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18th June 2012, 04:20 PM
Afternoon everyone. I came across this place quite by chance. Good to see people share experiences and expertise. I've been doing the same on kombi forums for quite a while now... until I started this new "hobby" :roll:
I'm after a bit of information, as you may gather, so I thought I'd set the scene.
We just bought a house that was someone elses dream, a kit home (Storybook Cottages) that the previous owners never got around to finishing. Many of the jobs that were complete were done to a "less than tradesman quality" as the building report put it. So now it's my little baby and I'm methodically going through the jobs to fix up those "less than tradesman quality" items.
One of the first things (third actually after fixing up some termite related issues in the timber framed garage and replacing the front steps to get rid of inground timber :o) is to rehang all the external doors so that they open and close properly. I've done 14 (7 pairs) so far but have found a common problem. The screws used in the hinges (Parliament hinges everywhere) are 30mmm 10g wood screws going into a 20mm external frame. (The frames sit proud of the external fibre cement weatherboard) The screws themselves stick out of the frame about 7 or 8mm externally and, as they are only standard wood screws, they don't really have the thread depth to bite into the frame. When it came to rehanging the doors after resetting the hinge gaps to correct the binding issues I couldn't get any better screws into the holes because of the previous hole locations.
So, to the point, I have two questions: - 1) what's the best method of filling the holes in the external frame and 2) what screws should I be using where I have to back into the same hole as before? I'm thinking that the best method would be to glue and dowel the old screw holes and then add some "meat" to the frame by adding and external trim and letting the screw bite through both pieces of timber.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Matt
Read and reply to the full thread at RenovateForum.com.... (http://www.renovateforum.com/f84/rehanging-french-doors-104977/)
I'm after a bit of information, as you may gather, so I thought I'd set the scene.
We just bought a house that was someone elses dream, a kit home (Storybook Cottages) that the previous owners never got around to finishing. Many of the jobs that were complete were done to a "less than tradesman quality" as the building report put it. So now it's my little baby and I'm methodically going through the jobs to fix up those "less than tradesman quality" items.
One of the first things (third actually after fixing up some termite related issues in the timber framed garage and replacing the front steps to get rid of inground timber :o) is to rehang all the external doors so that they open and close properly. I've done 14 (7 pairs) so far but have found a common problem. The screws used in the hinges (Parliament hinges everywhere) are 30mmm 10g wood screws going into a 20mm external frame. (The frames sit proud of the external fibre cement weatherboard) The screws themselves stick out of the frame about 7 or 8mm externally and, as they are only standard wood screws, they don't really have the thread depth to bite into the frame. When it came to rehanging the doors after resetting the hinge gaps to correct the binding issues I couldn't get any better screws into the holes because of the previous hole locations.
So, to the point, I have two questions: - 1) what's the best method of filling the holes in the external frame and 2) what screws should I be using where I have to back into the same hole as before? I'm thinking that the best method would be to glue and dowel the old screw holes and then add some "meat" to the frame by adding and external trim and letting the screw bite through both pieces of timber.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Matt
Read and reply to the full thread at RenovateForum.com.... (http://www.renovateforum.com/f84/rehanging-french-doors-104977/)