Last winter, I discovered a hole/damaged wood on evaes .
per advise of leared members, put a aluminium flashing as temporary fix till warmer days.
Now I have started working on it and looks like there are more
I have removed the rotted wood but there are rots on the studs that hold the roof ( is that called truss)
Out of 9 such studs, two has rot at the end where I need to nail the replacement wood. Do I sister those roof support with new pieces or will bondo work ( since rot is only in the end point and did not run through the wood)
Sintering would give more structural support, bondo would just be filling the void.
The priority you need to address is shedding the water. Get the water off the structure and nothing should rot. A new roof, good drip edges, flashing will make that shed last a long time.
My garage door opener hums briefly and stop. According to the troubleshooting, need to release the tension of the chain.
Upon check, the chain is very tight close to the motor (marked with yellow arrow on the screenshot). I need to loose the outer nut (marked with red arrow on the screenshot) by turning it counterclockwise. However that nut is extreme hard that I am not able to loose at all. I am using 1/2 inch wrench (screenshot attached too). I've tried to spread WD-40 on it couple times but not helping. Looks it is distort a little bit and stuck somehow? Any suggestions on how to unscrew the stuck nut?
thank you!
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My 20 year old brown Clopay door is pretty oxidized. So far I have scrubbed it with TSP and a scrub brush and washed it down. The results were better, but nowhere a finished product. My door has a grain to it and there is still some white marks on it. I've tried a few different cleaners, even rescrubbing a few spots, but I think at this point it is as good as it gets.
I recently purchased a product called Rejuvenate outdoor color restorer, I haven't applied it yet. Its supposed to bring the color back and add a shine for up to a year. They say that the finished product will look the same as it looks when its wet. When my door is wet, it looks new. I'd appreciate any feedback on this product it you are familiar with it.
I found another product called "Everbright" and its made for this purpose. Its a 2-step process but its expensive. The price of it is about $350 as compared to Rejuvenate that is $20!
Any feedback or suggestions welcome.
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