is coming off wall, so now there's a draft coming in to the room. I'm referring to the slightly angled piece of wood that's vertically under the ceramic/plastic horizontal sill that appears to be nailed to the wall. Guessing it cracked and stuff due to recent very cold weather.
It's only 4 ft wide. Do I just get some special kind of glue and glue it back to the wall? Do I have to buy a new one and nail it back to the wall? I looked on a local home improvement store and the only one they sold was like twice the length I needed.
As you can tell, I have no idea what I'm doing here, but would need to fix it myself.
edit: Looking more online, I almost wonder if it's just "casing" under the sill nailed to the wall, it really just looks like a slanted piece of wood under there, nothing too fancy
Have a new build single story addition I'm working on, I have a gas temporary heater which maintains the temp to around 50+ degrees and a couple fans to move the air flow around. My windows are in, weather taped on the outside and insulation around the inside until I install my window jams and fill with window foam. I live in a cold winter climate and when the temperature goes well below freezing I'm getting condensation around the bottom of the windows, only if the temp goes below freezing. Could this be caused by the inside of the addition isn't warm enough or maybe high humidity? The inside walls are dry (not damp) only getting condensation around the bottom of the windows. Should I increase the heat, crack the windows open a bit for humidity reasons, more air movement? Any info would be appreciated...
01-11-22, 08:41 AM
