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How to Fix Sagging French Doors – Part 4

Bob Jackson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:34:48 +0000

This project is continued from Part 3. Having cut the mortises for the new Hager BB1279 ball bearing door hinges, I’m ready to attach the new hinges to the door. A long aluminum channel that doubles as a rip fence to cut plywood with my circular saw is used to align the hinges. Install the [...]

How to Fix Sagging French Doors – Part 3

Bob Jackson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:33:22 +0000

This project is continued from Part 2. With the French Door removed from the doorway, placed in a jig on it’s side to hold it securely, and the old hinges removed, I’m now ready to install the new Hager BB1279 ball bearing hinges. The Hager hinge has square leaves, but the mortise is radiused (i.e. [...]

How to Fix Sagging French Doors – Part 2

Bob Jackson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:32:21 +0000

This project is continued from Part 1. To install the new hinges, the French Door will have to be removed and stood on it’s edge in the workshop. A door is a large awkward item, so I made a pair of jigs out of scrap 2×4′s and 3 inch wood screws to hold the door [...]

How to Fix Sagging French Doors – Part 1

Bob Jackson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:02:21 +0000

The basement patio French Doors were sagging, resulting in a torn weatherstrip on the active door and a 1/2 inch gap in between the two doors. To fix the problem I replaced the hinges with heavy duty ball bearing units made by Hagar Co. The Hager hinges feature heavy gauge metal and ball bearings that [...]

How to Make a Drywall Access Panel – Part 3

Bob Jackson — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:06:47 +0000

This project is continued from Part 2. Install Closet Wall Insulation The home builder cut corners and failed to insulate the rear wall of the bedroom closet. Now that I’ve got an access panel it’ll be easy to insulate the wall with R-13 kraft-faced fiberglass insulation. I purchased two rolls of Ownens Corning insulation at [...]

How to Make a Drywall Access Panel – Part 2

Bob Jackson — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:05:17 +0000

This project is continued from Part 1. Saw the Plywood Access Panel The dimensions for the access panel are: Rough drywall opening: 33 inches high x 20 inches wide Plywood panel: 35 inches high x 22 inches wide This allows for a 1 inch weather seal around the perimeter of the plywood panel to cover [...]

How to Make a Drywall Access Panel – Part 1

Bob Jackson — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:03:42 +0000

This project shows how I made a drywall access panel out of plywood large enough to step through to gain access to the narrow cavity behind the wall to run electrical wiring and insulate the closet. This is one of several improvements I’ve made to this bedroom over the garage. You can read about those [...]