Questions tagged [aluminum]
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Best saw to cut through aluminum siding and drywall to install a dog door?
So my wife and I just moved into a new cape cod house in New England, and I need to put in a dog door. We're gonna put it in the mud room which has vinyl sheeting on the inside, drywall (?) in the ...
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My exterior paint on the aluminum siding is fading and chalky. It's probably 50 years old. We're starting to see another color come through but have no details from the prior owner. My question is how ...
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What would you recommend to fix this problem with outdoor aluminum trim flecking paint?
I am having paint fleck off aluminum trim on my house. What would be a recommendation to correct this problem? If painting it, how long would it last?
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Connecting two Aluminium post together
I have aluminum fencing post of 7 ft. Because of less height, I cant use this to insert directly into the concrete to have additional stability and strength. One option is directly installed on a ...
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How to Repair Aluminum Siding J Channel Outside Corner
What are possible ways to repair this mangled j channel corner? It's a single piece of aluminum that runs to the roof, so it would be a pain to remove all the siding to replace it.
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How do I fix a metal storm door that is too low on its hinges?
We have an aluminum glass door outside of our front door that won't close or open without serious force. It looks like it needs to be lifted on the hinges, as pictured. There is a gap at the top of ...
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How to form deformed slats of horizontal aluminum blinds back into shape?
Is there a way to return 100%-functional aluminum slats closer to original optically uniform shape? When looking at their profile, it is slightly bent shape like ⌢, 0.15 mm thick. Ideally in-place, ...
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What is this Z-Shaped Alumnium Under The Soffit?
We have an Z-shaped aluminum(?) material nailed to the wood under the soffit around the entirety of the house. The material has a white finish on the front with a gold finish on the back of the ...
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Is this house wired with copper and at least a 100A service?
Is this house copper wired and 100 amp?
I opened up the breaker box and see mostly copper colored wiring. And the largest breakers at the top of the breaker box are stamped with 100.
My mom has owned ...
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How to deal with the scratch in powder coated aluminium roller unit
I recently installed some roller window units made of Powder coated aluminium.
It's hardly two weeks , after seeing this scratch and I wonder ,Is it even the power coated aluminium as they mentioned.
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Fill gaps between vinyl window and aluminum frame with expanding foam?
I'm trying to re-trim a corner window in the kitchen. I'm not familiar with window terminology, so my apologies in advance.
It's a double paned window set into an aluminum frame. I've owned the house ...
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Is tapping into my 40A breaker circuit for my 130A partial duty welder doable and safe?
I have good access to Aluminum B type SE wire connected to a 40 amp breaker. It is a dedicated circuit. There are only two capped wires and a thin app 2 mm silver color (aluminum?) wire that is ...
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2 wire 6 AWG Aluminum wire used for a 4 prong dryer outlet [duplicate]
I am pretty comfortable and knowledgeable with wiring and basic electricity however I am stumped with how to proceed with my current problem. My dryer died and needed a new dryer cord (it is 4 prong ...
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Fixing a loose screw in metal/aluminium sofa [closed]
I have bought an outdoor sofa on vidaxl.com that is made of aluminium tubulars.
The problem is that the quality of the product is bad, enough bad that after a couple of people gently pushed their ...
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What screws can be used with Aluminum windows?
I got some cheap aluminum windows for an outdoor room project, but I'm not sure what hardware to use to mount them. The windows have a nailing flange built in, but I don't want to use steel screws, or ...
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