Installing closet Shaker style doors with one panel. My client asked me to install the doors he purchased. I provided the jamb material, trim and hardware. hinges and ball catches. I pre-hung the doors on the jamb I built. Bored and installed the spring loaded ball catches in the doors top edge. Installed the strike plate at jamb top. Finally I installed the entire unite in the closet opening.                       More about Shaker style doors...

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    Replacement of an Aluminum door with six panel fir door and a security door.   My client asked me to replace an out swing aluminum door with a six panel fir door. My customer found me on Angie’s List. The aluminum door opened outward and my client wanted the new door to open inward and to install a security door.   Old mobile homes have their own standards and building codes. Today mobile homes share pretty much the sane codes as...

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    Replacing low grade patio sliding door with new one.   Aluminum based patio doors with aluminum frame, jamb and track are part of the past now.   Before the Aluminum type doors, they were made of steel with very thick glass. The glass was about quarter of an inch thick, The glass back then, was not safety glass.   The new patio sliding door are made of vinyl. While the aluminum patio door unit was screwed together, the vinyl is welded,...

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Enlarged kitchen refrigerator recess   My client Richard whom also became my good friend asked me to help him modify the kitchen opening to receive the refrigerator he just purchased. I needed to make the opening taller and wider.   I removed the upper cabinet above the fridge and rebuilt it, using new material for the box and reused the existing doors by cutting them shorter. On the right hand side of the door the is a wall.   I made that wall...

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  Custom made Shaker style doors and installation over a cubbyhole in a bathroom.    An Angie’s List member contacted me and asked me to give her a bid. She has this large cubbyhole in her bathroom as you can see in the image above. Just an open large rectangle of twenty seven inches by 48 inches.   My new client asked me to install two adjustable 16 inch deep shelves and two Shaker style doors. She said that she will paint the doors...

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