I made another pass thru the Restore today, and came up empty.

Also made concerted effort to split off the hinge stile from the rest and
partially failed. It more-or-less separated itself at the bottom, and the
intermediate rails separated, but the stile wouldn't come free of the top rail.
The lock stile did separate on the other side of the top rail. The pattern of
the joint is very intricate, and it doesn't wanna break. What did they use to
bind such stuff back in 1955? Glue? Epoxy?? What (if any) chemical can I use to
break the joint???

Y'all may or may-not be interested in the simple fact that I've been
studiously trying to avoid the business of "trying to stuff a square
peg in a round hole" which many responses have suggested. It looked
really simple when I started ("just replace the flogging door, f'crissake!").
Now it looks a mess.

Do they even *make* exterior pre-hungs measuring 30 x (80-?) x 1 3/4"? Would it
*really* fit 32 x 80 opening?? How expensive???

Thx,
P

On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:33:57 -0500, Puddin' Man wrote:


For those crazy enought to try to follow the multiple threads:

OP1 - Sagging Garage Door 6-17-12
OP2 - How difficult is it to "build" a door? 7-11-12

In a nutshell, I got a sheet of 1/2" MDF from HD cut to 32x80", attached
some blocks for the hinges, installed the old lockset, and viola, I've
built a (very crude and temp) door. The garage is at least secure.

The old and offending door is on work-horses in the basement. I am
evaluating the potential for rebuilding the door. Methinks it
doesn't look so good:

http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/...07-2012001.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/...07-2012002.jpg
http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/...07-2012003.jpg

Your candid opinion is solicited (dbp, are you out there?). Near as I can tell, it
isn't worth re-building.


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