How to Build a Safe Room In 5 Steps Ready to upgrade your room to a safe room? Use these steps to create a space where you know you’ll be protected no matter what. Choose the Right Location Select a suitable location for your safe room. As mentioned before, interior spaces are idea...
Conventional wisdom will say you should scrape the door. Don’t. In most cases, a few passes on the jamb with a sharp paint scraper is all it takes.
The door jamb switch can be a very useful device that can be installed on the hinge side of a closet door. With this type of switch, it will not be necessary to switch the closet light on or off manually. Door jamb switches offer convenience because most closet lights are hard to reach...
This video tutorial is in the Home & Garden category where you will learn how to install an interior door set on a pre-bored door. For this you will need a tube latch, straight plates, door plates, two knobs, two sets of ring guides and a spindle. You will also need a tape mea....
How do you paint an interior door with a paint sprayer? The first thing you need to do is get your painting area ready to go. A little bit of prep work will mean much easier cleanup later! We took the doors off the door jamb and set them up in a ventilated area to spray them. ...
To make the transom jamb, I build a box out of door-jamb material to the exact width of the door below. I make the box 1/2 inch shorter than the opening to ease installation. I make the top and bottom full width and nail them to the vertical legs. ...
The first construction step is going to be framing up the walls. To successfully frame your garage you need to decide where all your openings are going to be (windows and doors) and plan for the sheathing on the outside and any interior covering (drywall, plywood) you plan to use. I ...
Metal door frames give added strength and durability compared to wooden frames for commercial and certain residential applications. While wood frames simply slip between the wall studs during installation, metal frames are designed to wrap around the studs, making removal more difficult. Identifying the...
Unless you're driving an especially old car, you likely have acabin air filterto keep an eye on too. Separate from the engine air filter, the cabin air filter helps keep allergens and pollutants out of your vehicle's interior. Sometimes the cabin air filter is accessible from under the ho...
If the gasket is glued in place, there isn't much you can do but wait for the gasket to conform to the door jamb. Test the gasket on a freezer door with the same dollar-bill procedure; if the gasket is faulty, replace it with a new gasket made especially for the freezer. Do not...