SeaCat
Hey, my Halo is smoking
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Well this morning my wife comes up to me as I'm working on my first cup of coffee and tells me the screen door on the patio isn't closing right. Blearily I wander over with cup in hand and look at the door. Sure enough it isn't lining up. Strange.
Still holding the cup I grab the door handle and attempt to lift the door to line it up again. AS I do this I push the door open and hear an alarming crack that I completely ignore. (Hey I'm not awake.)
When I try to pull the door closed I feel an odd shift in the door and suddenly realize I'm holding the door up. It took me a minute or three to figure this out. Why am I holding the door up? What is wrong with this picture? I move my hand to the side and the entire door moves with it. Huh?
Finally setting down the coffee cup I start investigating. The hinges have all come apart. Okay,,,,,,
I set the door to the side and sit back down to ponder this absurd development. Slowly the thought works it's way into my head. I'm not going to be riding today. Hell I'm not going to be doing much more than working on this door.
After two more cups of coffee and a shower I head back out to the door. This time I'm alert. I look it over and soon find the culprit. The hinges are ancient aluminum ones. They had seized sometime in the past and every time we opened the door it flexed the shank of the hinge. After a short time it caused the hinges to snap.
Out come the tools and I start in. I have to grind down the bolts holding the hinge remnants in place. (I love my Dremel Tool.) Once these are gone I drill out the screws.
Off to the hardware store. I pick up the replacement hinges and some new screws.
A bit of experimenting later I have the door hung. Not only does it work but it works correctly.
It only took me six hours. Then again I did have to cut out and then drill out 21 screws.
Ahhh it feels so good to have a job done. The wife has already been informed that tomorrow I will be riding. Any jobs will have to wait until after the ride is done.
Cat
Still holding the cup I grab the door handle and attempt to lift the door to line it up again. AS I do this I push the door open and hear an alarming crack that I completely ignore. (Hey I'm not awake.)
When I try to pull the door closed I feel an odd shift in the door and suddenly realize I'm holding the door up. It took me a minute or three to figure this out. Why am I holding the door up? What is wrong with this picture? I move my hand to the side and the entire door moves with it. Huh?
Finally setting down the coffee cup I start investigating. The hinges have all come apart. Okay,,,,,,
I set the door to the side and sit back down to ponder this absurd development. Slowly the thought works it's way into my head. I'm not going to be riding today. Hell I'm not going to be doing much more than working on this door.
After two more cups of coffee and a shower I head back out to the door. This time I'm alert. I look it over and soon find the culprit. The hinges are ancient aluminum ones. They had seized sometime in the past and every time we opened the door it flexed the shank of the hinge. After a short time it caused the hinges to snap.
Out come the tools and I start in. I have to grind down the bolts holding the hinge remnants in place. (I love my Dremel Tool.) Once these are gone I drill out the screws.
Off to the hardware store. I pick up the replacement hinges and some new screws.
A bit of experimenting later I have the door hung. Not only does it work but it works correctly.
It only took me six hours. Then again I did have to cut out and then drill out 21 screws.
Ahhh it feels so good to have a job done. The wife has already been informed that tomorrow I will be riding. Any jobs will have to wait until after the ride is done.
Cat
