The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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maumau said:
Looks great, are your shelves 300mm?

Painting's a good idea because at the moment only white uprights and silver shelves are available.

Decided to get a contractor to install so if he doesn't get it right I can complain - a la Karen.
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Not sure think more like 400-450
 
W@P said:
I have a ton of those with shelves in storage. Decided to use some to get all my kak off the floor. Was quite a mission to install, getting the levels correct etc. What brand to go with I cant help. I guess they all fit in each other?
Pro-tip: I used spray paint cans to change the color of all the steel parts and painted the shelves matching. Looks a lot neater.

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Your plan didn't work, there's still a lot of stuff on the floor.. :p
 
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I have a bloody heavy wooden garage door that's shedding its hinge screws again, lakadees..

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So apart from drilling a hole right through and installing a round headed bolt with locktite, how do I fix them so it doesn't repeat every 6 months?
 
grok said:
I have a bloody heavy wooden garage door that's shedding its hinge screws again, lakadees..

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So apart from drilling a hole right through and installing a round headed bolt with locktite, how do I fix them so it doesn't repeat every 6 months?
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weld the head of the bolt to the plate in 2 spots? weird that its coming undone so much, is the hole wearing out or is it unthreading itself? door shaking a lot when it goes up and down?
 
Steamy Tom said:
weld the head of the bolt to the plate in 2 spots? weird that its coming undone so much, is the hole wearing out or is it unthreading itself? door shaking a lot when it goes up and down?
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It's the holes wearing out so welding the bolt would be the opposite of a good idea, the place is old & believe me the door weighs a ton, like I could barely almost not even lift it by myself when one of the springs broke.
Also 6 months might have been an exaggeration but I need a proper fix, if the bolts come out the door panels goes skew & that'll either break the worm gear or the motor.
I've had to replace something or the other on this pos almost every year.

I'm sure the both-sided bolts would keep, just there's 4 to a hinge, 5 hinges per panel and 5 panels so 4 joins, I'm afraid I'm going to wear out my drill bits :p
(I'll prob only drill the side ones through but ya know what I mean & the door would look like a mediaval shield from the outside..)
 
grok said:
It's the holes wearing out so welding the bolt would be the opposite of a good idea, the place is old & believe me the door weighs a ton, like I could barely almost not even lift it by myself when one of the springs broke.
Also 6 months might have been an exaggeration but I need a proper fix, if the bolts come out the door panels goes skew & that'll either break the worm gear or the motor.
I've had to replace something or the other on this pos almost every year.

I'm sure the both-sided bolts would keep, just there's 4 to a hinge, 5 hinges per panel and 5 panels so 4 joins, I'm afraid I'm going to wear out my drill bits
(I'll prob only drill the side ones through but ya know what I mean & the door would look like a mediaval shield from the outside..)
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Maybe use carriage bolts, with the nut on the inside of the garage? If you are really paranoid that someone may screw them out, paint the exposed thread with enamel paint, before fitting the nut. Once the paint has dried, there is no way that they can be loosened from outside.
 
grok said:
I have a bloody heavy wooden garage door that's shedding its hinge screws again, lakadees..

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So apart from drilling a hole right through and installing a round headed bolt with locktite, how do I fix them so it doesn't repeat every 6 months?
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I know your pain. When I look at my heavy's garage door when he opens it from the inside it's a total mess. All the hinges move. Holes are worn out.

I would suggest you get a piece of aluminum thread plate or similar and put it between the hinge and the door and screw in new screws in new holes. And screw the hinge to the pieces of plate. And after that go for a lekker screw.

I hope my story makes sense.

I have an all-glass aluminum door with the same problem. All the holes are stripped. From fscking day one. And that thing is what you call heavy. Never in my life did I imagine glass can be that heavy. Still have to fix mine. Maybe I should follow my own advice.
 
deesef said:
Maybe use carriage bolts, with the nut on the inside of the garage? If you are really paranoid that someone may screw them out, paint the exposed thread with enamel paint, before fitting the nut. Once the paint has dried, there is no way that they can be loosened from outside.
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I don't know what they're called but these round dome shaped ones.. I'm afraid anything protruding the other side will scrape the wall or something.

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W@P said:
I know your pain. When I look at my heavy's garage door when he opens it from the inside it's a total mess. All the hinges move. Holes are worn out.

I would suggest you get a piece of aluminum thread plate or similar and put it between the hinge and the door and screw in new screws in new holes. And screw the hinge to the pieces of plate. And after that go for a lekker screw.

I hope my story makes sense.

I have an all-glass aluminum door with the same problem. All the holes are stripped. From fscking day one. And that thing is what you call heavy. Never in my life did I imagine glass can be that heavy. Still have to fix mine. Maybe I should follow my own advice.
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Lol I have one of those as well, telling you this house was built by hacking pieces off a mountain, ie the in the pre-anything-efficiency days. Frame is a bit loose from when the friends of Zuma tried to break in there a few years ago, but that one's light as a feather to the touch after I replaced the nylon(?) wheels it runs on.

I think the through bolts are going to work better, with a plate there'll just be 4 screws to wear out instead of 4.

Incident l wanted to add battery backup to the motor recently, they said the motor's so old I have to replace it to get battery backup working. Gave me like an Eskom quote so I still open it by hand when the power's out..
 
grok said:
Lol I have one of those as well, telling you this house was built by hacking pieces off a mountain, ie the in the pre-anything-efficiency days. Frame is a bit loose from when the friends of Zuma tried to break in there a few years ago, but that one's light as a feather to the touch after I replaced the nylon(?) wheels it runs on.

I think the through bolts are going to work better, with a plate there'll just be 4 screws to wear out instead of 4.

Incident l wanted to add battery backup to the motor recently, they said the motor's so old I have to replace it to get battery backup working. Gave me like an Eskom quote so I still open it by hand when the power's out..
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Get a cheap inverter and a battery for LS circumvention. I have done that after my vision batteries became not good enough for long load shedding, but sufficient for the short period of opening a garage door.
 
grok said:
It's the holes wearing out so welding the bolt would be the opposite of a good idea, the place is old & believe me the door weighs a ton, like I could barely almost not even lift it by myself when one of the springs broke.
Also 6 months might have been an exaggeration but I need a proper fix, if the bolts come out the door panels goes skew & that'll either break the worm gear or the motor.
I've had to replace something or the other on this pos almost every year.

I'm sure the both-sided bolts would keep, just there's 4 to a hinge, 5 hinges per panel and 5 panels so 4 joins, I'm afraid I'm going to wear out my drill bits :p
(I'll prob only drill the side ones through but ya know what I mean & the door would look like a mediaval shield from the outside..)
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ok yeah then it wont work, carriage bolts imo it will have to be, or new aluzinc doors :p
 
grok said:
Lol I have one of those as well, telling you this house was built by hacking pieces off a mountain, ie the in the pre-anything-efficiency days. Frame is a bit loose from when the friends of Zuma tried to break in there a few years ago, but that one's light as a feather to the touch after I replaced the nylon(?) wheels it runs on.

I think the through bolts are going to work better, with a plate there'll just be 4 screws to wear out instead of 4.

Incident l wanted to add battery backup to the motor recently, they said the motor's so old I have to replace it to get battery backup working. Gave me like an Eskom quote so I still open it by hand when the power's out..
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Drill the existing holes to the next biggest size to fit a piece of dowel rod that you glue in there with a strong wood glue.. pilot drill as small a hole as you can that allows the existing bolts to thread back in..
 
So very randomly...

Have a double garage door with a 3 button remote. Works fine.
Been trying to connect a different remote (those 2 button Centurion Nova ones) using every possible trick with no luck; even this garage guy that came round to sort out a roller wheel couldn't help. We tried a few different remote types I had lying around, nothing happening. The only type we haven't tried is the same 3 button one that's currently working.
Now assuming I'm following the correct steps to link it and before I go out and buy a remote, could it be something like only certain remote types would work with my particular garage motor? Google speaks about universal remotes and what not, thought I'd check in here though.
 
Sepeng said:
So very randomly...

Have a double garage door with a 3 button remote. Works fine.
Been trying to connect a different remote (those 2 button Centurion Nova ones) using every possible trick with no luck; even this garage guy that came round to sort out a roller wheel couldn't help. We tried a few different remote types I had lying around, nothing happening. The only type we haven't tried is the same 3 button one that's currently working.
Now assuming I'm following the correct steps to link it and before I go out and buy a remote, could it be something like only certain remote types would work with my particular garage motor? Google speaks about universal remotes and what not, thought I'd check in here though.
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You will need a centurion receiver to use a centurion remote. Likewise with any other brand.
 
Sepeng said:
So very randomly...

Have a double garage door with a 3 button remote. Works fine.
Been trying to connect a different remote (those 2 button Centurion Nova ones) using every possible trick with no luck; even this garage guy that came round to sort out a roller wheel couldn't help. We tried a few different remote types I had lying around, nothing happening. The only type we haven't tried is the same 3 button one that's currently working.
Now assuming I'm following the correct steps to link it and before I go out and buy a remote, could it be something like only certain remote types would work with my particular garage motor? Google speaks about universal remotes and what not, thought I'd check in here though.
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You do get a universal remote. I bought one for my SO and programmed it the same as my VERY old house alarm remote.
 
The DC Blue remotes work with other receives if you know how.

By default the DC Blue remote will only work with their own receives on the more secure mode, however you can change on a per button to a less secure I think non-rolling mode or older rolling mode, which I was able to pair with other receivers just fine.
 
Once had issues with the receiver on my garage door and after many technicians and various combinations finally realized the receiver was full for some reason.

Just had to be reset and then it would take anything.
 
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