Tonight I had to figure out how to replace a water damaged kitchen cabinet back panel. Last week we had a fizzy drink break in the kitchen cabinet and we didn’t find it until the next morning, by which time the MDF-Melamine back panel had soaked up a lot of the liquid and become quite water logged.
We were not able to figure out how to dry the MDF-Melamine (I’m convinced it’s not possible) so I set out to replace the back water damaged panel.
On our About Page on this site I have written a little bit about what we do as full-time volunteers in Youth With A Mission (YWAM), but I have never actually written all that much about it.
Last weekend was my 30th birthday and we are looking at my 30th year to be a significant one for us in ministry. It’s exciting to look ahead and see some of what God has planned for us.
You can read more about what we do at 2007.billandtamara.com, which is a web-site that we set-up to help us raise prayer and financial support for this new year, and keep people updated on what we are doing…
Because of the location of our back door is will be nearly impossible for install a normal screen or security door on it. The top of the door jam is right at the bottom of the ceiling. This works fine for the main door, which opens inwards, but it means that we can’t install an outward opening security or screen door because it will hit the roof overhang on the back of the house.
In the latest Handyman Magazine there is a screen door advertised that would work great, except for one problem which I will outline at the end of this post.
The “Bug Off Instant Screen
The problem that we would have with it though, which Tamara pointed out to me as I was getting ready to order it on-line, is that our 9-month old could push right through it and tumble down the stairs. Because it doesn’t actually have a closing or locking mechanism like a normal security or screen door would have, there is no security with it, and there is no way to keep the little (short) people from getting outside through it.
We might be able to revisit this idea once we get our deck up on the back of the house, with a child gate above the stairs of course, but for now we are stuck with the main door always closed…
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Last week I did a bit of late night painting on the posts and banisters out the front of our house. Almost as soon as I was finished it started to rain, which had me really worried about the paint (it was an undercoat) running off.
Thankfully the paint didn’t wash off, but seeing as how it was 11:45 at night when I finished I did miss one of the shorter posts, and a bit under the handrail. I also had a few streaks on the last post that I did, but I’m not sure if that was the rain or the fatigue that caused that one…