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 Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tip of the Day Categories » Doors and Door Hardware

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Tip of the Day Articles: Doors and Door Hardware
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Adjusting a Door vs. Planing and Sanding
Doors often bind because the opening shifted, moving it out of square.
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Annoying Door?
Won't stay open? Learn to put any door in its place!
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Boot Hill Boot Doorstop
How to solve a door-slamming problem, and have a piece of genuine western art, to boot.
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Changing a Lockset
Changing a lockset is one of the most cost-effective and user-friendly do-it-yourself projects you can undertake.
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Clean Contacts on Doorbell Button
Fix your doorbell and social life at the sanme time.
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Coding Keys
Key clues in color allow you to connect the dots!
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Dead Bolts
How to get maximum security...plus some new thinking about safety.
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Deadbolt Kiss and Tell
Installing a latch set or a deadbolt can be tricky.
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Don't Shave that Door -- Shim It!
Planing or sanding a door slightly is OK, but it is better to adjust it at the hinges.
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Door Adjustment vs. Plane and Sand
What to do when your doors start sticking and binding.
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Door Casing Cut-ups
Make room for new flooring with simple measurement "scoring."
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Door Hinge Fill-in
A stirring solution!
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Door Latch Tune-Up
Fix misaligned latches? so you don't have to lift, push or pull to get it closed!
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Door lock maintenance
Keep locks from sticking so you won't be outside, knocking and kicking.
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Door vs. Floor War?
Problem door scrapes a high spot on the floor? Let it "fix" itself...!
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Door Woes / Won't Close?
Here's a simple little corrective trick used by the pros!
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Door-hinge Tip
If you have loose door hinges, golf tees might be the answer!
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Doorbell-button Tune-up
Does the following ring true? -- You're feeling a lonely and wondering where all your friends are, or, thinking "how come I don't get any special deliveries any more?"
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Doors and Door Demons
How to put a door in its place and keep it there.
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Doors I: Doors Stick? Here Are Quick Fixes
If it sticks, we've got more than one quick fix.
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Doors II: Ins and Outs
The ins and outs of door removal and re-hanging.
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Doors: Open and Shut Case
Got a stubborn door that just won't stay open?
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Doors: Open and Shut Case
Got a stubborn door that just won't stay open?
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Drilling Hinge Holes
How to drill perfect holes...exactly where you want'em...every time!
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Fast Door-trim Fix
Floor removal made your door trim short? Extend it back...quick as a flash!
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Fiberglass Doors
Beautiful new doors of fiberglass... are growing in popularity fast!
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Fingerprint Door Locks
Open doors (anytime you please)...without a combination, code or house keys...
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Fix that Swinging Door, Pardner
Swinging doors are for saloons! Put your door in its place!
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Garage Door Curb Appeal
If your garage door is old and weathered, or falling apart, it will lower your home's value.
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Garage Door Opener Adds Safety, Security
An automatic garage-door opener is especially valuable in the rainy season.
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Garage Door Ups and Downs
What to do when your garage door has had more lift-offs and landings than a chopper in the 4077th.
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Garage Doors Add Value to Your Home
New garage doors are built to last longer.
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Garage Doors That Sag
Brace yourself for getting the sag out of overhead garage doors!
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Garage Doors: What's New
Does your door sag, twist and groan? Make it look like a magazine home!
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Garage Floor Memories
You can top your garage floor with a new coat as easily as 1, 2, 3.
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Garage-door Opener Safety
An example of modern technology that every home should have is an automatic garage-door opener.
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Hollow Door Re-fill
How to re-fill hollow doors...when cut way up for new floors!
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Hollow-core door bottoms
Shortened a door for a new floor and now there's an open hole at the bottom?
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Key Broken In Lock?
A "key" clue!
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Key Broken In Lock? Unlocking Pad Locks Secrets
A "key" clue!
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Keyless Home Entry
How you can stop fumbling and open doors "by the numbers."
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Know Your Rights (and Lefts) of Doors
We feel obligated to read you your rights and lefts -- as they pertain to doors.
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Lead Pencils Ain't Lead
Graphite is a natural lubricant. Rubbing a pencil's soft tip on keys that go into locks and tape measures that retract keeps them working smoothly.
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Locks that Stick
To keep locks from sticking, rub keys with a soft lead pencil to transfer graphite into the lock mechanism. Or use powdered graphite from the hardware store.
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Loose Front-door Hinges
A hinge tip that'll save you buying a whole new door frame.
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Prevent Doors From Warping
Six-sided solution gets seal of approval.
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Privacy is the Key
Install a new entrance deadbolt lock to ensure privacy.
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Remove Interior Door Knobs
The hardest part of replacing an interior lockset is removing the doorknob. Here's how to make it easy!
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Remove Moisture From Double-pane Windows
"Hack-out" is an industry term for the removal and replacement of glass without the removal of the wood window trim, or damage to the plaster.
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Repairing a Hollow-core Door
Patching-up after your "a-doorable" kids.
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Rescue Your Garage Door
Noisy garage door? Chatters? Grinds? Quiet it "down" and fix it "up"...
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Retractable Door Screens
A Better Way to Screen.
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Right-hand and Left-hand Doors
Doors with hinges on the left are left-handed and those with hinges on the right are right-handed.
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Screen Door Time
Screening your door options.
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Self-sanding Door
When a door swings over uneven terrain and clips the high ground, let gravity, solve your problem.
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Shimming a Strike Plate
Strike plates that don't extend out far enough to catch the lock assembly are a common problem -- one easily fixed.
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Space X Doors
What you see just may not be...because it is -- and isn't -- a door anymore!
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Steaming Wood Dents
Putting up new molding, baseboard, or trim? Today you'll learn how to refresh dented wood... when an unfinished surface isn't lookin' too good!
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Steel Door Dent Repair
Automobile "fender-benders" are the key to steel-door "dent-enders."
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Treat Auto Garage Door Transmitter Like a Key
A key suggestion.
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