{"id":142,"date":"2008-05-07T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2008-05-07T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T21:01:00","slug":"how-to-repair-a-screen-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"How to repair a screen door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m smack in the middle of a week off of teaching, so I&#8217;ve been working on some home improvements- mainly the front porch. It was formerly a storage area, and I wanted to make it into a decent place to relax.<\/p>\n<p>First, I had to fix both of my screen doors. The dogs had taken the liberty to convert them into doggie doors:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/broken-screen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-145\" title=\"broken-screen\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/broken-screen.jpg\" alt=\"doggie door?\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/broken-screen.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/broken-screen-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, I pulled the trim off of the lower half of the door:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/removing-the-broken.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-143\" title=\"removing-the-broken\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/removing-the-broken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/removing-the-broken.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/removing-the-broken-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, I pulled the old screen off:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/action-shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-144\" title=\"action-shot\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/action-shot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/action-shot.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/action-shot-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, I cut it off behind the middle trim piece and stapled the bottom of the old screen down:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/removed-and-stapled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-149\" title=\"removed-and-stapled\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/removed-and-stapled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/removed-and-stapled.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/removed-and-stapled-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I measured the hole and cut a piece to match:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/new-screen-ready.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-147\" title=\"new-screen-ready\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/new-screen-ready.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/new-screen-ready.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/new-screen-ready-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I stapled the new screen on and replaced the trim, and VIOLA&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/finished.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-146\" title=\"finished\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/finished.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/finished.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/finished-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dogs aren&#8217;t too happy, but I like it\u00c3\u201a  :)<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, and I put some plants into a weird hanging thing on my porch:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/plants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-148\" title=\"plants\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/plants.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/plants.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/plants-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m smack in the middle of a week off of teaching, so I&#8217;ve been working on some home improvements- mainly the front porch. It was formerly a storage area, and I wanted to make it into a decent place to relax. First, I had to fix both of my screen doors. 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