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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    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...

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  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...

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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...

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  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...

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