Episode 026 1995 - 96 Season
| House Inspector | Linseed Oil Uses | Tuck Pointing Brick | Homemade Potting Soil | Fixing Stuck Door | Cracked Grout | Caulking Windows | The CLOSING | |
To order a Video Tape, call 1-800-TO-BUILD and ask for Episode #026.
Al Carrell: There are a lot of little things on the inside of your house that you can take care of that happen because of the fact that the house has settled or you've had expansion and contraction, and one of the aggravating things is a door that won't quite close.
Michael Holigan: As you can see right here, when we push the door shut, the plunger no longer goes in the hole in the strike plate. It just won't catch. But it's easy to adjust.
A.C.: There are a couple of things that you can do. You can even take a file and file off one of those...the strike there, if you want to, but I think a better way to go about it is to go ahead and remove this thing and just move it down a little bit. Now sometimes you just loosen the screws up...
M.H.: We just shave a little bit of this off...put the plate back in place...
A.C.: And that ought to do it.
M.H.: Let's see how it works.
A.C.: And sure enough, it did. While we're right here at the bathroom, let's take a look at another problem.
Episode 026 1995 - 96 Season
| House Inspector | Linseed Oil Uses | Tuck Pointing Brick | Homemade Potting Soil | Fixing Stuck Door | Cracked Grout | Caulking Windows | The CLOSING | |
To order a Video Tape, call 1-800-TO-BUILD and ask for Episode #026.