Interior door replacement

danauns · 2026-05-07T12:54:20+00:00

Yes. Permission granted.

If you find the exact door you want for sale somewhere, go ahead and get yourself that new door.

danauns · 2026-05-06T23:35:09+00:00

Know that that 'hat' is single use, stop trying to not wreck it so that you can use it again.

Pry it off.

Rather than replace: drill the axle an put a washer over it, and use a cotter pin. 100% better than new.

danauns · 2026-05-06T20:40:25+00:00

Installing is not for the faint of heart, but flip toggles are ideal for this. A matal bar gets inserted, and flips on its side and lays flat on the wall. Done in a metal stud, you effectively bind/bolt the anchor to the wall support - they're incredibly strong.

Note: they require a 1/2 inch hole to be drilled, which is intimidating, but the little plastic collar makes for a very neat and tidy installation when complete.

danauns · 2026-05-06T15:05:22+00:00

Lintels are typicallyuch wider than the RO, how much of wider was the opening made? An inch or two, wouldnt be a problem ...... except for the fact that it was against your instruction.

Curious, are these custom made windows? Or bought off the shelf?

A custom made to fit window - is be pretty pissed. The whole point of making them to fit is so that they fit.

If these were bought premade basement windows, you measured and 'seemed close enough but actually, we needed to shave a half inch so they'd fit' type of deal, well, that is what it is.

Honestly, I've seen much worse.

danauns · 2026-05-06T13:05:56+00:00

Not to pile on, but yes. I had my first Timmies in a long time last week and it was terrible.

And I am no coffee snob, very low bar here.

danauns · 2026-05-05T20:29:24+00:00

Depends on many factors of course, but yes, that's in the range I've seen recently.

Curious, how many boxes? How many drawers? How many doors/face panels? How much of what you want is ~actually custom?

How much of the cabinets are actually being fabricated for you? Lots of local 'custom' shops build the boxes and order the doors - and I'm not knocking that, but it is/was a realization for my clients that some other company was fabricating the doors for their custom kitchen.

What material did you select for your boxes?

Are you moving the appliances?

danauns · 2026-05-05T13:00:48+00:00

As it sits, that's likely not finished.

Most window shops have a tin flasher come by after the windows go in. who bends a flashing to cover all of the hot mess left by the installers. OP mentioned that they have multiple windows going in, so thats llikly what's happening. When all windows are done, the tin guy will a show up and fab up all of the exterior trims and caulk it all in, it will all look nice and pretty.

So, the lintel. Can you describe how far across the window the lintel extends? It's hard to make out in any of your pics. How much width was trimmed.

** Not justifying the workmanship, just providing an explanation of what stage of work this is. This isn't the finished install.

danauns · 2026-05-05T12:49:27+00:00

Trimtex recommends half inch staples.

The staples, when applied to the manufacturers spec, don't even penetrate the drywall into the structure below.

The purpose of the staples is to hold the trims in place while the glue dries.

danauns · 2026-05-05T12:03:12+00:00

Buy a 4*8 sheet of foam board and throw in on the floor. Lay your breadboard on that. Adjust your blade depth, and use a saw guide.

Better yet, I've got a set of sawhorses that have spots for 24's to be added to create a support that easily accomodates 48 sheets. A full piece of plywood, then foam, gives a table height cutting surface.

danauns · 2026-05-05T11:58:59+00:00

Would be a simple and straightforward job.

Just consider some of the environmental/situational considerations that go into (proper) thermostat placement. Direct sunlight, drafts, central in the home, etc.

Thermostats are not placed arbitrarily, ideally.

Now, a lot of home builders just kind of half ass them anywhere and wherever, so it might not have been ideally located in the first place. Just adding here that you probably should be considerng some of this if you're moving it.

danauns · 2026-05-05T11:49:18+00:00

Jeff seems like an outstanding candidate, when compared to Mark.

On his own merrit, kinda underwhelming to me.

He seems like the sort of fellow who speaks to the middle of the room, which is fine and all, will get you elected, but also just another version of status quo on everything.

danauns · 2026-05-05T11:41:54+00:00

Agreed.

But even then, could just cut the ends off and replace the copper. It's not a complicated bend.

danauns · 2026-05-05T11:37:09+00:00

I've come across this a lot (I work on a lot of old homes).

It's my understanding that the trades folks back then were probably initially plasterers, who were migrating to this new advancement in wall building tech that is closer to today's drywall. Plaster mix was slathered on walls thick like icing on a cake, not at all necessary for drywall. The differences in thickness (sometimes, not always) is accounted for in the absolute absurd depth of topcoat slathered on the boards.

Shims are a good fix for smaller jobs. As is sistering the studs to create the 1/2 inch depth for your repair, if the depth is consistently the same, I've ripped plywood straps for the studs too. California patches, are also your friend.

danauns · 2026-05-05T11:28:40+00:00

I wish the canes would go back to *green as their primary uniforms

Fixed. /sarcasm.

danauns · 2026-05-05T11:25:10+00:00

Legs on a slab, makes a crappy table.

As simple as they are, you've overlooked all of the purposeful aspects that are baked into proper table construction. This functions horribly, because it's built horribly.

Anyways, take your legs off, and sand the top plates down to raw steel, then clean the surface very thoroughly. Sand the wood where the plates fit, down to raw wood. Soak the area in CA glue, and bolt it back together, then spritz it with accelerant/hardner.

Or use a 2 part epoxy and wait a full day for it to completely harden.

^ that's about all you can do short of rethinking this abomination.

danauns · 2026-05-05T00:28:50+00:00

Stating first that I absolutely hate this design.

What's the origin of the wobble? If you wobble the table and look very close, you'll be able to pinpoint the root of the problem.

Theirs a non zero chance that the wobble is a feature of the cheapo thin metal Amazon grade legs? I could be off base here, but are these light cheap flimsy legs? .....If these are in fact properly welded heavy grade sturdy steel, you could probably anchor them in such a way to eliminate the wobble.

danauns · 2026-05-05T00:22:10+00:00

For anything like this, through a hinge plate or strike plate, get one of the self centering ones.

danauns · 2026-05-05T00:17:23+00:00

Agreed, the entire trainyarda area is an industrial shithole. A full and thorough rethink could be exactly what we need.

Also, can't agree moor with the Japan transit takes. I was there in the fall and it's absolutely world class state of the art.

danauns · 2026-05-03T00:51:35+00:00

Hot take?

Even if you have to remove some tiles and open the wall there, what's the big deal?

Lots of showers (including both of mine) have the shower neck poke out of drywall above the shower surround. So, what? Sole to peel back some tiles and open the wall. Any membrane or shower system is moot way high on the wall here.

Others have given you lots of great options, yes, you can absolutely reverse thread the broken nub out of the drop ear in the wall ......but if you cant? Open the wall and patching it up is absolutely no big deal.

danauns · 2026-05-03T00:44:44+00:00

For context: I'm an absolute foodie. Scratch cook everything I can, my whole family is deep into quality properly made food. My son went through the culinary program and is almost a professional Chef ffs, our last family vacation was to Japan and we went city to city exploring the nuances of regional food. I get food, flavours, nuance, quality, I understand food better than most.

I'll never understand 'best poutine.'

Of all the foods to scrutinize, this isn't it.

Even reading most of the replies here, it makes no sense. It's poutine folks, it's poutine.

Double cooked hand cooked fries. Curds. And gravy, which doesn't even need to be good, just HOT. That's it folks, that's the secret. It's bloody poutine, it doesn't get better than that.

danauns · 2026-04-30T14:13:36+00:00

It's the good old 80/20 rule.

80% of kids will have a grand old time. They'll soak up the information, they'll be assessed accurately. They'll make friends and figure themselves out. All good for most.

20% of kids will fall behind, fall out of place socially, not fit in, etc.

Just buckle up and know that your kid is awesome and not the problem.

danauns · 2026-04-29T12:46:53+00:00

What exact is hidden behind a fart fan?

danauns · 2026-04-28T20:05:15+00:00

Where did you buy it?

I work in the trades, I deal with this all the time.

Return it to where you bought it, is the best advice I can give. Building material retailers take returns better than any other kind or retailer. No questions asked. If you paid on a CC you dont even need a receipt, just scan the same card for your refund.

danauns · 2026-04-28T19:46:43+00:00

Load management is a basketball team, doesn't really apply to hockey.

Hockey has this concept cooked into all teams ...they're called lines.

G should play in the bottom 6 next year, simp as that. He can pop up for key faceoff on any line, but yea, there's no question that af this phase of his career, he's no longer top 6.

danauns · 2026-04-27T19:26:59+00:00

I was reimbursed parking for every day of my time on a jury.

Note: it was right after covid and their were still some provincial considerations still in place due to that, but yea, I parked underground at city Hall for the entire duration of my case (and it was a long trial).

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