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Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:10 pm
by propane1
All new panels in the old garage door. Did the lower 8 last Saturday. And the top 4 today. Got it all scrapped. Ready for the goo to seal it up. Hopefully done in a few weeks. Thanks to my son who has his grandfathers carpenter skills, that I missed out on, between the two of us it’s fixed. Great way to have your son to spend time with ya.
Poor old door about 45/50 years old. I’ve lived here 30 years. Panels all bad from sweating in the winter time with heat on. Was scared they’d blow in or snow push them in in a snow storm. They should do for my time now.
Noel
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:14 pm
by thebuildist
Propane57 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:10 pm
All new panels in the old garage door. Did the lower 8 last Saturday. And the top 4 today. Got it all scrapped. Ready for the goo to seal it up. Hopefully done in a few weeks. Thanks to my son who has his grandfathers carpenter skills, that I missed out on, between the two of us it’s fixed. Great way to have your son to spend time with ya.
Poor old door about 45/50 years old. I’ve lived here 30 years. Panels all bad from sweating in the winter time with heat on. Was scared they’d blow in or snow push them in in a snow storm. They should do for my time now.
Noel
What a great project for a Saturday!
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:46 pm
by JSinMO
Looks like it turned out great! Those door can be heavy. I had one like that years ago. I put it up to back the truck out, I guess the springs were getting weak because the door came down just as I was backing out. Drove through the bottom to sections! I put in an insulated aluminum door with an opener shortly after that!
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:47 pm
by propane1
Got the door all caulked up today. On to figuring out primer and paint. I may have an old can of the purple that the paint place can copy. Or I’ll find a piece of the scrapped off purple stuff and see if they can match it some how.
Noel
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:25 am
by Eugen
Noel, what did you use for the panels, plywood? What are you going to coat it with, what kind of paint?
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:21 am
by propane1
Eugen wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 10:25 am
Noel, what did you use for the panels, plywood? What are you going to coat it with, what kind of paint?
Was 1/4” plywood in there Eugen. So I just put the same thing back in. I gunna try and find a primer that seals and you can put what ever type of paint over it. I used it at my sons garage two years ago on the chip board or OSB that he cussed on the inside to fix up the garage. We then put a coat of white paint over that. Worked good. Can’t remember now what it was called. But I’m sure he has a few cans of the primer and paint there, so I’ll know what it is and be able to go get some.
Noel
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:12 pm
by propane1
Little bit done today. Had some bad weather stripping on there. So off to a store. Of course can’t find the same weather stripping. So just cut up some rubber out of the new piece and put it in the old medal piece. Rubber piece was wrong too, but I made it work.
Noel
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 6:29 pm
by propane1
Son found the can of primer we used in his garage. So I’ll see if I can find it some where.
And the white finish paint.
Now I have to figure out what finished colour, white, gray, like the building, or wine, sorta the colour like it was.
Hehe. I’ll get the
involved in making that decision.
Stay tuned. Hehe.
Noel
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 11:31 am
by Eugen
Nice refresh Noel!
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 5:22 pm
by propane1
Primer on today. Now comes the fun part. If yas don’t hear from me. !!! You’ll know what happened when I asked about the final colour.
Noel.
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:28 pm
by JSinMO
Looking good! Just keep repeating yes dear, any color you want dear!
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 4:52 am
by propane1
Hehe. I don’t say, yes dear , any more. Have not said it in years. That’s another story.
Any way, we will see what colour it gets to be in the next few days.
Noel
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 11:35 am
by propane1
Got the colour I want on the door. Needs another coat. But weather is not good this week. Hurricane coming this weekend. Might not have a door to paint.
Noel
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:35 pm
by Eugen
Looks very nice Noel! How about the frame, maybe paint it another colour, puts an accent to it?
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:47 pm
by propane1
Naaaaa,
Noel
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:07 pm
by DavidBarkey
@Propane57 Noel and all other on the east coast I hope this storm doe not make land fall . It has already cause large amount of damage . Stay safe .
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:25 pm
by propane1
Thanks Dave. Still a few days away yet. Hopefully change for the better.
Noel.
Re: Fix on the garage door, last two Saturdays.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:01 pm
by JSinMO
Looks like new!
I second Dave’s thoughts. I’ve been there with natural disasters, not fun. I hope that things turns out to sea.
Y’all stay safe. Keep us updated as you can.