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OT hanging storm door.

#1

OT hanging storm door.

john lucas

Just bought a new house and will be building a new workshop. My problem right now is hanging the storm doors on the house. The moulding they used around the existing door is not flush with the wood. It is aluminum and has been nailed on. The problem is there seems to be about a 3/8" to 1/2" gap between the outer surface and the wood. when you try to put the screws in from the side to hang the storm door trim the screws just go into air. You can probably screw in from the face side of the trim, which you have to do anyway, and just don't pull the screws in enough to bend the metal. doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

the other option is to try and remove this trim and fill the gap with wood. The problem is they used nails with small heads and I thin it will be impossible to get them out without bending and marking up that trim.

anybody have any suggestions. I just paid $300 for these doors and hate to take them back and really would like to have storm doors on the house.

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JohnV

can you bring the head off the small trim nails with a small drummer grinder?

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Don Goodwin

What about drilling the heads off and leaving the shank? Take a nail or small punch (pointed) and dimple the center of the head. Then use a drill bit that is a little smaller than the head and drill until you disconnect (for lack of a better word) the head from the shaft. The trim should now be loose at that point. Go on to next nail and repeat. That should free up the trim and allow you to fill behind where you want the storm door screws. You could then drive a new trim nail thru the hole left by the old nail. I'm thinking that you wouldn't have to snip off the old nail shaft if you drive slightly beside the old nail, using the old hole. Hope this makes sense.

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#4

good tips

john lucas

If I get the head off I can simply drive the nail in all the way. they are small diameter I could probably just bend them over and apply the new wood on top.

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Thomas Dunlap

I'm not sure that I can picture what you're doing.

It seems like you're trying to connect the wooden storm door frame to metal frame.

A couple ideas???

-Gorilla Glue

-Pop rivets/blind nuts

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Don Stephan

Worst case you ask a carpenter for options and have them do it. If it was site made trim from coil stock it might be better to remove, shim out the opening correctly and then have new trim made and installed.

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John lucas

I'm just going to wait until.i have my shop going in a month or so. Then I will.remove the original door trim an cut the proper size wood to fill.in the space. Then put the trim back on. Then I will be able to mount the storm door correctly. What a pain. That's what you get when you buy an older home

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Ralph Lipeles

That's the way to go. Just be patient.

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