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Paint crew stripped a lot of hinge screws
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| Default User 2006-04-12, 11:21 pm |
| About one out of four of the screws anchoring door hinges to the door frame
in our new house were run-in too hard, probably with a power driver, and
they free wheel in their hole-- stripped out the wood (typical softwood
doorframes, practically like chocolate).
Just had to vent. The paint crew removed all the doors and sprayed the
doors, frames, trim, then re-installed and over torqued a lot of the
mounting screws.
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| Default User wrote:
> About one out of four of the screws anchoring door hinges to the door frame
> in our new house were run-in too hard, probably with a power driver, and
> they free wheel in their hole-- stripped out the wood (typical softwood
> doorframes, practically like chocolate).
>
> Just had to vent. The paint crew removed all the doors and sprayed the
> doors, frames, trim, then re-installed and over torqued a lot of the
> mounting screws.
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Looks like a bunch of golf tees and some wood glue is in order. At least
its an easy fix.
Mark
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| clintonG 2006-04-13, 12:21 am |
| So kick their @ss and quit whining about it. You already know they f*cked
your stuff up so hold them accountable.
If it were me at the very least they would be expected to drill out and
dowel the screw holes and I would watch them at work to make sure they then
re-drilled the dowel before replacing the screws -- and then refinish -- the
hinge placement, number and pattern of the screws can effect door swing and
operation. As you tell it they've imposed a point of failure which can cause
you grief long after they've gone to be held accountable for their
destructive work.
<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/
"Default User" <DefaultUser@Insightbb.com> wrote in message
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> About one out of four of the screws anchoring door hinges to the door
> frame in our new house were run-in too hard, probably with a power driver,
> and they free wheel in their hole-- stripped out the wood (typical
> softwood doorframes, practically like chocolate).
>
> Just had to vent. The paint crew removed all the doors and sprayed the
> doors, frames, trim, then re-installed and over torqued a lot of the
> mounting screws.
>
>
>
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| Al Bundy 2006-04-13, 12:21 am |
| M&S <no@no.com> wrote in
news:bEi%f.6245$i41.1352@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net:
> Default User wrote:
>
> Looks like a bunch of golf tees and some wood glue is in order. At
> least its an easy fix.
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> Mark
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Right next to my wood glue, I always keep a box of toothpicks for smaller
holes and a box of stick(kitchen) matches for bigger ones.
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| Bobk207 2006-04-13, 1:21 am |
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Default User wrote:
> About one out of four of the screws anchoring door hinges to the door frame
> in our new house were run-in too hard, probably with a power driver, and
> they free wheel in their hole-- stripped out the wood (typical softwood
> doorframes, practically like chocolate).
>
> Just had to vent. The paint crew removed all the doors and sprayed the
> doors, frames, trim, then re-installed and over torqued a lot of the
> mounting screws.
Replace them with longer screws, most hinge screws are too short.
cheers
Bob
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| nehmo54@gmail.com 2006-04-13, 2:21 am |
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Default User -
> About one out of four of the screws anchoring door hinges to the door frame
> in our new house were run-in too hard, probably with a power driver, and
> they free wheel in their hole-- stripped out the wood (typical softwood
> doorframes, practically like chocolate).
>
> Just had to vent. The paint crew removed all the doors and sprayed the
> doors, frames, trim, then re-installed and over torqued a lot of the
> mounting screws.
Default User -
> About one out of four of the screws anchoring door hinges to the door frame
> in our new house were run-in too hard, probably with a power driver, and
> they free wheel in their hole-- stripped out the wood (typical softwood
> doorframes, practically like chocolate).
>
> Just had to vent. The paint crew removed all the doors and sprayed the
> doors, frames, trim, then re-installed and over torqued a lot of the
> mounting screws.
Nehmo -
What kind of "vent" is that? Anonymous coward complains about unnamed
painter in unknown city.
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(||) Nehmo (||)
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| TVeblen 2006-04-13, 8:21 am |
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"Default User" <DefaultUser@Insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:OK-dnaWubPu6LaDZRVn-pw@sigecom.net...
> About one out of four of the screws anchoring door hinges to the door
> frame in our new house were run-in too hard, probably with a power driver,
> and they free wheel in their hole-- stripped out the wood (typical
> softwood doorframes, practically like chocolate).
>
> Just had to vent. The paint crew removed all the doors and sprayed the
> doors, frames, trim, then re-installed and over torqued a lot of the
> mounting screws.
>
>
>
Isn't it sad when so-called professionals don't know how to use power tools
properly? It's like giving guns to children.
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| sanjian 2006-04-13, 9:21 am |
| TVeblen wrote:
> "Default User" <DefaultUser@Insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:OK-dnaWubPu6LaDZRVn-pw@sigecom.net...
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> Isn't it sad when so-called professionals don't know how to use power
> tools properly? It's like giving guns to children.
The difference being that most of the kids I grew up with knew how to use
firearms resposibly.
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| Default User 2006-04-13, 3:21 pm |
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I don't see you posting your name and address either. Must have struck a
nerve with you. Perhaps you work on a paint crew and use a power driver...
<nehmo54@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Default User -
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> Default User -
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> Nehmo -
> What kind of "vent" is that? Anonymous coward complains about unnamed
> painter in unknown city.
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> --
> (||) Nehmo (||)
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| nehmo54@gmail.com 2006-04-13, 5:21 pm |
| Nehmo -
I do post under my correct name. And my full name, address, and phone
number are readily available. I even advertise using my home address.
I live and work from the same place. I do occasionally post
anonymously, but that's when I make anti-government statements and I
fear retaliation. You don't have that excuse.
And we're talking about *your* post - not mine. You are complaining
about a service, yet you offer no identifying information about the
service, so basically you made a useless post. Let's say I was a
painting customer in your city. I could have read your story, and still
hired the same contractor. I would have gotten no benefit from your
post.
Furthermore, anonymity means low credibility. Perhaps your complaint is
too weak for you to provide identifying info.
Default User -
> Perhaps you work on a paint crew and use a power driver...
Nehmo -
There's more to that kind of mistake than just using a "power driver".
Even using a using a regular screwdriver would produce an unreliable
fastening if you re-used the same screw in an old un-repaired hole.
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(||) Nehmo (||)
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| Default User 2006-04-13, 11:21 pm |
| Perhaps you should petition USENET and demand that they require full
identifying information for all posted material? I bet that would really
get discussions moving along.
<nehmo54@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Default User -
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> Default User -
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> Nehmo -
> What kind of "vent" is that? Anonymous coward complains about unnamed
> painter in unknown city.
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> --
> (||) Nehmo (||)
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| sanjian 2006-04-13, 11:21 pm |
| Default User wrote:
> Perhaps you should petition USENET and demand that they require full
> identifying information for all posted material? I bet that would
> really get discussions moving along.
That would be one hell of an RFC. Actually, I'd want to go over and watch
that one.
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| When repairing and adjusting doors, I will frequently remove one of the
short hinge screws in each hinge on the jam side and replace it with a
matching 2" screw that I know will bite into the framing 2x material.....a
much stronger installation. So don't despair, take out the stripped screws
and replace with it with a "man's" screw (lol).........cheers
"Default User" <DefaultUser@Insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:OK-dnaWubPu6LaDZRVn-pw@sigecom.net...
> About one out of four of the screws anchoring door hinges to the door
> frame in our new house were run-in too hard, probably with a power driver,
> and they free wheel in their hole-- stripped out the wood (typical
> softwood doorframes, practically like chocolate).
>
> Just had to vent. The paint crew removed all the doors and sprayed the
> doors, frames, trim, then re-installed and over torqued a lot of the
> mounting screws.
>
>
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| they were probably using a drywall bit in the driver, and they had to bear
down real hard to prevent the bit from skipping, I see it all the time
"3d" <3d@sopris.net> wrote in message
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> When repairing and adjusting doors, I will frequently remove one of the
> short hinge screws in each hinge on the jam side and replace it with a
> matching 2" screw that I know will bite into the framing 2x material.....a
> much stronger installation. So don't despair, take out the stripped screws
> and replace with it with a "man's" screw (lol).........cheers
> "Default User" <DefaultUser@Insightbb.com> wrote in message
> news:OK-dnaWubPu6LaDZRVn-pw@sigecom.net...
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