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Saturday, January 11, 2020
Do-it-yourself home deadbolt lock installation, St. Doofolupoulis help us
Note to self. (And any other acolyte's of the little known, heterodox very minor *Saint Doofolupoulis).
When installing that new dead bolt lock with more secure 2 3/8 inch screws where half-inch ones were previously, it is a good idea to drill the hole deeper and not just try to muscle it in, ending up with it two-thirds of longer screw the way in, tight as granite, and the screw head rounded off.
So, while I stand guard over the open door, wifey is off to Lowe's for (a) a new screw, (b) a vice-grip to get the ruined screw out, and (c) a hand drill to do it right.
Dumb, dumb-dumb-dumb, DUMB!
Update: Vice-grip wrench set, electric hand drill, check; oops, put in the deadbolt bolt backwards, start over, yay!
Tis done, and it only took three plus hours, and scatological epithets (confession fodder, Dagnabit! Sorry Fr. Justin), and a pulled lower back muscle!
Lord have mercy. 🤬😳🤫
*There is no Saint Doofolupoulis. You knew that, right?
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Oh. Sorry about the back muscle. Sorry for laughing, also.
ReplyDeleteSorry! Been there, done that, closet full of t-shirts. 😄
ReplyDeleteHey Bob, when I realized I would have to drill a hole in the back door to my Oregon home, I called the locksmith to put in the deadbolt. More money, less aggravation.
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