Man, as a 68 yo engineer... I'm going to tell you that your son and son-in-law(?) right now may think you're a little crazy with your level of detail. But when they're older, that detail is going to make them smile and give them a REAL appreciation of the character of the man that loves his craft.
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.
@@dallasarnold8615 - if the slab is too wide but already had the door knob drilled, the trimming has to be hinge side. It’s only when a slab of the exact size isn’t available, but that’s sometimes what’s needed in the case of really old buildings.
I watch all your videos and sometimes with my 11 yr old daughter. For this video, she jumped on to the couch next to me and said, "This guy (Paul) is just like you. He measures everything and thinks a lot." Then she fell over laughing at the hampster sounds coming from the sprayer. And finally, she saw Jordan in his cut-off shirt and she burst out and said, "What's that? Man lingerie?!?" That's when I fell over laughing. I had to share. We love your videos. We have learned so much. Thanks!
Beyond the props to all three of you for all the work you've done, I just want to note to Jordan that over the past few years, it's been a real treat to see you go from "Dad's helper" to being someone with strong camera presence, and a massive amount of skill and confidence that is taking the commanding lead of Stud Pack. So stoked to watch every video that comes out. Paul, I know you already are, but you should be so proud of all of your kids (in-laws included, Rad!). Thank you for always being willing to share your wisdom and your thoughts with everyone!
Love the common sense tips that are both simple and effective... the golf tees, dual color door painting, door rattle adjustment, screw in paint brush, screws in ends of doors.
Paul, you sounded just like my dad with the "honing" joke. I am so used to his corny humor that I got it right away. He was a framing contractor years ago and always building or fixing, or carving something. Here's to great dads passing skills on to their sons! Keep up the awesome work!
Yay! Milwaukee tools! I’m a big fan. I just wanna say: Paul, you seem like a good dad. I’ve been watching you for a long time. Jordan should be as proud of you as you are of him.
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...
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!
Great job! Here's a tip: Put the three-barrel hinge leaf on the jamb, then you can tilt the hinge pin in the top barrel, ready to install. It makes life easier, especially when hanging doors by yourself. Also, I always fill nail holes with a substance that is softer than the surrounding wood, like spackle. It's much easier to work with, and there's no danger of oversanding the area.
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.
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.
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.
Great job on the doors. The contrast between the white and black is awesome. I would suggest adding some frosted privacy window film to the door as well as the garage doors. Prevents someone from looking in and seeing what you have worth taking or if your car is in the garage indicating whether you are home or not. It looks good but still lets that natural light in. Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship! Looking forward to the next video!!
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.
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!
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!
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.
Love the build. Have you considered labeling each video in a series (like the upcoming home build) with Part 1, Part 2, etc. it will make it much easier to follow the build.
Season finale of Dexter; that was hilarious!!! Who but Paul would ever think of using wooden golf tees to reinforce enlarged screw holes. Paul, your tips and tricks are amazing as always!! Love the inside outside door colours that look best when opening the door; things that would be easily overlooked. Love this channel!!!
I would have loved to see you mention how to adjust a locking door correctly for the dead latch as I see so many get that wrong. Congrats on the new sponsorship, y'all deserve it. For those that are interested on the latch for a modern locking door knob there is the main part that slides across the strike plate and then springs out to latch and then there is the weird little half cylinder piece. When you close the door all the way and put pressure against the door you dont want the strike plate set where that little pin can extend in the hole. When it is compressed on the strike plate it prevents people from slipping something around the latch and releasing it. You should see yourself by opening a door that has one, pressing just the small pin in and then trying to push in the latch as you are holding it.
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.
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!
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.
I have an old painter Trick for you on your the trim, take some window, glazing Some Flour for cooking, put your flower and the window glazing in a clean white rag right next to flour mix Together so it’s very dry and crumbly fill your putty holes with this it’s gonna make a little mess on the floor. If it’s dry enough take your hand smooth it out no sanding No Fish From the potty drying out in the mail holes very many people know this trip but it’s but it’s a game changer as far as painting goes. Good luck on your project. Do this, and take a rag and wipe the whole Surface make it smooth
You know I used to tape off glass when painting. Until I watched a professional painter, paint a door and not tape it and then take a razor blade cutting into the groove between the glass and the wood and latex paint peels off of glass so easy it comes off like a sticker.
"Thanks for the eye-opener! For the past 30 years, I've been buying 3/16" by 3-foot dowel rods, cutting them into 1 ½" lengths, and using them to secure tack strips to tough concrete floors when stretching carpet. I’d drill into the concrete with masonry bits, insert the dowels, and it seemed to work well enough-until I saw your golf tee trick later in the video! I'm definitely switching to tees from now on. Really appreciate the tip!"
Garage Mahal!! haha. Thanks for your details, Paul! We need more dad jokes though. HAHA. Jordan and Rad, keep him on his toes! Keep asking the hard questions! Yall are awesome! Keep up the good work!
I learned 2 very neat tricks from this video. Putting screws in the ends of the doors to sit on your saw horses so you don't have to wait on it to dry before flipping and painting the edges of the door different colors so that you see one continuous color depending on the angle. Both of those will stick with me and I am sure I will use them. Thanks.
I've had to take down and re-hang a lot of doors over the years, and have found that one of those inflatable air wedges is a really handy tool when you're working alone. Put it under the non-hinged edge of the door and you can inflate it with your foot; it lifts the door up with no straining. If the wedge doesn't get tall enough, an old towel or some cardboard underneath lets you adjust the height to where you need it. I like to get the door up high enough to tip the top hinge in first. That way I can hold the door steady with one hand, get the pin in with the other and the door will hang on its own weight and deflating the wedge a little lets me ease the door down and work the other hinges to where they need to be. You guys have it easy with a three-man crew! Thanks for years of great content that's upped my remodeling game.
You guys are the best. Such attention to detail with your work and such a wholesome and heartwarming feel with your communication. You're doing it right.
Great job on securing Milwaukee sponsorship. I love Milwaukee cordless tools and feel the batteries hold up better under constant daily use better than other brands. I’ve never painted a door more than one color before. Thanks for the tips on how to handle the details👍🏻
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.
Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship. I’d highly recommend the M12 Orbital Detail sander. Makes things like finish sanding the trim tight areas so much easier. Just used it a bunch to refinish my front door.
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!
Paul is a book of knowledge ! I have been doing this stuff a long time and I even learn something often, and I am 3rd gen builder. My grandad would have what he called a "old Indian trick" That he would say just before he would have some great hack or skill that would stay with you the rest of your life. Looking great guy's!
I love Paul- that Bondo comment really hit me in the feels!! 😂👍 What a great Dad you have Jordan!! Do all you can to appreciate him. Thanks for the awesome content guys! It's all very appreciated.
currently just finished my own furring strips/window boxes, window trim ,intalled my prehungs and onto door trim now.ive learned so much from you guys as ive never done it before and inspire confidence that i could, thinking about the detail work every step of the way as i go
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.
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 work guys! May I suggest Jordan switch out the thumb turn on that dead bolt for a double keyed lock for security purposes. It might also be worth considering a metal security jam (Home Depot) to be hidden behind the trim for your ground level door to prevent a kick in. It’s very easy to bust out that glass especially since the door is somewhat secluded on the side of the house. 😊❤
Nice tip about the golf tee's, but I typically use 3/16 wooden rod. It's a lot cheaper than golf tees and almost always available in those big box stores. Another thing I use the 3/16 rod/dowel for is attaching threshold on concrete. I drill the concrete with a 3/16 bit and put in the dowel in, snap off any excess and use regular screws to hold down the threshold rail. Nice job fellas!
Thank you for the correct name for the Vix bits. Also a big thank you for the 2 color door tip. It's one of those things where once you hear and see it, you go why didn't I think of that? It's very logical and so often overlooked. The golf tees was a bonus tip. Please keep the great tips and videos coming!!
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....
Okay, that door trick is awesome. I'm going to go through every door in my house and adjust that! I had NO idea that's what those tabs were for! Thanks Paul!
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!
holy cow... that water manifold seems like it was yesterday that was done. i really liked that vid. good to see paul giving up some control and letting jordan take some. i don't blame him though... i hate painting too. i like the idea of painting... but something always goes wrong and i get super frustrated. but spraying is definitely much better than brush and/or roller. only thing... and i dunno if a lot of viewers forgot.... that's not the last door.... cuz last i checked the upstairs is supposed to have a door for the bridge.... so not only do you have another door to install yet... but you still have to create the doorway for that door! however... i'm super excited for that stuff.... man i wish lived down there and could learn/do some of that work!
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.
An alternative to the golf tee idea that I learned from a piano tuner: When you put in a wood screw for the first time, it cuts its own threads in the wood. Thereafter if you just drive it again and again making new threads each time, the wood gets chewed up, strips out, and you need to resort to the golf tees. The trick is to get the screw to go back into the existing threads. To do that, you press it gently into the hole and turn it counter clockwise until you feel it click into the old threads. Then turn gently clockwise until it gets started, and drive it home. Wear on the wood is greatly reduced. That's important when you have 88 holes for hammers, 88 holes for wippens, 88 holes for dampers.... Plugging all those holes if a piano was done wrong is sometimes not worth doing.
You can rotate the cylinder on Kwik Set locks. You need a cylinder removal tool to pop the cylinder out, rotate it and snap it back in. You can buy the tool separately, or buy a Kwik Set rekey set. That's what I have. And a Lab universal rekey set. It's leftover from my old apartment maintenance days, but still comes in handy from time to time.
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!🙏
Great job on the doors! I have the same sprayer and recently used it to paint my cedar sided house with tinted stain. The results were beyond great! I didn't have to thin the stain because its consistency was already perfect as is. That said, I have a questions on how you painted those doors. 1) What type of paint did you use?, 2) Did you thin the paint to use with the X7 sprayer?, 3) Assuming you thinned the paint, how "thin" was it?, lastly, 4) What tip type/size did you use in the spray gun?
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.
Love the golf tees! I used to hang doors by myself assisted by my handy-dandy blue pry bar which, if memory serves, I bought before either Home Depot or Lowe's were around here in SoCal. Probably it was Builder's Emporium -- long gone and much missed.
I had that same issue with the strike plate when I remodeled my master bathroom. I had to order two sizes of the extended plates. The 2 1/4 length is what worked for me!
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
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!
Love the idea of using a pop-up tent as the basis for a paint booth. I'm gonna use that one in the future. I tried buying a Wagner paint booth tent once, but it was a pain. Too small for most things I'd want to use it for, and cumbersome to set up. Setting up a simple 10x10 or 12x12 pop-up and then hanging some plastic on the four sides would work great. Could even use some thicker mil plastic for the sides and apply some velcro or something so they are easily rolled up or deployed as needed.
@@BobScotts yeah it worked extremely well! The thicker mil and a zipper would definitely help. I just overlapped one wall as an entryway to prevent over spray from escaping.
3:59 can tell This One from Hawaii 😆 b/c he’s not wearing any shoes. Remember my time there and only time put sandals on, walking into public bathrooms, or having to go Waikiki. But spent most time in Maui my fav, but boy has it changed since 1990s till today, WOW 🤙🏻
You guys always impress me with your attention to detail. It looks fantastic! One thing though.. all the smart lights and technology, I'm surprised to not see a smart door lock. C'mon Jordan.. maybe a sponsor could be nice enough to donate some smart lock hardware 🤔 😉
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 =)
Man, as a 68 yo engineer... I'm going to tell you that your son and son-in-law(?) right now may think you're a little crazy with your level of detail. But when they're older, that detail is going to make them smile and give them a REAL appreciation of the character of the man that loves his craft.
Yeah, Rad is Paul's son-in-law.
18:15 is huge. I paused the video, went around the house and fixed our rattly doors. BRILLIANT
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.
@@dallasarnold8615 - if the slab is too wide but already had the door knob drilled, the trimming has to be hinge side. It’s only when a slab of the exact size isn’t available, but that’s sometimes what’s needed in the case of really old buildings.
I watch all your videos and sometimes with my 11 yr old daughter. For this video, she jumped on to the couch next to me and said, "This guy (Paul) is just like you. He measures everything and thinks a lot." Then she fell over laughing at the hampster sounds coming from the sprayer. And finally, she saw Jordan in his cut-off shirt and she burst out and said, "What's that? Man lingerie?!?" That's when I fell over laughing. I had to share. We love your videos. We have learned so much. Thanks!
Beyond the props to all three of you for all the work you've done, I just want to note to Jordan that over the past few years, it's been a real treat to see you go from "Dad's helper" to being someone with strong camera presence, and a massive amount of skill and confidence that is taking the commanding lead of Stud Pack. So stoked to watch every video that comes out.
Paul, I know you already are, but you should be so proud of all of your kids (in-laws included, Rad!). Thank you for always being willing to share your wisdom and your thoughts with everyone!
When you guys said you got the Milwaukee sponsorship it genuinely put a smile on my face, you guys defiantly deserve it!
Love the common sense tips that are both simple and effective... the golf tees, dual color door painting, door rattle adjustment, screw in paint brush, screws in ends of doors.
Paul, you sounded just like my dad with the "honing" joke. I am so used to his corny humor that I got it right away. He was a framing contractor years ago and always building or fixing, or carving something. Here's to great dads passing skills on to their sons! Keep up the awesome work!
Yay! Milwaukee tools! I’m a big fan.
I just wanna say: Paul, you seem like a good dad. I’ve been watching you for a long time. Jordan should be as proud of you as you are of him.
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...
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!
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)?
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 always wondered about that.
Great job! Here's a tip: Put the three-barrel hinge leaf on the jamb, then you can tilt the hinge pin in the top barrel, ready to install. It makes life easier, especially when hanging doors by yourself. Also, I always fill nail holes with a substance that is softer than the surrounding wood, like spackle. It's much easier to work with, and there's no danger of oversanding the area.
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.
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.
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.
Great job on the doors. The contrast between the white and black is awesome. I would suggest adding some frosted privacy window film to the door as well as the garage doors. Prevents someone from looking in and seeing what you have worth taking or if your car is in the garage indicating whether you are home or not. It looks good but still lets that natural light in. Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship! Looking forward to the next video!!
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.
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!
Ha! Working on my 1960 ranch this year. Bedroom doors had three coats of paint, none of the tops or bottoms ever painted. 🙄
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!
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.
Love the build. Have you considered labeling each video in a series (like the upcoming home build) with Part 1, Part 2, etc. it will make it much easier to follow the build.
Paul,
I just went through and replaced all my knobs. I used that trick to remove play in the door… I just impressed my wife…. THANK YOU!!!! 18:18
Just want to say how much I really like it when you call this supersonic project “the Garage-Mahal”!!! Perfect description!
Season finale of Dexter; that was hilarious!!! Who but Paul would ever think of using wooden golf tees to reinforce enlarged screw holes. Paul, your tips and tricks are amazing as always!! Love the inside outside door colours that look best when opening the door; things that would be easily overlooked. Love this channel!!!
Thanks Lynda!!
I would have loved to see you mention how to adjust a locking door correctly for the dead latch as I see so many get that wrong. Congrats on the new sponsorship, y'all deserve it.
For those that are interested on the latch for a modern locking door knob there is the main part that slides across the strike plate and then springs out to latch and then there is the weird little half cylinder piece. When you close the door all the way and put pressure against the door you dont want the strike plate set where that little pin can extend in the hole. When it is compressed on the strike plate it prevents people from slipping something around the latch and releasing it. You should see yourself by opening a door that has one, pressing just the small pin in and then trying to push in the latch as you are holding it.
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.
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!
Nice work! So many homeowners (and bad painters) don’t remove the weather stripping to paint.
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.
I have an old painter Trick for you on your the trim, take some window, glazing Some Flour for cooking, put your flower and the window glazing in a clean white rag right next to flour mix Together so it’s very dry and crumbly fill your putty holes with this it’s gonna make a little mess on the floor. If it’s dry enough take your hand smooth it out no sanding No Fish From the potty drying out in the mail holes very many people know this trip but it’s but it’s a game changer as far as painting goes. Good luck on your project. Do this, and take a rag and wipe the whole Surface make it smooth
You know I used to tape off glass when painting. Until I watched a professional painter, paint a door and not tape it and then take a razor blade cutting into the groove between the glass and the wood and latex paint peels off of glass so easy it comes off like a sticker.
I was taught to actually paint down onto the glass as that seals the glass/putty/trim joint which can often have small gaps.
@@worldadventureman never thought of that. Makes good sense
The attention to detail is unparalleled. Yall are the highlight of my week.
"Thanks for the eye-opener! For the past 30 years, I've been buying 3/16" by 3-foot dowel rods, cutting them into 1 ½" lengths, and using them to secure tack strips to tough concrete floors when stretching carpet. I’d drill into the concrete with masonry bits, insert the dowels, and it seemed to work well enough-until I saw your golf tee trick later in the video! I'm definitely switching to tees from now on. Really appreciate the tip!"
Garage Mahal!! haha. Thanks for your details, Paul! We need more dad jokes though. HAHA. Jordan and Rad, keep him on his toes! Keep asking the hard questions! Yall are awesome! Keep up the good work!
I learned 2 very neat tricks from this video. Putting screws in the ends of the doors to sit on your saw horses so you don't have to wait on it to dry before flipping and painting the edges of the door different colors so that you see one continuous color depending on the angle. Both of those will stick with me and I am sure I will use them. Thanks.
extended striker plate ... brilliant, golf tees and centered bit ... great. I always learn so much from your channel
I've had to take down and re-hang a lot of doors over the years, and have found that one of those inflatable air wedges is a really handy tool when you're working alone. Put it under the non-hinged edge of the door and you can inflate it with your foot; it lifts the door up with no straining. If the wedge doesn't get tall enough, an old towel or some cardboard underneath lets you adjust the height to where you need it. I like to get the door up high enough to tip the top hinge in first. That way I can hold the door steady with one hand, get the pin in with the other and the door will hang on its own weight and deflating the wedge a little lets me ease the door down and work the other hinges to where they need to be. You guys have it easy with a three-man crew! Thanks for years of great content that's upped my remodeling game.
Mind blown by the nozzle trick
You guys are the best. Such attention to detail with your work and such a wholesome and heartwarming feel with your communication. You're doing it right.
Great job on securing Milwaukee sponsorship. I love Milwaukee cordless tools and feel the batteries hold up better under constant daily use better than other brands. I’ve never painted a door more than one color before. Thanks for the tips on how to handle the details👍🏻
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.
Thanks for the insights! We will never make these doggy door installs mistakes again! 🙌🐾
Congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship. I’d highly recommend the M12 Orbital Detail sander. Makes things like finish sanding the trim tight areas so much easier. Just used it a bunch to refinish my front door.
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.
Paul is a book of knowledge ! I have been doing this stuff a long time and I even learn something often, and I am 3rd gen builder. My grandad would have what he called a "old Indian trick" That he would say just before he would have some great hack or skill that would stay with you the rest of your life. Looking great guy's!
I love Paul- that Bondo comment really hit me in the feels!! 😂👍 What a great Dad you have Jordan!! Do all you can to appreciate him. Thanks for the awesome content guys! It's all very appreciated.
@18:15 I heard the audible "Ohhhhh!" from all the subscribers. And the door paint tip at the end was golden.
Love the strike plate hints... so simple, but mind-blowing!
Assuming your strike plates are adjustable. 🙁
Golf tees . . . Great idea. Thanks! I've used matches or toothpicks before, but the tees will be so much better. 😊
currently just finished my own furring strips/window boxes, window trim ,intalled my prehungs and onto door trim now.ive learned so much from you guys as ive never done it before and inspire confidence that i could, thinking about the detail work every step of the way as i go
watching you guys on these builds has been a wonderful experience.
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.
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 job all around. Only thing I'd add is a kick plate of some sort on that outside door.
Paul, you are a genuine master craftsman .
Use a q-tip to remove the caulk under the hinge
Great work guys! May I suggest Jordan switch out the thumb turn on that dead bolt for a double keyed lock for security purposes. It might also be worth considering a metal security jam (Home Depot) to be hidden behind the trim for your ground level door to prevent a kick in. It’s very easy to bust out that glass especially since the door is somewhat secluded on the side of the house. 😊❤
I wondered about inside/outside frame color for years. Thanks for pointing out a logical way to do it.
Hone...HAH! Paul is the man! Congrats on the growth and sponsorships!
Nice tip about the golf tee's, but I typically use 3/16 wooden rod. It's a lot cheaper than golf tees and almost always available in those big box stores. Another thing I use the 3/16 rod/dowel for is attaching threshold on concrete. I drill the concrete with a 3/16 bit and put in the dowel in, snap off any excess and use regular screws to hold down the threshold rail. Nice job fellas!
Thanks guys! My doors are no longer rattling in these 60km/h Northerly winds! Love your work
Thank you for the correct name for the Vix bits. Also a big thank you for the 2 color door tip. It's one of those things where once you hear and see it, you go why didn't I think of that? It's very logical and so often overlooked. The golf tees was a bonus tip. Please keep the great tips and videos coming!!
Congratulations on the Milwaukee sponsorship. I absolutely love their tools. Also, the doors turned out flawlessly.
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....
Okay, that door trick is awesome. I'm going to go through every door in my house and adjust that! I had NO idea that's what those tabs were for! Thanks Paul!
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!
I just saw a video this week where they used it and thought of it as soon as I saw the door all masked up. Good to hear someone has seen it be useful.
holy cow... that water manifold seems like it was yesterday that was done. i really liked that vid. good to see paul giving up some control and letting jordan take some. i don't blame him though... i hate painting too. i like the idea of painting... but something always goes wrong and i get super frustrated. but spraying is definitely much better than brush and/or roller. only thing... and i dunno if a lot of viewers forgot.... that's not the last door.... cuz last i checked the upstairs is supposed to have a door for the bridge.... so not only do you have another door to install yet... but you still have to create the doorway for that door! however... i'm super excited for that stuff.... man i wish lived down there and could learn/do some of that work!
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.
Broossss, congrats on the Milwaukee sponsorship! Y'all earned it! Can't wait for the big house now!
This video reminds me of when I built my shed. Painting and trim/finishing took more time than flooring, framing, walls and roofing combined.
12:18 I HATE MUSIC while working, you're my spirit animal Paul :)
The tip about painting the door edges to match the entry point were on point!
An alternative to the golf tee idea that I learned from a piano tuner:
When you put in a wood screw for the first time, it cuts its own threads in the wood. Thereafter if you just drive it again and again making new threads each time, the wood gets chewed up, strips out, and you need to resort to the golf tees.
The trick is to get the screw to go back into the existing threads. To do that, you press it gently into the hole and turn it counter clockwise until you feel it click into the old threads. Then turn gently clockwise until it gets started, and drive it home. Wear on the wood is greatly reduced. That's important when you have 88 holes for hammers, 88 holes for wippens, 88 holes for dampers.... Plugging all those holes if a piano was done wrong is sometimes not worth doing.
Jordan did an excellent job painting the doors! They look so good! Milwaukee sponsor is huge..Congrats!! You guys deserve it!!
Great video! You guys are killing it and this content is awesome. The amount of detail put into everything is amazing!
You can rotate the cylinder on Kwik Set locks. You need a cylinder removal tool to pop the cylinder out, rotate it and snap it back in.
You can buy the tool separately, or buy a Kwik Set rekey set. That's what I have. And a Lab universal rekey set. It's leftover from my old apartment maintenance days, but still comes in handy from time to time.
Milwaukee for the win! Very good choice.
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!🙏
Great job on the doors! I have the same sprayer and recently used it to paint my cedar sided house with tinted stain. The results were beyond great! I didn't have to thin the stain because its consistency was already perfect as is. That said, I have a questions on how you painted those doors. 1) What type of paint did you use?, 2) Did you thin the paint to use with the X7 sprayer?, 3) Assuming you thinned the paint, how "thin" was it?, lastly, 4) What tip type/size did you use in the spray gun?
“Hone” your chisel skills! 😂 love it Paul!
Definitely congratulations on your new sponsorship!!! Great video as always
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
Love the golf tees! I used to hang doors by myself assisted by my handy-dandy blue pry bar which, if memory serves, I bought before either Home Depot or Lowe's were around here in SoCal. Probably it was Builder's Emporium -- long gone and much missed.
I noticed the bottom wasn’t painted when you were spraying, glad you addressed this later in the video
Got a good chuckle out of Paul lamenting Bondo changing the color of the hardener.
I had that same issue with the strike plate when I remodeled my master bathroom. I had to order two sizes of the extended plates. The 2 1/4 length is what worked for me!
I use a flat head screw driver to smooth the caulk under the hinge ends ..
The golf tee is a good idea. I’ve always whittled a wedge out of whatever wood was nearby to glue in the (often) stripped hole.
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
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!
Love the idea of using a pop-up tent as the basis for a paint booth. I'm gonna use that one in the future. I tried buying a Wagner paint booth tent once, but it was a pain. Too small for most things I'd want to use it for, and cumbersome to set up. Setting up a simple 10x10 or 12x12 pop-up and then hanging some plastic on the four sides would work great. Could even use some thicker mil plastic for the sides and apply some velcro or something so they are easily rolled up or deployed as needed.
@@BobScotts yeah it worked extremely well! The thicker mil and a zipper would definitely help. I just overlapped one wall as an entryway to prevent over spray from escaping.
Got a laugh out of me with the Bondo comment!! Back in the day when I was building the painter always sprayed, great finish that way.
3:59 can tell This One from Hawaii 😆 b/c he’s not wearing any shoes. Remember my time there and only time put sandals on, walking into public bathrooms, or having to go Waikiki. But spent most time in Maui my fav, but boy has it changed since 1990s till today, WOW 🤙🏻
Love the tunes you played for the black door 8:30 painting session. Lots of great tips start to finish also!
U should show how u put together that spray paint booth on STUDPACK II.
You guys always impress me with your attention to detail. It looks fantastic! One thing though.. all the smart lights and technology, I'm surprised to not see a smart door lock. C'mon Jordan.. maybe a sponsor could be nice enough to donate some smart lock hardware 🤔 😉
24:39- Wish Stud Pack would have feigned using a golf club to drive the tees into the jamb! Ha!
Great video 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 =)
Didn’t know that