Installing closet Shaker style doors with one panel.
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 on this site Even more on Shaker style doors Shapira Builders always gives free estimates Shapira...
read moreRefurbishing Mobile home with fir door
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 regular home. This job was at an old mobile home that have aluminum door. After I removed the old...
read moreReplacement of aluminum patio door with vinyl door
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, together so to speak. The vinyl profiles are much thicker then the old aluminum, as results, you get a...
read moreEnlarged kitchen refrigerator recess
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 shorter by six inches and thinner by replacing the half an inch drywall with eighth plywood. The...
read moreCustom made Shaker style doors and installation
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 white after my work is all done. I made the doors from three quarter of an inch high quality birch...
read moreReplacing and reversing a door swing from outward to inward swing
My client who found me on Angie’s List asked me to remove the old door and install a new door on the existing door jamb. The reason to keep the old was, this old house had aluminum sidings, removing the door jamb means to disturb the aluminum siding and that would create a situation of very costly repair of the sidings. Besides, to find the same exact sidings material with same color would be almost mission impossible. After I measured the existing opening, I determined that this job can be done. My client picked out a door...
read moreRefinishing an old wood gate
This old gate looked lifeless and my client asked me to give it life. My client wanted this old ugly gate to look old and beautiful. I used oil based stain and few coats of natural Tung oil. Oil based stain penetrates the porous and dry wood. The grey dark spot are water damage from fungus. The oil (petroleum) based stain, will kill any living organism, the Tung oil enhances the overall look, add some gloss and will prevent the rain water from penetrating into the wood. How I wish I took a picture before my refinishing work. The gate was...
read moreInstalling a new door on existing old jamb
Installing a new door on existing jamb and changing the door swing. My new client is a member of Angie’s List asked me on the phone If I can replace his back door with a new door. He explained that the house id old and have an aluminum sidings. (Aluminum sidings makes it very difficult to remove the old door jamb without disturbing the siding.) My client also asked me if I could change the door swing from outward swing to inward swing because he wanted to have a security door installed as well there. When you have two doors hung on...
read moreCustom wall pocket for a pocket door.
Creating a wall pocket for a pocket door, using Johnson hardware. Building a pocket takes some thinking and calculation The space between the bottom of the and the finished floor had to be three quarter of an inch. When the door is wide open it has to be flush with the jamb. When door is shut, you want the door to hit the jamb evenly. When the door is shut, part of the door (About one inch) is in the pocket so never see the end of the door back. The back of the door gets a rubber bumper. The carriage (wheels hardware) have a nut for...
read moreHow to stain a wood door.
The staining procedure You will need: Oil based stain, natural bristle three inch brush, rags, paint thinner, latex gloves, Good ventilation, saw horses and Patience You can stain the doors standing up or laid down on saw horses. When the doors are standing up, you can do both sides the same day. When the doors are laid on saw horses you get much better vision and better control. When the door laid flat the stain will not rush down but you can do one side a day for it takes time for the stain to cure, then you can flip the...
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