Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-27 Thread robin
Jeffrey Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was wondering about treating it >> wilth liberal amounts of Teak Oil or similar... > >Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I?ll use >Teak Oil." Now they have two problems. +1 QOTW BTW, I integrated a similar line into one of

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-23 Thread Peter Hansen
Carl Friedrich Bolz wrote: > I heard that wooden door steps will lead to much lower walking speeds. Don't assume: use the timeit module to find out for yourself. > Isn't a low-level door step out of stone to be prefered? What did you learn when you Googled for it? -answering-entirely-in-charac

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-23 Thread EP
jkn wrote: >Hi all >I'm considering having a go at replacing the wooden door step to >our back door. The original is loose and rotting. > >I'm sure some of this will be clearer when I remove the (metal) door >frame - how is such a step fixed? Vertical frame fixings? > >Also, any suggestions fo

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-22 Thread John M. Gabriele
Jeffrey Schwab wrote: > jkn wrote: > > >> I was wondering about treating it >> wilth liberal amounts of Teak Oil or similar... > > > Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I’ll use > Teak Oil." Now they have two problems. Quit it! You're making me laugh too much and it'

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-22 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-02-23, Jeffrey Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I'm considering having a go at replacing the wooden door step to >>> our back door. The original is loose and rotting. >> Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use >> Teak Oil." Now they have two problems. Y

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-22 Thread Jeffrey Schwab
Jeffrey Schwab wrote: > jkn wrote: > >> Hi all >> I'm considering having a go at replacing the wooden door step to >> our back door. The original is loose and rotting. >> >> I'm sure some of this will be clearer when I remove the (metal) door >> frame - how is such a step fixed? Vertical frame

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-22 Thread Jeffrey Schwab
jkn wrote: > Hi all > I'm considering having a go at replacing the wooden door step to > our back door. The original is loose and rotting. > > I'm sure some of this will be clearer when I remove the (metal) door > frame - how is such a step fixed? Vertical frame fixings? Depends on your layou

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-22 Thread Carl Friedrich Bolz
Robert Boyd wrote: > On 2/22/06, Magnus Lycka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>jkn wrote: >> >>>Hi all >> >>Hi! >> >> >>>I'm considering having a go at replacing the wooden door step to >>>our back door. The original is loose and rotting. >> >>Aha, like old perl scripts. >> >> >>>I'm sure some o

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-22 Thread Robert Boyd
On 2/22/06, Magnus Lycka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jkn wrote: > > Hi all > > Hi! > > > I'm considering having a go at replacing the wooden door step to > > our back door. The original is loose and rotting. > > Aha, like old perl scripts. > > > I'm sure some of this will be clearer when I rem

Re: new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-22 Thread Magnus Lycka
jkn wrote: > Hi all Hi! > I'm considering having a go at replacing the wooden door step to > our back door. The original is loose and rotting. Aha, like old perl scripts. > I'm sure some of this will be clearer when I remove the (metal) door > frame - how is such a step fixed? Vertical fram

new wooden door step - fixing and finishing

2006-02-22 Thread jkn
Hi all I'm considering having a go at replacing the wooden door step to our back door. The original is loose and rotting. I'm sure some of this will be clearer when I remove the (metal) door frame - how is such a step fixed? Vertical frame fixings? Also, any suggestions for treating/finishing