What home improvement work did you do today?

If you find an old Griswold or Wapak for a decent price pick one up. I like my Lodge pan but the Wapak is half the weight and smooth as my stainless pans. Griswold is somewhere in the middle but easier to find, especially in my area since they were made down the road.

 

My wife just found one of the big 17" Lodge cast irons for cheap at TJ Maxx. I think it was only $40. I started cooking on it this week.

If you guys like cast iron you should look into a Blackstone. I love mine.

https://blackstoneproducts.com/

 

Thank you..

 

This is what I was thinking. A two piece. I would send the door casing straight to the floor and baseboard butt to it. Trim a simple rabbet out of the smaller top trim piece to create the line around everything. That top piece can get mitered. Just my thinking.

 

So today I'm trying to fix a bathroom door that will close but not latch. Someone recently recommended these shims. No luck yet. The strike plate is easily half an inch to high.

The door is so far off up top I really wonder if it ever closed properly. It was built in 91 so figured it was due to old age.

I had to modify the shims to fit my door.








I'll have to keep messing with it. Might need to buy a tool that would let me cut the door trim and move the strike plate down.

 

Better late then never... Winterized the chicken run. Unfortunately a bunch of snow already got it in so just praying for a few days of + temps..

 

I just had this issue with a few doors in my house. Might be worth a shot but look at the knuckle bender. It allowed me to adjust the hinges to where the door gaps are much more pleasant and fixed the latch issue.

$21 FastCap KNUCKLEBENDER Adjustable Door Hinge Tool with Built-In Hinge Pin Remover – Versatile Door Alignment Solution

https://www.amazon.com/Fastcap-Knuc...68188380&sprefix=knuckle+bende,aps,171&sr=8-3

 

Interesting product. How exactly does it work?

 

It works differently, but accomplishes pretty much the same thing as the shims do that you've already tried. Both are only going to fix minor adjustments. With the amount yours is out, short of rehanging the whole frame, I think the best you could do is to just relocate the strike plate.

 

It bends the hinge to help "adjust". Like xJuice mentioned, it might not be enough adjustment and you may just have to relocate the strike plate.

If I wanted the gap at the top of the door to shrink, I took the pins out and bent the top hinges towards the door handle. I maybe "adjusted" them ¼" to straighten the lines out and the door started latching again.

 

This is kinda cool - I'm going to order one.

Here's a link to their product videos.

https://www.fastcap.com/product/knuckle-bender#!prettyPhoto/0/

 

Hey now! Blame @bobbilly ! He mentioned it first!

 

Ran fiber optic cable between the house and garage. Been waiting about 10 years to do that.

 

One of the smaller grubs found while digging out the sewer line at the school

 

Fry that baby up!

 

We told them to give it to the chickens!

 

What in the hell are they feeding the kids at that school?!

 

Watch out for Officer K.

Spoiler

 

Started some drywall repair. Want to paint the house interior before Christmas.

 

The interior of my garage project is getting closer and closer to being done. The spiral ductwork has come a long way. Should be able to get the HVAC start up done in the next week. All of the glass garage doors are installed. All of the car lifts are installed and operational. Lots of progress this week.

 

That is a cool tool. I've never seen anything like that before.

 

Holy crap! I did not know those things existed in such a large size. I had to check to see if you were in New Zealand or Australia.

 

The other most dangerous place in the world, AZ

 

Spiral is looking good. Looks like all the ends are capped, so registers will be cut in along the runs?

 

Somehow we have a freeze warning for tonight. I couldn’t find all of my Freeze Misers so I had to run to the local hardware store and buy an extra one. These things saved my exterior faucets during SNOVID a few years back.