Installing A Swinging Door

By Robert Robillard

Swinging Door With Butler Style Hinges I put the final carpentry touches on my new office by installing a swinging door.  the door is a 15-lite clear safety glass door on a “butlers hinge. ” A butler hinge allows the door to swing in both directions and is sprig loaded to swing open and then…

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Exterior Door Flashing Issue

By Robert Robillard

 Door flashing and Weather-Resistant Construction: On a recent project we were hired to replace the pressure treated decking and railing on a porch and replace everything with mahogany.  A pretty straightforward project, or at least that’s what I thought.  The door was leaking at the sill and had an exterior door flashing issue.While removing the…

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