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    Screen Doors

    I have two questions on screen doors, i've tried searching and didn't find anything, if i missed it, feel free to verbally attack me haha.

    So, I've had both full aluminum doors and wood core doors with aluminum trim. For the wood core, theres that thin aluminum "sheet" glued to each side of the pressboard...is there a easy/logical way to remove this, or is it just ready for the garbage pile?

    Also, the glass windows in them. The first one I ever dealt with, the aluminum trim just fell off the glass, leaving me with the glass plate and a rubber seal around the edge. So, next window, not so easy. I figure if i tap lightly on it with a thin scraper it may break it loose and ohh....yea....and then there was the pile of glass. So, is there an easy way to get that off...or is it a lost cause?

    I have 10 on the side of my garage, and if it's not strippable I'm going to take it to the Habitat for Humanity Restore and see if they want them. But i gotta be greedy first.



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    On a aluminum clad door try to peel it back enough to get a putty knife or flat bar or something in there to help separate, if it's a PITA then in the shed pile it goes for me anyway. On windows usually they come apart pretty easy but if it's stubborn I will use a rubber mallet and tap on one of the mitered ends that is sticking past the glass, to help lift it up and away from the glass.
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    and i used an 8 lb sledge last weekend. maybe i should get a rubber one
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    @^$_Y&$%*& there consider yourself attacked ! : ) welcome aboard.

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    I tried ''peeling'' one with an air chisel and gave up so my dad ended up throwing it on the fire pile and once the wood burned I got the aluminum. I dont pick them up any more because they are such a pain.

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    For windows that are caulked or whatever with the rubber seal use a utility knife and a thin blade flat head screwdriver. Run the knife against the aluminum on the side you see the caulk/seal and cut that little strip off then take the SD and try and wedge it between the alum and glass and pry up on it a little. After 2 or 3 times of prying the AL will move and you should be able to pull it by hand. Then pull the rest of them off. You might crack the glass but that's better than it shattering into tiny pieces.

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    some are aluminum
    some are coated steel
    some have zinc handles
    hope this helps

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    I found about five shower doors, with windows today.
    BEST way to disassemble them IMO, is to remove one screw, then stretch the frame (carefully) and pull out the glass, and rubber liner. (leave those there).

    Getting ticked though, since my stupid scrapyard is paying me like 30 cents per lb., and also sometimes calling it "cast" when it's sheet...
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    I do hope you are kidding about the cement filled pipes. I took in a tailgate from a full sized truck Tues. I knew it was heavy...took two men to put in on my truck and they were straining. Turns out, when the crane grabbed it, I saw sand coming out of it. It was an honest mistake !! BTW, did you know that shower door AL is extruded ?

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    I took in a tailgate from a full sized truck Tues. I knew it was heavy...took two men to put in on my truck and they were straining. Turns out, when the crane grabbed it, I saw sand coming out of it.
    Shame on you DEE, you broke my heart telling that,,lol
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    Being that tail gates aren't heavy I would have wondered why 2 men strained to load it.

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    What are you saying tater ??? Just cause YOU would know, doesn't mean I would !! lol Why do you suppose someone filled it with sand anyway ?

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    lol calm down. I dunno, maybe he hauled a lot of sand and over time the gate filled up. Or it came off a flooded truck.

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    Why do you suppose someone filled it with sand anyway ?
    If it was up here then it would be extra weight in the winter, down there like was said, maybe off a flooded truck.

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    Maybe I'm missing something here, but why would a flood cause the tailgate of a truck to be filled with sand?
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    Same reason that cars that go thru a flood will have 4-5" of sand and mud inside of the cars on the floorboards. How did it all get inside??? Mother Nature does some crazy stuff,,


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