Installing double interior knotty alder doors.     Here is another member of Angie’s List asked me to install double doors in his newly built home in the city of Waddell, Arizona. 45 minutes drive west of Phoenix where I live.   The builder of the house left the office room with no doors. The young home owner have two babies and wanted to have doors to his office. Noise stays out of the office. The opening was five by eight feet. I gave...

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Removing an old back door and installing a new door   My client called me and asked me to look at his back door. His back door was old and was out of shape. The old door had a pet door installed in it and my client wonted a new door without a pet door. I asked him if he want to have a window in the door, he said yes.   We decided to go a head with a window that doesn’t open, a window with a dual panes that have mini blinds between the the...

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    Wooden gate with metal straps and clavos, designed, built and installed by Shapira Builders     My client, found me on Google search and asked me to come up with a design for wooden gate for here new home.She called me from her home in Colorado, telling  me that her new home is under construction in Rio Verde, AZ.This new home is her ‘Snow Bird’ home.She wanted a gate to be made of wood planks with an arched top,She wanted the...

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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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