With a break in the weather this past Sunday I was able to get some work done. I finished off a few pieces of trim and started working on installing the doors.
So the doors get laid out flat next to each other and then attached together with a couple of boards that span them. This makes a single great big (and heavy) unit out of the two doors. Now in theory, one (or two or three) is suppose to pick this up, position it in the opening, nail it in place and then remove the boards. Viola! Installed doors. The theory doesn't hold up so well if you are working solo.
Step 1 - Attach doors together: Check
Step 2 - Pick up the doors: Check (for hernia).
Step 3 - Position doors in opening: Check.
Step 4 - Nail doors in place: It's here we run into problems.
I quickly discover that there is nothing to support the doors while I reach for the screw-gun. And once I do get the screw-gun, the doors are WAY too heavy to hold in place with one hand and work the screw-gun with the other. #$%& ! Not to be deterred, I get the jack from the van, arrange a few boards as a base and crank, crank, crank the doors into position. A few strategically placed screws later and I am at:
Step 5 - Viola! Installed doors.
As I stand back to admire my resourcefulness and workmanship, I think to myself, "I truly am a handyman not to be trifled with." That satisfied glow lasts right up until I open the doors, or should I say, TRY to open the doors. Because they will only open about 6 inches before they jam on the overhanging roof. Thankfully the girls were engaged watching TV so they missed the colorful tirade which followed. Though our neighbors out raking leaves did not.
Return to Step 1 and start all over again, this time installing the doors a 1/4 of a inch lower. Then humbly walk away to take th
e girls to swim lessons.
Shed = 1
Ed = 0
So the doors get laid out flat next to each other and then attached together with a couple of boards that span them. This makes a single great big (and heavy) unit out of the two doors. Now in theory, one (or two or three) is suppose to pick this up, position it in the opening, nail it in place and then remove the boards. Viola! Installed doors. The theory doesn't hold up so well if you are working solo.
Step 1 - Attach doors together: Check
Step 2 - Pick up the doors: Check (for hernia).
Step 3 - Position doors in opening: Check.
Step 4 - Nail doors in place: It's here we run into problems.
I quickly discover that there is nothing to support the doors while I reach for the screw-gun. And once I do get the screw-gun, the doors are WAY too heavy to hold in place with one hand and work the screw-gun with the other. #$%& ! Not to be deterred, I get the jack from the van, arrange a few boards as a base and crank, crank, crank the doors into position. A few strategically placed screws later and I am at:
Step 5 - Viola! Installed doors.
As I stand back to admire my resourcefulness and workmanship, I think to myself, "I truly am a handyman not to be trifled with." That satisfied glow lasts right up until I open the doors, or should I say, TRY to open the doors. Because they will only open about 6 inches before they jam on the overhanging roof. Thankfully the girls were engaged watching TV so they missed the colorful tirade which followed. Though our neighbors out raking leaves did not.
Return to Step 1 and start all over again, this time installing the doors a 1/4 of a inch lower. Then humbly walk away to take th
e girls to swim lessons.Shed = 1
Ed = 0
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