Steve: Yes, this is how mine are constructed. I had thought about WD40 or silacone spray but I'm a little hesitant cause I just know that stuff is gonna get on the glass at some point. Maybe I'll have the sighted housekeeper do this so she can clean it up immediately.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Crews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, August 22, 2008 2:43 pm Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Storm door lubricatrion was pushbars > Bill, Some storm doors have a long piano type hinge from top to > bottom.Try using W-40 on the full legth of the hinge. After > spraying with lube, try > swinging the door back and forth a few times if the squeak doesn't > quit, try > spraying again with a spray type lubricant. > > Steve > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Friday, August 22, 2008 2:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Storm door lubricatrion was pushbars > > > > Spiro's mention of storm doors reminded me that I meant to ask this: > WE have three storm doors altogether, and two are associated with > a sort of > three-seasons room. These two have developped some really loud > squeals when > the door is opened or closed. There has to be a way of getting a > lubricantto the hinge, but there don't seem to be pins that could > be extracted. > Anybody have experience with this? > Thanks. > > Bill Stephan > Kansas Citty MO > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net> net > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:spiro%40netaxs.com> com > Date: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:58 pm > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] pushbars > > Hi Folks, I've gotten a few responses on my request for push > bars. > > They > > were in the manner of "me too". > > Well, recently a glass and ceramic diamond bit was posted. > > That company > > technologylk.com > > sells loads of things like storm door hardware as well as > mirrored > > glass > > and glass cutters. > > They have white powdered aluminum pusbars, set of 3 in aluminum > > frame part > > dg40 spanning up to 36 inches > > and they have vinyl coated, (thin metal) 2 bar kits (maybe in > > strictly > > vinyl brackets as I bought at ACE hardware a few years ago) > > item k5166 is gray and k5167 is white. > > I really think I want the dg40. > > I'm going back there as they have parts to fix luver mechanisms > as > > well.Thanks for the post, to the poster, it has had valuable > > tangential > > results! > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
