Restoring Garage Door Hardware

Whether you are restoring antique furniture improving your home or building something from scratch you work hard to make your project look good.

Restoring garage door hardware. We offer hardware for restoration including interior and exterior door sets with mortise lock or tube latch levers or door knobs. I m restoring all the windows and door hardware in our 1924 house. House numbers door knockers mailboxes cabinet knobs and drawer pulls window hardware drapery and cafe sets shelves and shelf brackets hooks and picture hanging hardware bath hardware registers switches and. But the sash pulleys rust easily afterwards.

We recently updated the door hardware and even some of the doors in our home and it s made an amazing difference. Once you have removed excess dirt and grime from your hardware you re ready to disinfect it. Specialties include furniture and cabinet hardware builder s hardware door and window hardware fireplace accessories lighting fixtures and repairs refinishing. Door cost was about 1000 and additional labor was about 700.

The garage door was in really bad shape. Everbrite is a tough durable clear protective coating that restores the color and luster on faded garage doors and will protect the paint from fading corrosion oxidation acid rain rust and more. Is this when i should do a light coating of boiled linseed oil. I soak them in vinegar and the still re rust.

Restoring a dull garage door panel. Some contain harsh or abrasive chemicals that will damage the finish of your hardware. It will help to place shim blocks under the door to relieve some of the pressure from the brackets image 1. Blo poke the blo poke is the ideal tool for starting the fire rekindling the blaze and adjusting the logs in your fireplace.

Be sure to refer to the product s manual for more information. Elegant and functional our hardware will accent your restoration pieces and help you create a true work of art that. Here s how you can easily restore old doors and make them functional again by repairing damaged areas and adding modern hardware. Remove the brackets from the track along with any hardware from the doors.

This project gave me the chance to save a few old doors too. Using vise grips remove the bolts from the brackets image 2 and slide the doors out image 3. Disinfect your door hardware. I found a guy through my realator who installed a 4 piece secitonal sliding door and installed original siding on the front.

If you do have a damaged garage door then you should consider a new garage door installation instead of trying to. When i purchased my home single car garage the previous owner had boarded up the garage reason unknown. Lay the doors on plywood supported by saw horses. Pay special attention to the disinfectants ingredients.

If your garage door has seen better days there s a good chance you can polish it up so it looks brand new again. First it s important to check your garage door for any signs of damage.