Garet and I bought a stormdoor months ago (really!) it has been sitting in our garage. I really want to put it up! So.... I thought, how hard could this be? I'm fairly handy. I can do it myself! I was so excited to think of the finished product! I got Garet's "How-To" books (we have 2 of them!) and I got all the tools that the box said I would need... screwdriver, nails, drill, hacksaw, tape measure... Cut open the stormdoor box and pulled out their directions. First thing it said, "Two people needed to install stormdoor." Whatever, I thought - I'll just take the glass out of the frame, that will make it much lighter - I am going to do this! Step 1: measure, Woo hoo, I can do that! Step 2: Place stormdoor on sawhorse (?? what tha??) Did I mention it was about 100 degrees outside? So, I kept trying... Step 2a: Get the "Z" looking thing (so I don't remember the technical name...) and align with the top of the door. At this point, I was soaked with sweat. The door is HEAVY and there was no way I was able to pick it up and "align" anything.... so.... I put everything back in the box, and taped it up really good, and propped it back up against our garage wall, and went inside. =( I told Garet this was a priority when he gets home!!
Hey, I tried right...
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