Once tried to paint my front door and fucked it up so badly that a professional had to sand it down. Cost me more than a workman would have done in the first place.
Once tried to paint my front door and fucked it up so badly that a professional had to sand it down. Cost me more than a workman would have done in the first place.
Got a robot vacuum that couldn’t climb over a particular threshold. Fortunately, it was made of wood and attached with a few screws, so I took it out. Now the robot is able to roam free. Well, now I can also see bare concrete where the threshold used to be, and that’s no good.
I went to the local hardware store and bought a slim aluminum threshold. Oh, it doesn’t fit. Well, I guess it’s time to try those cut-off wheels I got with my knock-off dremel. I reshaped both ends of the new threshold so that if fits perfectly. Time to screw it on.
Turns out, the screw holes don’t line up perfectly. Well, at least it’s held by 4 screws, but now there are also 2 vacant holes. It’s not perfect, but it is better than what I started with. I’ll count that as a win anyway.
You can buy a drill bit and add the holes you need in order to add the two missing screws…
The concrete below had some holes that I was able to use for attaching the threshold. Those holes didn’t line up perfectly with the existing holes of the prefabricated threshold, so one of them had to adapt. Drilling aluminum was a lot easier than drilling concrete, so I just went with the easier route. Just realized, that I could fill those vacant holes with fake screws to make it look nice.