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aton5
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aton5
Growing in Experience
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September

  Hi @JacobZ I have inspected the door again as per your suggestion. Noticed that the gaps at the top and bottom are uneven. The door that can't clo ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
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Hi all, Have a double door where one of the door can't close recently. Before it became impossible to close it, the same door always felt a bit of res ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
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September

Hi @Nailbag Have finished installing the shelf, thanks again for the advice. Using the thin nail method has helped to assure me that I am not hitting ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
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August

Hi @Nailbag Yes my Ryobi stud finder can only pick up depth up to 38mm. So I am trying to hang the Ikea GRUNDTAL drying rack, weights 2.99kg; ma ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
August

Appreciate the advice! I will try filing the plate like what @AlanM52 suggested.

aton5
Growing in Experience
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August

Thanks, when I removed the lock strike plate, the door can be locked. Recalled that a tradie removed some timber in the lock plate slot when he did th ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
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August

Okay, didn't realise the stud finder could do that. Thanks!

aton5
Growing in Experience
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August

Hi Mitchell, Appreciate the advice, is there any guide on how to move the strike plate? And tools that I need to perform the job? Thanks.

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Bunnings Team Member JacobZ
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September

Hi @aton5, The simplest solution to the problem is to simply take the door off the hinges and use a block plane or planer to remove 4-5mm from the t ...

Bunnings Team Member JacobZ
Bunnings Team Member
September

Hi @aton5, As a general rule, you shouldn't install them within 100mm of each other because it can cause the plasterboard between them to fracture. ...

Nailbag
Home Improvement Guru
2 replies
August

Hi @aton5 Those screw-in anchors are probably the last type I would use. They are ok for fastening static objects where nothing moves. Because eve ...

Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
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August

Thinking about it @aton5, if the door locks when the striker plate is removed, then it's likely the plate itself that is the issue, not that timber. R ...

AlanM52
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August

Hi @aton5., Clamp the striker plate in a bench vice and file down the edge that is binding. You could also if needed shim the top hinge with cardboa ...

Nailbag
Home Improvement Guru
August

Hi @aton5 The image of the studs I supplied was simply a common layout, so don't be worried about your builder being shonky. To have studs in diffe ...

Nailbag
Home Improvement Guru
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August

Hi @aton5 Just note that one of the biggest differences between price-points of stud-finders is how deep they can scan through various sub-straight ...

Bunnings Team Member MitchellMc
Bunnings Team Member
August

Hi @aton5, If it's this Ryobi Stud Finder With AC Detection RYSF5003, it appears to use a green LED to indicate a solid object. It uses the red LED ...

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aton5
Growing in Experience
1 reply
September

  Hi @JacobZ I have inspected the door again as per your suggestion. Noticed that the gaps at the top and bottom are uneven. The door that can't clo ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
1 reply
September

Hi @Nailbag Have finished installing the shelf, thanks again for the advice. Using the thin nail method has helped to assure me that I am not hitting ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
3 replies
August

Hi @Nailbag Yes my Ryobi stud finder can only pick up depth up to 38mm. So I am trying to hang the Ikea GRUNDTAL drying rack, weights 2.99kg; ma ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
August

Appreciate the advice! I will try filing the plate like what @AlanM52 suggested.

aton5
Growing in Experience
5 replies
August

Okay, didn't realise the stud finder could do that. Thanks!

aton5
Growing in Experience
8 replies
August

I have went over this wall so many times and it kept showing up the same results. Why would the stud finder flash green when it detects copper pipes? ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
7 replies
August

Hi Eric, Thanks for your reply. I have attached pictures of the garage door. Noticed that when I removed the screws of the first hinge bracket (w ...

aton5
Growing in Experience
18 replies

This is my super tiny laundry room with just a washer and no dryer. Bought a stainless steel cloth hanging rack. Could only find 1 stud along this ...

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