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Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship! You guys have taught me so much over the years! Can't wait to see the house build! One thing: Shouldn't you use a double key deadbolt when you have a door with glass in it or sidelights? Seems it would be easy to break out the window and unlock the latch....
Fire code in a lot of localities requires the inside be a thumb turn so people can evacuate in an emergency. You can change it out after inspection, or get one with a lockable thumb turn.
I was a door installer for many years. I always mount the three barrel leaf of the hinge on the jamb, and the two barrel on the door. I feel it bears the weight better that way. I do it on all doors so they are all the same, regardless of being hollow core or solid. Also, who ever gets to have help hanging a door ? So, when hanging one by yourself lay a shim on edge on the floor to guard the jamb, then holding the door on the side with the barrels, hang the top hinge first, stick the pin partially in. Then while holding the door remove that shim on the floor and line up the other hinges. Works best holding the door open about 45 degrees. And I always mount the door stop on the door itself, and mount a plate for it strike on the wall or base board. This ensures the door stop is out of the way as you clean the house. Instead of slamming it, often knocking it loose or breaking it when you slam the vacuum, broom, or mop into it. And for anybody that uses one of those door stops that mounts on the hinge pin, DO NOT put it on the top hinge. Put it on the bottom. If on the top your door will soon be sagging because the leverage of the door will basically pry the hinge loose.
As for the hinge pin door stops, they have to be adjusted so that the door stop doesn’t poke a hole into the skin of a hollow core. It should be adjusted so that it hits the stile of the door - more important if the stile had to be trimmed to fit the opening (assuming a slab replacement and not a pre-hung).
As a locksmith myself, the one piece of advice I would make is to never do the mortise work on the lock strikes without first installing the locks and confirming the latches are on center matched to the strike plate. I can't tell you how many times I had the realign a strike. Even on brand-new doors.
@@stevebabiak6997 I am retired now. But I have never seen one of those that can adjust the length of stop from the hinge pin. The only ones I ever saw have an adjustment for how far the door can swing on one leg of the stop. Either way would always try to steer the customer away from using them at all. They are not a good fix as they always cause some type of damage over time. Not smart of anyone to trim the stile on the hinge side, reducing how much solid wood for the hinges to hold the door up at all.
Paul, glad to see that Milwaukee is sponsoring y'all! well deserved! They have a ton of tools! The only other thing I would do is to go the box store, and get new weatherstripping in WHITE for the interior doors and black for the exterior so it disappears. That brown is KILLING ME!!! Don't worry, I got the dad joke for you, Paul... Hone your chisel skills... funny!
I'm a licensed locksmith. While I don't recommend Kwikset, particularly the smart key, they are prone to failure. The deadlatches will fail to open and the plugs themselves are made from pot metal and fail without warning locking you out. The cylinder can be flipped though The handle set should've come with a hex key, otherwise it's a 3/32". The lever must be unlocked first or the set screw will be blocked. On the exterior lever there will be a hole on the neck of the lever. The hex key will go all the way through to loosen the set screw. The lever will then come off and the plug is held in with a clip. Remove the clip, flip the plug over and put it all back together. On the deadbolt strike, make sure you use the big 3" screws to go into the framing for security. For a better quality, I would suggest Schlage. For a similar design Schlage Century trim with a Latitude lever. I'm surprised you didn't go with a keypad since the rest of the house is high tech. If you go with a keypad in the future, the Schlage Encode is probably the best residential keypad on the market right now. And ditch the entry lever for a passage lever if you go with a keypad so you don't accidentally lock yourself out. Edit: Added details and suggestions, my original comment was on mobile and I made some typos.
I'm a locksmith also (automotive). Our house is 4 years old. They built 650 all with Encodes. One day my neighbor calls and asked me if I could install his new Encode that Schlage warrantied. I left the same bolt and plate in just swapped out the main bodies. It was less than a week mine broke and less than a week later my neighbor on the other side broke. They were back ordered for 4 months but they finally sent out a replacement. The electronics went on all 3 of them. That was nuts all 3 of ours going out like that. I agree with you Kwikset is kaka. Back in the old days I used higher end Schlage with Medeco cylinders. Not sure how long you have been a locksmith but I have been doing this nonsense since the 80's. Back then you could buy Medeco from your supplier and have your own keyway. At some point they went all in house and I couldn't get my keyway any more. That turned out to be a disaster for them and they went back to distributors but they lost me as a customer. It's really neat to be in Europe and be able to let someone in your house in Florida with an app. I love the Encode when it works. :)
@@scotts4125 I heard they had some QC issues with the encodes for some time but I personally haven't had any issues with them for a couple years now. Still better than anything Kwikset has and I hate the Yale keypads for residential. You have quite a few years on me but I do mainly residential and commercial I don't do automotive at all lol
@@Vorsai My brother in law had a Yale. OMG that thing was junk. I read something that other people in Florida had issues with Encodes. Their theory was it was moisture somehow ruined the electronics. The neighbor after mine died just had 2 new beautiful fancy glass doors installed. They had to chip out stucco etc etc. That also came with an Encode but I think it's the newer plus model. He asked me if i could rekey his locks to match. I haven't rekeyed a deadbolt in close to 20 years. lol I had to dig out my pinning kits and tools. For some reason he wanted the old deadbolts rekeyed to the new entry door instead of the other way around. I bring all my tools over and I was floored when I removed the deadbolts. I was expecting the nice brass nut with the spring loaded pin. I couldn't believe they had fixed tailpieces and the cylinders held in with a clip. These are 7 figure houses. I never saw these before. I asked one of my guys who still does some resi stuff. He told me they went to that a while ago. I tried to look it up and it seems that's the Schlage/Dexter line. Maybe it was the J series? I couldn't believe that crap. I'm going to swap mine out if I remember I think the high end is the 600 series? Those are night and day compared to this crap. I was still able to eye the key bitting and pick out the right pins. :) Took me a second to figure out to slide the follower over that stupid tailpiece. So glad I don't mess with that stuff any more. We are all mobile. Just lockouts and lost keys. We run between 80-150 calls per week.
@@scotts4125 Yeah I'm not in a coastal area so that's probably it. Though not a lot of hardware stands up to coastal air anyway. The J series is the budget line, non removal kik etc. Like half the price of the F series and feels like it. B60N is the gold standard for Schlage residential bolts, I don't care for the compressible bible on the F series handles. Past that it's still the 500/600 series for grade 1.
I 100 % agree with Paul and hate when you like or love something and then they get rid of it or change it. Drives me crazy too. The Studpack LED Garondo aka Garajmahal is looking fantastic! Jordan is killing it with the sprayer. All that practice has him looking like a seasoned painter. Paul had me rolling when he said I can’t wait to tell you everything I thought about and worked out while he silently paints and thinks. He’s multitasking!
Fun fact, you showed the bitting of the key on camera, with a bit of know how that can be used to create a bitting code and duplicate your key. I recommend firing up the blur tool, there are some insane people online!
@@DozIT they will likely use kwickset’s re-keying feature to create a new key that will match the main house. Paul handed Jordan the factory keys as more of a symbol gesture, I think.
there are online tools to generate key models if you know the key type and biting. you can then print them out and they are functional keys (albiet limited use, and probably not good to use in a hard to turn lock
@@duceanahalf I have done it before (with permission from building management), we were able to decode the bitting from a picture, use some social engineering to get a locksmith to create the key from the bitting code "i.e. lost my office key, but it had this code on it" and it worked. Without a locksmith you can just buy the blank and hand file the key (using a gauge to measure bit depth), that is obviously tricker and more time consuming, but overall it is not a particularly hard thing to do. Do I think someone is going to do that here? No, but it was a good time to sneak in a bit of a security FYI!
Good catch. As a locksmith I could decode that key instantly. I think he took your advice as I didn't notice it at that point in the video. Those Smartkey locks are easily rekeyable. He should change the key just for a piece of mind.
Plus finding any of their addresses is stupid easy. The internet kind of disgusts me in how much people don't realize or care that's public and what some companies fail to keep secure or even blatantly make public.
I’m not sure if this is the actual reason Bondo now uses blue hardener, but as a fellow carpenter, I’m sure you know the difference between red and blue chalk, and how red chalk is more difficult to hide with paint
Sometimes when doing auto body work, you would add different pigments to the Bondo so you could tell when you had sanded what and what step in the process you were. Then again, I'm not that familiar with auto body work (other than requiring it sometimes).
Yes, 3M has said they switched from red to blue to reduce paint flashing over. I think the red hardener is all old stock, although you can buy the red cream hardener separate from the filler. (Also, apparently white cream hardener is a thing.) Bondo spot and glazing putty (I guess that is what is meant by pre-mixed) is a different animal altogether. [ Edit: reversed red/blue sense. ]
I just wonder why he's not using Durham's water puddy. I started using it when Paul mentioned it a few years back and love it. There's a place for Bondo, for sure, but nail holes in trim...?
@@GimpGladly I personally would not take the time to mix up batches of bondo for filling nail holes. I use MH ready patch and I’ve never been unsatisfied with the resulting paint job
Great video! That exterior door looks really cool! Glad to see I’m not the only one to caulk the entire jamb pack on every door… and paint all 6 sides. 😂🤣 Prefer to cut off my screw dowels with the oscillating tool when fixing bad holes tho… the chisel tends to break them off.
Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsor! I'm looking forward to Pauls honest thoughts on them. I prefer a 3/16 dowel for filling screw holes. It's ~$1.50 for 4' so you can get around 40-50 plugs for cheaper than a bag of golf tees. I just prefer the raw wood grain for the glue. The gloss finish on most golf tees doesn't work great with glue. I also cut them with a multi-tool because the chisel can be moody and just snap them.
Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship! In my opinion they are the top of the game in the power tool industry! What an awesome achievement! Also garagemahall is looking great can’t wait to see the main house!
Jasco Mask and peel liquid masking tape is a dream to work with. no more taping off the glass of your doors! only downside is it can take like 3-4 hours for the product to dry so plan accordingly!
Lever handles for your doors can be ordered for left or right hand swing doors so your key hole is in the correct orientation. In commercial buildings where lever handles were first used. The home centers only seem to stock the most common door swing, so that's why these handles seem to be upside down on some doors.
I like the levers on the door "knobs". My parents house (built in '65) had these, and as they grew older the levers were MUCH easier to negotiate. Paint colors on door edges, follow the rule of what it should be if the door is open. Works just like you did it.
even when you are young with both arms full of groceries.... *insert 2024 era joke about cost of groceries for future generations here* a lever is far easier to navigate than a knob
Awesome job, y'all! Great tip about adjusting the strike plate to take the slack out of the doors. I know what I'll be doing around my house tomorrow! I do empathize for the previous home owners, but man, seeing that laundry room again and all the crazy DIY work in there....wooof.
Great door edge tip. as an experienced painter I would have done white all around but I like your reasoning. YEAH Bondo! Ya changed the colour of the hardener but you didn't change the colour of the mixing paddles to mix! Now how we supposed to know when we have the right consistency? before when the paddles matched the Bondo you knew you had the right mix. I like the Bondo for exterior patching nothing holds up as well. It dries way to fast for interior big jobs hole nails though. That's way over kill. Dad's old favorite, Durham's water putty is the best solution for interior work. What was that auto centering bit called I definitely need one of them!
You guys gotta get some airbags for hanging doors, lifting appliances to level feet, adjust windows in the ro. Very handy tool to put in the arsenal...
I like how you painted and pointed out the finish the doors, golf tees are an oldy but they are a goody - Nice to know the lock system is only TEMPORARY. Cheap locks are not a good look and security purpose for any door. Also 3" screws into the jams are a security must. keep up the the good work Stud Puck....
I used a 4 inch roller to paint our exterior double doors.. They came out nice and they look like I sprayed them. They have a wood grain texture which might have helped hide any imperfections. Spraying is to messy sometimes but if you have a bunch of doors it definitley the way to go!
I use 6 in roller foam. Exterior satin on doors/trim/baseboard. Looks nicer than semi gloss. And outside trim columns with same paint. It looks sprayed.
I did something similar when I painted the doors in my house! Bought a 10x10 pop up tent from harbor freight and then used plastic on the sides and rosin paper on the garage floor. Worked incredibly well!
I know some like the subtle brush strokes on trim but if you want smooth surfaces and an extremely fast way to paint a doorway, I tend to brush the smaller crevices (like where the casing meets the jamb) and then come back and roll (with a mini roller) the larger flat surfaces. With modern, simple casing like you have you can bust out an entire doorway in 10x less time. This obviously doesn’t work with more traditional casing as it’s too complex for a roller to negotiate.
Really wish you’d posted this Tuesday! I rehung a hollow-core door by myself last night, and seeing how you did the hinges would’ve been extremely helpful 😂😅 I managed, though, and conveniently had some shims laying around that were the exact size of the bottom gap.
The golf tee method is a great idea. As you used pine golf tees, an alternative is dowels. I use bamboo products when filling holes as it has a better grain structure, resistance to rotting and can easily be shaved with a knife. I don't use golf tees, instead I use the free disposable bamboo chop sticks. Also, I didn't see you fill the screw holes in the top and bottoms and then add touch up paint. Should be mentioned if you did especially on external doors and water could enter any unpainted areas. I agree and I see it often that the top and bottom of a door are not painted by professional painters. Also, the top of the window and door casing (in Australia it is called an architrave) aren't painted as well as caulking is used before painting. If painted the tops are easily cleaned with an easy wipe. Another grip with professional painters here is, they paint the side of the casing the wall colour and only paint the casing front the door colour/type. It's because it's easier and faster than cutting in the casing/wall join.
Great job on all the doors and trim!! Just a suggestion but I would use a double keyed deadbolt on the exterior door so someone can’t break the glass, reach in and open the door.
Wonderful that you got the Milwaukee endorsement! The doors look great! Am thinking good vibes for those brothers you helped w/the build in North Carolina (?) praying the Hurricane didnt hurt anyone there!🙏
I learned the golf tea trick in 1980 my junior year of high school from a construction trades teacher. I’ve told it to many people over the years and it works great.🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🔨
Not a professional painter but I learned how to paint the door edges when using different colors about 25 years ago. I know a lot of people don’t realize how they should be painted. So many times when looking at real estate or watching movies or television shows i see doors painted wrong. Just gotta shake my head and mumble amateurs under my breath. Nice work!
Once upon a time, I was spraying some doors, which I had positioned vertically. By the end of the day, everything looked fine. The next morning, I popped the garage door open, and three of the six doors had giant paint sags. The first thing I did was hit them with sandpaper, but it just clogged up. I didn’t have time to let the paint harden since renters were moving in soon. The solution to my problem was lacquer thinner-it wiped the paint off and restored the doors to their original texture in seconds. Just because something looks good at the end of the day doesn't mean it can't turn into a mess.
Great detail on the exterior door. I'm going to have to remember that for next time it comes up in my house. Excellent work. Congrats on the sponsorship.
So awesome to see you all get a sponsor and for it to be Milwaukee is freaking amazing. I can't wait to see what crazy shenanigans you all will be getting into with Team Red. Keep up the great work and thank you all for the great videos.
It's great to see people who make sure that their chisels are honed correctly and are used correctly. Those doors looked great guys, fantastic job guys. If the house your building next is as great as the garage then its going to be absolutely awesome 😊😊😊
That golf tee tip is something I'll need to use on the family home. We've got an interior door in which the bottom hinge screw holes are completely stripped, so the door hangs on one hinge...
Oh, had I known about the 1/4 round chisel. I recently replaced all the hardware in my house. Getting older, more challenging to grab the old standard round knobs. Now, the doors have door lever hardware. Yep, the new striker plate is square. The old grooves were rounded. That was a blessing instead of the other way around. Could have used that 1/4 round chisel. But, I got it done.
When painting doors as you guys did at first, doors flat on sawhorses, a way to do it while working alone is to put one screw about one inch off center making one side heavier. Then put the other screw about three or four inches away from door edge on the heavy side. This will allow you to flip the door by yourself by simply lifting the heavy side up and over. Of course, you should check the spacing of the screws to make sure the screws will catch in both directions, as well as verifying that the screws hold the door far enough out to not hit the sawhorse as you flip it.
As far I know there has always been 2 colors for plastic body filler, aka Bondo, nothing different between the 2, more for preference. some body techs will use both if they have to do multiple coats of filler. Probably just out of red
I know it is not done yet, but I am itching to know how much this place is going to be worth after the garage apartment is finished. I am guessing it is going to be around 650k to 900k. As always great job on the painting and I love the look of the black front entry door. I cannot wait to finally see this project done and the demo of the old house. Keep up the excellent work and I look forward to the next Stud Pack video.
You need a milwaukee installation driver, love that thing. M12 line with changeable heads. You have your hinges swapped between the bathroom and entry doors. Hinge leaf with 2 on jamb on main door and 3 on jamb for bathroom.
Use bondo but…. Bondo spot and glazing putty. Don’t have to mix it and dries super fast. Comes in a tube and cleans up with acetone. No funky fumes from the metal can bondo to deal with. The garage mahal is looking great!
Red hardener was known to bleed through top coats, that is why they changed to blue. Some companies have diff colours for ambient temps/humiditys too. I miss the red for my Bondo as well =)
Our linen closet door in the master bath started to yellow at the inside bottom. We keep the wet bath towel basket there. I put a mirror under it and saw the painters never painted it. I sealed the bottom and the yellowed panel with Zinnser 123 and repainted the inside. Now it looks perfect. I'm a locksmith by trade. Whenever I remove a door with a wooden frame I always toothpick the holes before I put the screws back in. It's not will the screws will loosen over time it's when. If the door is wood or fiberglass I also toothpick it. When I have ordered custom doors I order them without the boreholes drilled. That way I can do it right the first time without having to modify. The do make adjustable strikes. For deadbolts I install the bolt and put lipstick on the edge that goes into the frame. That marks my frame perfectly. I also have a set of strike markers. They have blades on all 4 sides. You put them on the frame and tap it with a hammer and it perfectly marks out the strike. I also have them for the bolt on the door edge. Truth be told I am actually an automotive locksmith but I still have all this stuff from the old days.
First off, awesome job on the paint job Jordan, and next the golf tee trick I have used on guitar bodies for stripped bridge holes cause a lot of them are made with maple.
Another excellent video guys! Early in this garage majal build you askyfir suggestions on cordless tools and I recommended the Milwaukee fuel line. So happy for you that you got the "Red" sponsorship! I se them every day and I think they are great!! Congratulations on everything! You deserve all of the success!
I will never ever ever install hollow core doors anymore. Did it once in my old house and regretted it afterwards. When you get a family and have your partner or kids being loud and you just want them to quiet down or you want peace and quiet the solid core doors make a huge difference. Installed them in our new home and huge difference and so glad we went with solid core.
Get some of those little air bladders. They are awesome for setting doors. Contractor Grade AirShim Inflatable Pry Bar and Leveling Tool that Holds Up To 300 lbs.
You guys are amazing. Following the chanel for years now, but this build.......the detail, the craft, very, very well done. When my daughter is off age, i want a spiderman to.🙂
That black exterior door is going to COOK in the sun and I want a IR temperature reading on it. Hope it’s not long until you get the breezeway connector to “a big house” built above to shade it!
Will the demolition of the old house impact the beautiful new exterior door? Also, I wanted to mention that there's a tax attorney on UA-cam named Jasmine Dilucci who discusses how receiving gifts from vendors can affect your tax liability. Might be worth checking out!
at the end with the white paint on the inside door edge for inside matching - and black paint on the other side for when the door is open in the outside. What did you do for the top and bottom? probably not a diagonal line :) and it probably doesn't matter either I suspect. perhaps white for top - since you have the visibility form the staircase looking down on the partially open door? or black actually.... to match a full open door looking down from stairs..
4:45 You can also skip the masking and just use a razor blade to scrape it off the glass after. 25:10 Gotta watch those bits after every hole...sometimes the shavings prevent the drill part from springing back in, hindering the function of the centering outer sleeve. Other than that, awesome tool to have for sure.
You can flip the Kwikset keyway on most of their locks, but they don't make it easy. There is a special tool for the round knob that pops it out. The tool is simple and only cpsts a few dollars, but without it you're likely to damage the lock. Since that is one of the contemporary locks it is probably different.
Instead of taping up the windows check out Jasco Liquid Mask and Peel. Paint it on the window, then paint the door. when you're done you just score around the edge and peel it off.
You guys should get a 4 point locking system door for the main house exterior door. They sell them at menards, I don't know if they sell them anywhere else.
Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship! You guys have taught me so much over the years! Can't wait to see the house build! One thing: Shouldn't you use a double key deadbolt when you have a door with glass in it or sidelights? Seems it would be easy to break out the window and unlock the latch....
The lock setup is temporary 💪
I would have thought there would be some smart locks on this build! 🤣
Fire code in a lot of localities requires the inside be a thumb turn so people can evacuate in an emergency. You can change it out after inspection, or get one with a lockable thumb turn.
Ditto! Congrats on the sponsorship! Hell yeah gang
WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS!!!
Good job you guys!!!
You really did make it!!!
I was a door installer for many years. I always mount the three barrel leaf of the hinge on the jamb, and the two barrel on the door. I feel it bears the weight better that way. I do it on all doors so they are all the same, regardless of being hollow core or solid. Also, who ever gets to have help hanging a door ? So, when hanging one by yourself lay a shim on edge on the floor to guard the jamb, then holding the door on the side with the barrels, hang the top hinge first, stick the pin partially in. Then while holding the door remove that shim on the floor and line up the other hinges. Works best holding the door open about 45 degrees. And I always mount the door stop on the door itself, and mount a plate for it strike on the wall or base board. This ensures the door stop is out of the way as you clean the house. Instead of slamming it, often knocking it loose or breaking it when you slam the vacuum, broom, or mop into it. And for anybody that uses one of those door stops that mounts on the hinge pin, DO NOT put it on the top hinge. Put it on the bottom. If on the top your door will soon be sagging because the leverage of the door will basically pry the hinge loose.
This. Doing it your way makes it easy for one person to hand the door.
As for the hinge pin door stops, they have to be adjusted so that the door stop doesn’t poke a hole into the skin of a hollow core. It should be adjusted so that it hits the stile of the door - more important if the stile had to be trimmed to fit the opening (assuming a slab replacement and not a pre-hung).
As a locksmith myself, the one piece of advice I would make is to never do the mortise work on the lock strikes without first installing the locks and confirming the latches are on center matched to the strike plate. I can't tell you how many times I had the realign a strike. Even on brand-new doors.
@@stevebabiak6997 I am retired now. But I have never seen one of those that can adjust the length of stop from the hinge pin. The only ones I ever saw have an adjustment for how far the door can swing on one leg of the stop. Either way would always try to steer the customer away from using them at all. They are not a good fix as they always cause some type of damage over time. Not smart of anyone to trim the stile on the hinge side, reducing how much solid wood for the hinges to hold the door up at all.
Paul, glad to see that Milwaukee is sponsoring y'all! well deserved! They have a ton of tools!
The only other thing I would do is to go the box store, and get new weatherstripping in WHITE for the interior doors and black for the exterior so it disappears. That brown is KILLING ME!!!
Don't worry, I got the dad joke for you, Paul... Hone your chisel skills... funny!
Nice tip on two colour doors!
But didn't he also say we should paint the top and bottom... what color are those... 🤔🤔🤔 and I thought he was detailed oriented... 😂🤣😂🤣
I'm a licensed locksmith.
While I don't recommend Kwikset, particularly the smart key, they are prone to failure. The deadlatches will fail to open and the plugs themselves are made from pot metal and fail without warning locking you out. The cylinder can be flipped though
The handle set should've come with a hex key, otherwise it's a 3/32". The lever must be unlocked first or the set screw will be blocked. On the exterior lever there will be a hole on the neck of the lever. The hex key will go all the way through to loosen the set screw. The lever will then come off and the plug is held in with a clip. Remove the clip, flip the plug over and put it all back together.
On the deadbolt strike, make sure you use the big 3" screws to go into the framing for security.
For a better quality, I would suggest Schlage. For a similar design Schlage Century trim with a Latitude lever.
I'm surprised you didn't go with a keypad since the rest of the house is high tech. If you go with a keypad in the future, the Schlage Encode is probably the best residential keypad on the market right now. And ditch the entry lever for a passage lever if you go with a keypad so you don't accidentally lock yourself out.
Edit: Added details and suggestions, my original comment was on mobile and I made some typos.
I'm a locksmith also (automotive). Our house is 4 years old. They built 650 all with Encodes. One day my neighbor calls and asked me if I could install his new Encode that Schlage warrantied. I left the same bolt and plate in just swapped out the main bodies. It was less than a week mine broke and less than a week later my neighbor on the other side broke. They were back ordered for 4 months but they finally sent out a replacement. The electronics went on all 3 of them. That was nuts all 3 of ours going out like that. I agree with you Kwikset is kaka. Back in the old days I used higher end Schlage with Medeco cylinders. Not sure how long you have been a locksmith but I have been doing this nonsense since the 80's. Back then you could buy Medeco from your supplier and have your own keyway. At some point they went all in house and I couldn't get my keyway any more. That turned out to be a disaster for them and they went back to distributors but they lost me as a customer. It's really neat to be in Europe and be able to let someone in your house in Florida with an app. I love the Encode when it works. :)
@@scotts4125 I heard they had some QC issues with the encodes for some time but I personally haven't had any issues with them for a couple years now.
Still better than anything Kwikset has and I hate the Yale keypads for residential.
You have quite a few years on me but I do mainly residential and commercial I don't do automotive at all lol
@@Vorsai My brother in law had a Yale. OMG that thing was junk. I read something that other people in Florida had issues with Encodes. Their theory was it was moisture somehow ruined the electronics. The neighbor after mine died just had 2 new beautiful fancy glass doors installed. They had to chip out stucco etc etc. That also came with an Encode but I think it's the newer plus model.
He asked me if i could rekey his locks to match. I haven't rekeyed a deadbolt in close to 20 years. lol I had to dig out my pinning kits and tools. For some reason he wanted the old deadbolts rekeyed to the new entry door instead of the other way around. I bring all my tools over and I was floored when I removed the deadbolts. I was expecting the nice brass nut with the spring loaded pin. I couldn't believe they had fixed tailpieces and the cylinders held in with a clip. These are 7 figure houses. I never saw these before. I asked one of my guys who still does some resi stuff. He told me they went to that a while ago. I tried to look it up and it seems that's the Schlage/Dexter line. Maybe it was the J series? I couldn't believe that crap. I'm going to swap mine out if I remember I think the high end is the 600 series? Those are night and day compared to this crap. I was still able to eye the key bitting and pick out the right pins. :) Took me a second to figure out to slide the follower over that stupid tailpiece.
So glad I don't mess with that stuff any more. We are all mobile. Just lockouts and lost keys. We run between 80-150 calls per week.
@@scotts4125 Yeah I'm not in a coastal area so that's probably it. Though not a lot of hardware stands up to coastal air anyway.
The J series is the budget line, non removal kik etc. Like half the price of the F series and feels like it.
B60N is the gold standard for Schlage residential bolts, I don't care for the compressible bible on the F series handles.
Past that it's still the 500/600 series for grade 1.
I 100 % agree with Paul and hate when you like or love something and then they get rid of it or change it. Drives me crazy too. The Studpack LED Garondo aka Garajmahal is looking fantastic! Jordan is killing it with the sprayer. All that practice has him looking like a seasoned painter. Paul had me rolling when he said I can’t wait to tell you everything I thought about and worked out while he silently paints and thinks. He’s multitasking!
Fun fact, you showed the bitting of the key on camera, with a bit of know how that can be used to create a bitting code and duplicate your key. I recommend firing up the blur tool, there are some insane people online!
@@DozIT they will likely use kwickset’s re-keying feature to create a new key that will match the main house. Paul handed Jordan the factory keys as more of a symbol gesture, I think.
there are online tools to generate key models if you know the key type and biting. you can then print them out and they are functional keys (albiet limited use, and probably not good to use in a hard to turn lock
@@duceanahalf I have done it before (with permission from building management), we were able to decode the bitting from a picture, use some social engineering to get a locksmith to create the key from the bitting code "i.e. lost my office key, but it had this code on it" and it worked.
Without a locksmith you can just buy the blank and hand file the key (using a gauge to measure bit depth), that is obviously tricker and more time consuming, but overall it is not a particularly hard thing to do.
Do I think someone is going to do that here? No, but it was a good time to sneak in a bit of a security FYI!
Good catch. As a locksmith I could decode that key instantly. I think he took your advice as I didn't notice it at that point in the video. Those Smartkey locks are easily rekeyable. He should change the key just for a piece of mind.
Plus finding any of their addresses is stupid easy. The internet kind of disgusts me in how much people don't realize or care that's public and what some companies fail to keep secure or even blatantly make public.
When you guys said you got the Milwaukee sponsorship it genuinely put a smile on my face, you guys defiantly deserve it!
Love the strike plate hints... so simple, but mind-blowing!
Assuming your strike plates are adjustable. 🙁
you should upgrade your hinges to ball bearing hinges those pin hinges are going to put grease and shavings onto the doors and trim
I have that on almost all my interior doors. I hate that!🤨
I’m not sure if this is the actual reason Bondo now uses blue hardener, but as a fellow carpenter, I’m sure you know the difference between red and blue chalk, and how red chalk is more difficult to hide with paint
Sometimes when doing auto body work, you would add different pigments to the Bondo so you could tell when you had sanded what and what step in the process you were. Then again, I'm not that familiar with auto body work (other than requiring it sometimes).
I can still buy original + traditional bondo w/ red hardener. And all the pre-mixed bondo in a tube is red. Maybe just your area in Texas.
Yes, 3M has said they switched from red to blue to reduce paint flashing over. I think the red hardener is all old stock, although you can buy the red cream hardener separate from the filler. (Also, apparently white cream hardener is a thing.) Bondo spot and glazing putty (I guess that is what is meant by pre-mixed) is a different animal altogether. [ Edit: reversed red/blue sense. ]
I just wonder why he's not using Durham's water puddy. I started using it when Paul mentioned it a few years back and love it.
There's a place for Bondo, for sure, but nail holes in trim...?
@@GimpGladly I personally would not take the time to mix up batches of bondo for filling nail holes. I use MH ready patch and I’ve never been unsatisfied with the resulting paint job
Great video! That exterior door looks really cool!
Glad to see I’m not the only one to caulk the entire jamb pack on every door… and paint all 6 sides. 😂🤣
Prefer to cut off my screw dowels with the oscillating tool when fixing bad holes tho… the chisel tends to break them off.
18:15 is huge. I paused the video, went around the house and fixed our rattly doors. BRILLIANT
@18:15 I heard the audible "Ohhhhh!" from all the subscribers. And the door paint tip at the end was golden.
Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsor! I'm looking forward to Pauls honest thoughts on them. I prefer a 3/16 dowel for filling screw holes. It's ~$1.50 for 4' so you can get around 40-50 plugs for cheaper than a bag of golf tees. I just prefer the raw wood grain for the glue. The gloss finish on most golf tees doesn't work great with glue. I also cut them with a multi-tool because the chisel can be moody and just snap them.
Congratulations on the Milwaukee sponsorship. I absolutely love their tools. Also, the doors turned out flawlessly.
I noticed the bottom wasn’t painted when you were spraying, glad you addressed this later in the video
Jordan did an excellent job painting the doors! They look so good! Milwaukee sponsor is huge..Congrats!! You guys deserve it!!
Use a q-tip to remove the caulk under the hinge
Just want to say how much I really like it when you call this supersonic project “the Garage-Mahal”!!! Perfect description!
“Hone” your chisel skills! 😂 love it Paul!
Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship! In my opinion they are the top of the game in the power tool industry! What an awesome achievement! Also garagemahall is looking great can’t wait to see the main house!
Jasco Mask and peel liquid masking tape is a dream to work with. no more taping off the glass of your doors! only downside is it can take like 3-4 hours for the product to dry so plan accordingly!
This video reminds me of when I built my shed. Painting and trim/finishing took more time than flooring, framing, walls and roofing combined.
Lever handles for your doors can be ordered for left or right hand swing doors so your key hole is in the correct orientation. In commercial buildings where lever handles were first used. The home centers only seem to stock the most common door swing, so that's why these handles seem to be upside down on some doors.
I like the levers on the door "knobs". My parents house (built in '65) had these, and as they grew older the levers were MUCH easier to negotiate. Paint colors on door edges, follow the rule of what it should be if the door is open. Works just like you did it.
even when you are young with both arms full of groceries.... *insert 2024 era joke about cost of groceries for future generations here* a lever is far easier to navigate than a knob
Awesome job, y'all! Great tip about adjusting the strike plate to take the slack out of the doors. I know what I'll be doing around my house tomorrow! I do empathize for the previous home owners, but man, seeing that laundry room again and all the crazy DIY work in there....wooof.
Great door edge tip. as an experienced painter I would have done white all around but I like your reasoning. YEAH Bondo! Ya changed the colour of the hardener but you didn't change the colour of the mixing paddles to mix! Now how we supposed to know when we have the right consistency? before when the paddles matched the Bondo you knew you had the right mix. I like the Bondo for exterior patching nothing holds up as well. It dries way to fast for interior big jobs hole nails though. That's way over kill. Dad's old favorite, Durham's water putty is the best solution for interior work. What was that auto centering bit called I definitely need one of them!
Vix.
Love mine.
24:39- Wish Stud Pack would have feigned using a golf club to drive the tees into the jamb! Ha!
Great video guys!
You guys gotta get some airbags for hanging doors, lifting appliances to level feet, adjust windows in the ro. Very handy tool to put in the arsenal...
Omg the finishes going in look sooo good. Great choices by Jordan
Love the tunes you played for the black door 8:30 painting session. Lots of great tips start to finish also!
I like how you painted and pointed out the finish the doors, golf tees are an oldy but they are a goody - Nice to know the lock system is only TEMPORARY. Cheap locks are not a good look and security purpose for any door. Also 3" screws into the jams are a security must. keep up the the good work Stud Puck....
As a Bosch man I would have loved to see them sponsor you but it’s awesome that you snagged Milwaukee.
I used a 4 inch roller to paint our exterior double doors..
They came out nice and they look like I sprayed them.
They have a wood grain texture which might have helped hide any imperfections.
Spraying is to messy sometimes but if you have a bunch of doors it definitley the way to go!
I use 6 in roller foam. Exterior satin on doors/trim/baseboard. Looks nicer than semi gloss. And outside trim columns with same paint. It looks sprayed.
@@charlesboyer5712 yeah I used satin black on the door but I think I went with hi gloss white on our trim and used a brush.
I wondered about inside/outside frame color for years. Thanks for pointing out a logical way to do it.
I did something similar when I painted the doors in my house! Bought a 10x10 pop up tent from harbor freight and then used plastic on the sides and rosin paper on the garage floor. Worked incredibly well!
I know some like the subtle brush strokes on trim but if you want smooth surfaces and an extremely fast way to paint a doorway, I tend to brush the smaller crevices (like where the casing meets the jamb) and then come back and roll (with a mini roller) the larger flat surfaces. With modern, simple casing like you have you can bust out an entire doorway in 10x less time. This obviously doesn’t work with more traditional casing as it’s too complex for a roller to negotiate.
Really wish you’d posted this Tuesday! I rehung a hollow-core door by myself last night, and seeing how you did the hinges would’ve been extremely helpful 😂😅 I managed, though, and conveniently had some shims laying around that were the exact size of the bottom gap.
The golf tee method is a great idea. As you used pine golf tees, an alternative is dowels. I use bamboo products when filling holes as it has a better grain structure, resistance to rotting and can easily be shaved with a knife. I don't use golf tees, instead I use the free disposable bamboo chop sticks.
Also, I didn't see you fill the screw holes in the top and bottoms and then add touch up paint. Should be mentioned if you did especially on external doors and water could enter any unpainted areas. I agree and I see it often that the top and bottom of a door are not painted by professional painters. Also, the top of the window and door casing (in Australia it is called an architrave) aren't painted as well as caulking is used before painting. If painted the tops are easily cleaned with an easy wipe.
Another grip with professional painters here is, they paint the side of the casing the wall colour and only paint the casing front the door colour/type. It's because it's easier and faster than cutting in the casing/wall join.
Great job on all the doors and trim!! Just a suggestion but I would use a double keyed deadbolt on the exterior door so someone can’t break the glass, reach in and open the door.
Not allowed anymore in most locales. Gotta be able to exit in case of fire without hunting for a key.
Did not know that. Makes sense. Thanks for the info
Wonderful that you got the Milwaukee endorsement! The doors look great!
Am thinking good vibes for those brothers you helped w/the build in North Carolina (?) praying the Hurricane didnt hurt anyone there!🙏
The attention to detail is unparalleled. Yall are the highlight of my week.
I learned the golf tea trick in 1980 my junior year of high school from a construction trades teacher. I’ve told it to many people over the years and it works great.🇺🇸👊🏼👊🏼✌🏼🔨
Great painting and install job guys! Love the black exterior color. Doesn't show the dirt as fast either. Class act all the way around!
U should show how u put together that spray paint booth on STUDPACK II.
Not a professional painter but I learned how to paint the door edges when using different colors about 25 years ago. I know a lot of people don’t realize how they should be painted. So many times when looking at real estate or watching movies or television shows i see doors painted wrong. Just gotta shake my head and mumble amateurs under my breath. Nice work!
Once upon a time, I was spraying some doors, which I had positioned vertically. By the end of the day, everything looked fine. The next morning, I popped the garage door open, and three of the six doors had giant paint sags. The first thing I did was hit them with sandpaper, but it just clogged up. I didn’t have time to let the paint harden since renters were moving in soon. The solution to my problem was lacquer thinner-it wiped the paint off and restored the doors to their original texture in seconds. Just because something looks good at the end of the day doesn't mean it can't turn into a mess.
Congrats on the millwakee sponsorship couldn't have gotten a better tool company in my opinion. All my power tools are red.
Great detail on the exterior door. I'm going to have to remember that for next time it comes up in my house. Excellent work. Congrats on the sponsorship.
STUD PACK, ASSEMBBBLLLLLLEEEE!!!!
Sincerely happy for you guys! Milwaukee?! Hard work works.
So awesome to see you all get a sponsor and for it to be Milwaukee is freaking amazing. I can't wait to see what crazy shenanigans you all will be getting into with Team Red. Keep up the great work and thank you all for the great videos.
@18:15 did with the front door, used toothpicks as shims to keep the metal lip from bending back into place.
Learned that door edge painting tip from To Silva on This Old House . A great reminder! can't wait for the wrap!
Paul, you are a genuine master craftsman .
It's great to see people who make sure that their chisels are honed correctly and are used correctly. Those doors looked great guys, fantastic job guys. If the house your building next is as great as the garage then its going to be absolutely awesome 😊😊😊
Speaking of the main house, where do you stand on plans, permits, demo, etc. etc.? Is that worth a video (or at least some commentary)?
That golf tee tip is something I'll need to use on the family home. We've got an interior door in which the bottom hinge screw holes are completely stripped, so the door hangs on one hinge...
17:59 great tip, I never knew that and it will fix a lot of doors in my house. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, had I known about the 1/4 round chisel. I recently replaced all the hardware in my house. Getting older, more challenging to grab the old standard round knobs. Now, the doors have door lever hardware. Yep, the new striker plate is square. The old grooves were rounded. That was a blessing instead of the other way around. Could have used that 1/4 round chisel. But, I got it done.
When painting doors as you guys did at first, doors flat on sawhorses, a way to do it while working alone is to put one screw about one inch off center making one side heavier. Then put the other screw about three or four inches away from door edge on the heavy side. This will allow you to flip the door by yourself by simply lifting the heavy side up and over. Of course, you should check the spacing of the screws to make sure the screws will catch in both directions, as well as verifying that the screws hold the door far enough out to not hit the sawhorse as you flip it.
You can do the integeral jam with a wider jam board. Just gotta move your trim in more.
As far I know there has always been 2 colors for plastic body filler, aka Bondo, nothing different between the 2, more for preference. some body techs will use both if they have to do multiple coats of filler. Probably just out of red
I know it is not done yet, but I am itching to know how much this place is going to be worth after the garage apartment is finished. I am guessing it is going to be around 650k to 900k. As always great job on the painting and I love the look of the black front entry door. I cannot wait to finally see this project done and the demo of the old house. Keep up the excellent work and I look forward to the next Stud Pack video.
You need a milwaukee installation driver, love that thing. M12 line with changeable heads. You have your hinges swapped between the bathroom and entry doors. Hinge leaf with 2 on jamb on main door and 3 on jamb for bathroom.
Milwaukee opened a big new plant today in Grenada, MS to make Sawzalls.
On the door with the W/S, you can put screws thru the hinge pockets and the striker pocket for hanging to paint..
Love the tip with golf tees. That outside looked great love the color. Nice job with the paint gun.
Use bondo but…. Bondo spot and glazing putty. Don’t have to mix it and dries super fast. Comes in a tube and cleans up with acetone. No funky fumes from the metal can bondo to deal with. The garage mahal is looking great!
Love these guys
Red hardener was known to bleed through top coats, that is why they changed to blue. Some companies have diff colours for ambient temps/humiditys too. I miss the red for my Bondo as well =)
Great tip on stopping doors from moving after they're closed. Thanks.
Our linen closet door in the master bath started to yellow at the inside bottom. We keep the wet bath towel basket there. I put a mirror under it and saw the painters never painted it. I sealed the bottom and the yellowed panel with Zinnser 123 and repainted the inside. Now it looks perfect.
I'm a locksmith by trade. Whenever I remove a door with a wooden frame I always toothpick the holes before I put the screws back in. It's not will the screws will loosen over time it's when.
If the door is wood or fiberglass I also toothpick it. When I have ordered custom doors I order them without the boreholes drilled. That way I can do it right the first time without having to modify. The do make adjustable strikes. For deadbolts I install the bolt and put lipstick on the edge that goes into the frame. That marks my frame perfectly. I also have a set of strike markers. They have blades on all 4 sides. You put them on the frame and tap it with a hammer and it perfectly marks out the strike. I also have them for the bolt on the door edge.
Truth be told I am actually an automotive locksmith but I still have all this stuff from the old days.
First off, awesome job on the paint job Jordan, and next the golf tee trick I have used on guitar bodies for stripped bridge holes cause a lot of them are made with maple.
Another excellent video guys! Early in this garage majal build you askyfir suggestions on cordless tools and I recommended the Milwaukee fuel line. So happy for you that you got the "Red" sponsorship! I se them every day and I think they are great!! Congratulations on everything! You deserve all of the success!
I will never ever ever install hollow core doors anymore. Did it once in my old house and regretted it afterwards. When you get a family and have your partner or kids being loud and you just want them to quiet down or you want peace and quiet the solid core doors make a huge difference. Installed them in our new home and huge difference and so glad we went with solid core.
Get some of those little air bladders. They are awesome for setting doors.
Contractor Grade AirShim Inflatable Pry Bar and Leveling Tool that Holds Up To 300 lbs.
Definitely a Milwaukee tool fan! Nice pick. Love the new impact drill.
You guys are amazing. Following the chanel for years now, but this build.......the detail, the craft, very, very well done.
When my daughter is off age, i want a spiderman to.🙂
Huge W on the Milwaukee sponsorship 💪💪💪 so exciting to see the Garage Mahal wrapping up!!
That black exterior door is going to COOK in the sun and I want a IR temperature reading on it. Hope it’s not long until you get the breezeway connector to “a big house” built above to shade it!
I love Milwaukee tools! Hope they work well for you. My garage is mostly Milwaukee red and Miller blue.
Will the demolition of the old house impact the beautiful new exterior door? Also, I wanted to mention that there's a tax attorney on UA-cam named Jasmine Dilucci who discusses how receiving gifts from vendors can affect your tax liability. Might be worth checking out!
Great to see you guys using Red Tools. Congratulations on the new sponsor! Milwaukee.
Look into zip wall poles they come in handy for hanging plastic on various jobs
I was thinking the same thing: black weatherstripping. Those doors are beautiful.
Hone...HAH! Paul is the man! Congrats on the growth and sponsorships!
Depends on the job. I Milwaukee tops and Dewalt is good to on most. Grinding.. Metabo. Cement drill.. Hilty.
Look in to an inflatable spray booth boys. It will fit in the garage. You wont know how you lived without it.
Dexter finale. hahahahahahahhaahhaha
at the end with the white paint on the inside door edge for inside matching - and black paint on the other side for when the door is open in the outside. What did you do for the top and bottom? probably not a diagonal line :) and it probably doesn't matter either I suspect. perhaps white for top - since you have the visibility form the staircase looking down on the partially open door? or black actually.... to match a full open door looking down from stairs..
4:45 You can also skip the masking and just use a razor blade to scrape it off the glass after.
25:10 Gotta watch those bits after every hole...sometimes the shavings prevent the drill part from springing back in, hindering the function of the centering outer sleeve. Other than that, awesome tool to have for sure.
You can flip the Kwikset keyway on most of their locks, but they don't make it easy. There is a special tool for the round knob that pops it out. The tool is simple and only cpsts a few dollars, but without it you're likely to damage the lock. Since that is one of the contemporary locks it is probably different.
Instead of taping up the windows check out Jasco Liquid Mask and Peel. Paint it on the window, then paint the door. when you're done you just score around the edge and peel it off.
Good job guys! I have to admit, I didn't know that little door rattle trick. Cool!
You guys should get a 4 point locking system door for the main house exterior door. They sell them at menards, I don't know if they sell them anywhere else.
Curious: Have you tried using liquid mask on door windows before painting?
Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship! That’s a big one!
Nice painting!!! Awesome job with the sponsorship too