Fixing a Sliding Glass Door:

           I have been fighting with my  sliding door on the rear of my house for awhile now . I tried cleaning where it slides but that only helped a little.I tried putting soap on the rail just like your old sled rails. Did not help at all.  

           So I turned to the trusty Internet to help me find a solution.Apparently there are wheels on the bottom that only last about 3 to 5 years. My door is 8 years old so I guess I lucked out.

           First thing to do is take the door out of casement. On the bottom of the door there will be a small hole on either end. (have someone help you and hold door, these doors are very heavy) stick a screwdriver in there and turn counterclockwise. This will raise the wheels up and lower the door. On my door ,I had to also slide the rail out because the door would not clear the top casement.Now the door will clear top casement, pull towards you and lay it on its side.

Now you can access the wheel Assembly's.On mine there is only one screw holding the wheels in . Unscrew it and pull the wheels off. Mine were completely broken .The wheels were broken right down the center.

There was no markings on the door ,so I didn't know the manufacturer which would of helped a lot. So off to Home Depot with part in hand. No luck There so off to Lowe's. They had something really close so I took a chance and it worked out fine.

I had to tap these in as they were a little wider than the original. I lined up the screw hole an screwed it in.I gave both wheels a nice shot of wd40 and I;m ready to install door into casing. Buy before you do that , clean all the gunk out of where door slides.
Put the door back in, turn screws clockwise to raise door up, now slide rail back in, adjust screws again and your finished. Door should move with one finger.
You just saved yourself about a $100 to $200 by doing it yourself.
Oh ,and one more thing, Make sure you tell the rest of the family you fixed it because if they pull as hard as they usually do, they will probably put the door right through the wall.                           

Ok ,Shed is all done except for gutters . I will put those on later, after I save some money up. You would be surprised at how much money it cost to build this shed.
 A rough estimate would be around $4500 but I'm sure after I total all the receipts It will be more.

The good thing is, now i can actually use my garage again.And everything toxic or flammable can be moved out to shed.I have a brother and brother in-law that are both firefighters.They told me that when they go to a house fire , they always worry if people are storing gas or propane in the garage or cellar.A 25 pound bbq propane tank can blow a house to pieces as well as kill quite a few people.Very Dangerous!

    

Gutter Helmet Dub Parody

   OK, all Done with vinyl siding, now to organize and move garage contents into shed. I like the look of it, matches the house.I will post some more pics of inside garage and shed when i get them organized and cleaned up.
   It was a fun project and  the whole family pitched in to help, which is the best part of this project.

   I was surfing the internet today and I found this site,

www.dorm-room.net , funny site about dorm room life at college, That looks like a lot of Styrofoam cups, must have taken quite a long time to do that.



As you can see, I get get sidetracked easy, probably why shed is not finished yet.The vinyl is all up except for the rear soffit.I
would install it today but its is supposed to be like 95 degrees out today. I will post more pics sometime this week.

If  I come across anymore good sites while  I'm  (ahem) working, I will post Those also.

   So its raining out again today, I went out to make sure the roof was not leaking, all is well with the roof but I see I have some water coming in under garage door.

The floor is made of osb (oriented strand board ) ,so it will eventually blow out from getting wet. I painted the threshhold with Kiltz Latex Primer, a Temporary fix until I can Figure out what I should do.

Any suggestions about how to solve this would be appreciated.

   My wife made a gigantic truffle for all the kids in band.
     MMMMMMMMMMMM looks good

   Started siding yesterday.I have never used vinyl siding before,but I have sided with cedar clapboard and cedar shakes.
RAIN DELAY
  Today it's raining out ,bummer, I want to finish this shed off, but at least I got the soffit up ,the front  has all the trim installed so I just have to install the vinyl siding.

Found a good size watermelon in the garden. I guess I cut it open too soon.It was pink inside and didnt taste very good. I think I will stick to tomatoes and cukes

As you can see garden isn't very big, but it produces fairly well