Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a prehung door.Steps:1. Use drill/driver to back out door hinge screws; remove door2. Remove screws and/or nails from the hinge-side doorja ...
Watch this video from This Old how to learn how to install an interior door.Steps:1 Close old door and measure up 12 inches from threshold and mark the door.2 Pull hinge pins and take down old door.3 ...
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to put in a storm door. Steps:1 Use bevel square to establish angle of doorsill.2 Mark doorsill angle onto the bottom end of the hinge frame.3 Use hac ...
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a door latch. Steps:1 Transfer lockset location from old door to edge of new door.2 Screw hole-boring template to door for drilling out the ...
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to replace a pane of glass in a door. Steps:1 Measure the broken door pane for a new piece of glass.2 Use a stiff-blade putty knife to pry the wooden ...
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to repair sliding wood closet doors. Steps:1 Remove the doors from the closet opening.2 Pry tacks from groove in bottom of door.3 Cut oak wear strips ...
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a rain diverter.Steps:1. Sand underside of flashing with 80-grit sandpaper to help paint adhere; wipe surface clean.2. Spray-paint bottom s ...
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to choose a leaf proof gutter. Steps:1 Slide putty knife under roof shingles that are stuck down.2 Insert gutter protector underneath the shingles, ma ...
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to patch drywall. Steps:1. For tiny holes and popped nails, use 4-inch drywall knife to apply two or three thin coats of joint compound.2. Allow each ...
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to repair a plaster ceiling.Steps:1. Screw plaster washers to ceiling along and around cracked area; be sure to drive screws into wood lath above.2. U ...