Ahha, I don't recall that one, but then I don't recall much these days. grin That's probably why I cause myself so much grief. grin On Oct 10, 2009, at 11:24 AM, William Stephan wrote:
> Scott, yeah, the sump water is pretty good, but I still like Bob > Kennedy's > story about the snow blower, that's a classic. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 18:27 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] New storm door. > > Huh, well don't feel bad, I've done many stupid things such as that. I > even once thought I could cut a piece of PVC pipe with an electric > reciprocating saw. Needless to say the ability to drive a saw with one > hand while holding a round pipe in the other can only end in disaster > and that is exactly what happen. I ended up with the saw skating over > the surface of the pipe and across my knuckles. Yeah and should I add > that I'm such a genius that this was the same day I was installing two > new sump pumps and after cutting out the pipe for the old one, I went > to remove it, but neglected to unplug it first. So, for good measure I > accidentally activated the pump and covered myself and the general > area with dirty, nasty sump pit water. Yeah, I'm good aren't I? Give > me time, I'm sure there are a number of really bright things I have > done. > So, hey, your doing just fine and keep up the good work. Oh and when > your done, I got a few projects down here if you lack for something to > do. grin. > On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Dan Rossi wrote: > > > Maybe you call it a screen door, or storm door, whatever, but I have > > a new > > one. Almost. > > > > Our house used to have one of those crappy sheet Aluminum storm > doors > > with zero insulation value, noisy when you open and close it, and a > > stupid > > heavy glass window that you had to take out each summer, store it > > somewhere, and put it back in the winter. > > > > Well, I decided to upgrade. I got one of the doors where you just > pull > > the upper window down and it pulls a rolled up screen down in it's > > place. > > It's got double panes, insulated frame, rubber magnetic seals and > dual > > closers. > > > > Of course, I got the wrong size door, so what I hoped to be a quick > > and > > simple project turned out to take a little longer. I tried so hard > to > > understand exactly what with of door I had, and what I needed to ask > > for. > > i still got it wrong. My door is wider and taller than the standards > > so > > had to get a custom door. I measured from brick mould to brick > > mould, but > > my mistake was that my old door sat inside the brick mould attached > > to a > > secondary frame. The new door, well the flange instead of sitting > > inside > > the brick mould, wrapped around the front of the brick mould. > > > > At first I didn't think that was an issue, but since the moulding > was > > beveled, the screws were going through the edge and not holding. > So, I > > ripped the old brick mould off, and installed a square frame rather > > than > > the decorative beveled moulding. Getting the old stuff off was a lot > > of > > work. I don't know what kind of nails they used 80 years ago, but I > > swear > > they must have been barbed. I also don't know what they used for > > calking, > > it was hard as rock, and was not in any hurry to leave the bricks. > > > > The big adventures here were that I drew blood a couple of times. > > You had > > to drill pilot holes in the edge of the door for the hinges. The > > edge is > > metal clad. I had the door laying flat on a couple of saw horses and > > was > > drilling into the edge. My hand was above the drill on the door, > > helping > > to keep it straight. The 1/8 inch bit snapped, the drill rammed > > forward > > and up, and the broken spinning bit ran across the underside of my > > fingers. No major damage, and I kept working, but Teresa eventually > > came > > out and was a bit annoyed at all the blood on the new door. > > > > I also nicked myself with a regular old hand saw. I was being stupid > > and > > trying to hurry, I just wanted to rough cut the end off one of the > > framing > > members. I was holding the stick of wood in one hand and the saw in > > the > > other. I got mostly through the wood when it snapped off. It left > > just a > > little spike of wood sticking out the corner and I tried to just rip > > it > > off with one stroke, but the saw snagged, the stick rolled, and I > > caught > > the edge of my finger on the saw. Again, no major damage but more > > blood > > to be cleaned up. > > > > The door is in, is pretty straight, opens and closes, but I still > > need to > > put the closers on. > > > > One more task down, 77 to go. > > > > -- > > Blue skies. > > Dan Rossi > > Carnegie Mellon University. > > E-Mail: d...@andrew. <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> cmu.edu > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
