OT: Progress on my shop

nice !

but .... for no reason I can think of .... I would have had the door opening the other way ! LOL

;-)

Rich

Well... I wanted it to open outwards so that I wouldn't have to worry about not putting anything near the door opening inside, and I'm right- handed so it seems more natural to me to have the door-knob on the left so that I open the door with my right hand swinging it towards the right instead of swinging it left (opening it with my right hand) in front of me.... and the house is off to the left, so I'd be approaching it from the left... My wife and I really did actually put some thought into the door including exactly where to put it before ordering that one. They had to ship it from the Home Depot in the neighboring town because they didn't have any that were hung that way in our own town's Home Depot. :-)

and I'm right-

Maybe thats it - I am left handed - told you I couldn't think of a reason why ! :) I just saw your pic, and thought 'I would have had it the other way' !

so you got a real outswing entry door, and didn't just turn it around the way you wanted it? It looks like an outswing when i look at the thresh hold, but where is the brick moulding that usually comes preinstalled?

looking at the pics again, that's not an outswing entry door...

I'm not sure what you mean. It came with brick moulding but it was only strapped to it and I (obviously) haven't put it on yet. I was waiting to put the siding up before I did that. Remember I'm an amateur at all of this so try to be nice. :-)

hehe..it may be an outswing...entry doors are basically two designs...inswing, and outswing... the reason is pretty self-explanatory for the names... the most common is inswing into the dwelling..this allows the use of a storm door and i easier to use when you have your hands full..pluss the added benefit of not knocking folks down when you open the door for them...hehe... the differences in in and outswing are subtle.. the thresh-hold at the bottom must slant away from the building(so water doesn't run IN). it's hard to tell in your pic but it does appear to do so..no biggie... put the brickmold up before your siding of choice...

Project is coming along nicely. Another thing that may be of concern is the hinges being exposed to the weather and hopefully the hinges have non removable pins. Another drawback to out swing doors

yes - for outward opening doors you can buy security hinges or hinge bolts, to stop the risk of unauthorised entry by removing the pins.

I use them on my garage, as I prefer outward opening too (more room inside :)

I'll look into the security kind of hinge pins/bolts. The door has a label on it that actually says "outswing" so I'm pretty confident that's what it is. Yeah, the main reason for going with the outswing type was for more room inside.

Shag, security through one door keeps the honest honest, but...

Short story on one of my stupid tricks. I put a anchor in the floor of my garage so that I could lock up my motorcycle. One day I lost the key to the locks. Double-duh - right there on the bench near the bike was the high-speed cutting wheel. Like how easy could I have made it for a thief?

If it's not too late, you might want to add a master-switch in the house to turn off the power to the garage's fuse box and power switch. Or is that a dummer, too?

Hope you get a monster air compressor. Got to have one of those.

These are the type of hinges I used - the 'tangs' lock into each other when the door is closed, so it cant come out the frame.

and these are the hinge bolts - again, the door cannot be removed from the fram (hinge side) if the hinge pins are removed.

it's really looking good shag.... glad you tackled it yourself...fun project...

On Jan 7, 7:08 pm, "Joey Tribiani" wrote:

I'm learning as I go. One of the biggest things I've learned so far is that this kind of work is harder than I realized. I did a moderate amount of framing work when I was MUCH younger, like 20 years or so ago, but don't remember it being so tiring. I'm enjoying most of it, but I don't like the pressure of having to finish by a certain time (before paying more $ for inspection/permit stuff) and worrying about if it's gonna rain or not, and where any help might come from, etc, etc. My dad helped me out a couple of Saturdays on it, and two friends showed up one of those Saturdays to help but other than that it's been all me and man it's wearing me out. Another thing I've learned is how lazy some of my friends are. It's not their responsibility to help me out, but when someone SAYS they wanna help out and then brushes you off every time you mention that you actually could use some help, that's not so cool in my book. Whatever. It ain't building itself. I've got most of the heavy work done now and can do every bit of the rest of it all by myself. As long as my wife holds a board or two for me. :-) While I was at work today she went out to the shop and cleaned it all up. Piled up the scrap wood in one pile and the "still to be used" wood in another, and swept up and threw away a couple of hundred empty cans of diet lemon iced-tea that I've gotten addicted to. Just one of the reasons she's more than just my wife, but also my best friend. *sniffle* :-D

hehe...you just described my profession...i've gotten away from most of the building, but i usually have my hands in several things all at once(contrary to what Mario seems to believe...)

dude, you really find out who your friends are when you need them... took me many years to realize that...sometimes the ones you didn't realize were the good ones are...sometimes(usually) your "good" friends don't seem to be there...even if you've busted your ass to help them(time and time again)... a friend of mine realized when he built his house two years ago that his "lifelong" friends from childhood(and still his "good" friends) really weren't....they promised help but never showed when they promised...lots of lame excuses.... i did a good amount of work in his house(all cabinetry in the house, and all the trimwork and a hell of a lot of painting!, and more) without really being asked...

now burp or fart or we may question your sexuality!

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*falls on floor asleep*