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a little off the specifics of how to fix that, but I'd think twice about renting out a place with existing damage or a crappy repair job. If you do that, you are sending a message to your tenants that you don't really care about keeping things in good condition. If you rent out a well maintained property, you are going to attract higher quality tenants who will do a better job of keeping things in good repair.
As for the repair, maybe you can check out local places like Habitat for Humanity to see if you can pick up a used replacement instead of paying for a new one? You might have to bite the bullet and buy a new door, since that one is a less common style with that center rail, but you might be able to get the box and only have to buy one new door.
Since we're on Woodworking 101, let's make sure we have our terminology correct. You are referring to a "stile"- a "rail" is the horizontal piece.
You know, I actually thought it was stile but I wasn't 100% sure and I thought it would look weird to have style and stile so close in the same sentence
Since we're on Woodworking 101, let's make sure we have our terminology correct. You are referring to a "stile"- a "rail" is the horizontal piece.
Which is curious, as a stile is properly the short ladder or steps used to cross a farm fence. Stile, as used in woodworking, is likely a corruption of the Greek stele, which not only refers to grave monuments but pillars.
Style is a relatively recent word related to a stylus or writing implement. The individualized flourishes in hand-written script constitute a personal style. That got expanded into use in the fashion world and then general usage.
Ultimately, all these variations likely have a root in a proto-word roughly meaning "stick."
(I agree that replacement of the cabinet is the most straightforward fix.)
Before doing anything invasive I would look around and see if you could steal parts from somewhere else. For example, same doors in the pantry? swap it out and do a kluge-job on the burnt piece. For the rail? Could you carefully cut a rectangular section out, flip it over and reinstall with the burnt side inward? Maybe then paint the inside and underside to reflect some more light down on the sink? If you have a door of the same general type, but different size, somewhere else that's hardly seen, could you take off the burnt parts of the very exposed one and replace them with the parts of that other door, and then do something klugey to the not exposed one? Flip the burnt door upside down so at least the burnt area is up near the ceiling, then sand, fill, and paint it to a near enough color?
Which is curious, as a stile is properly the short ladder or steps used to cross a farm fence. Stile, as used in woodworking, is likely a corruption of the Greek stele, which not only refers to grave monuments but pillars.
Style is a relatively recent word related to a stylus or writing implement. The individualized flourishes in hand-written script constitute a personal style. That got expanded into use in the fashion world and then general usage.
Ultimately, all these variations likely have a root in a proto-word roughly meaning "stick."
(I agree that replacement of the cabinet is the most straightforward fix.)
In the context of several of your other responses over the years...
Go to a cabinet shop or a local woodworker. While its not Woodworking 101, its also not all that hard for a professional or serious hobbyists woodworker. Even matching the stain.
Years ago many community colleges offered a lot of technology classes. I took several classes including Mill & Cabinet. I made several custom kitchen cabinets, & others. I think they probably still offer these classes in many colleges. You could buy lumber there for projects. They have hand tools & power tools you can use. We used lumber core plywood for many of the cabinets.
I took:
mill & cabinet
finish carpentry
carpentry
automotive
body & fender
architecture
welding
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