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. Copyright © [...]
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How to Fix Sagging French Doors – Part 3
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
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
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 Repair a Rotted Door Bottom and Weatherstrip – Part 2
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How to Repair a Rotted Door Bottom and Weatherstrip – Part 1
The single light French Doors on the basement patio are both sagging, resulting in a torn weatherstrip on the active door and a significant gap between the doors near the center bottom. The doors are sagging because each door weighs 64.5 lbs and is a bit too heavy for the standard grade residential door hinges. [...]
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