What is the use of double locks? Not two separate lock, just the kind of lock that you can turn once (which locks the door) and then another time, in the same direction (which locks the door... more?). [more inside]
posted by Skyanth on May 27, 2009 - 13 answers

Looking for a unique door to my gun room/armory. [more inside]
posted by Mastercheddaar on May 18, 2009 - 16 answers

Is there an architect or graphic designer in the house? I need line/blue print style images of windows and doors for art pieces I am designing. Please help! [more inside]
posted by Ponderance on May 14, 2009 - 16 answers

Looking for an anecdote -- possibly on MetaFilter, possibly elsewhere -- about someone's roommate connecting with her deceased father through music. [more inside]
posted by ricochet biscuit on May 11, 2009 - 0 answers

How to make a theatrical version of the Star Trek doors that can be operated by one person using only one rope. Must be able to both open and close. [more inside]
posted by cloeburner on Apr 17, 2009 - 16 answers

LizardKingFilter: What jobs, if any, did Jim Morrison have to make ends meet before hitting it big with the Doors? [more inside]
posted by Unsomnambulist on Apr 6, 2009 - 3 answers

I'm moving into a new home soon and, sadly, I have absolutely no interior decorating talent whatsoever. I've managed to get by most of my adult life by snagging ideas from magazines and tv shows, but two things about my new house have me stumped. Here's where you come in... [more inside]
posted by _Mona_ on Oct 11, 2008 - 16 answers

So what's inside areas that are closed off to the public, in buildings? [more inside]
posted by sixcolors on Jul 17, 2008 - 40 answers

How difficult is it to convert an 'inactive' lockset to an active lockset. [more inside]
posted by tickettrader on Jul 14, 2008 - 1 answer

My friend recently moved into a new apartment where the two bedrooms are separated by french doors (with glass panes). What is the best way to soundproof this wall? Interested in both the cheapest and most soundproof solutions. Thanks!
posted by purplefiber on Jul 7, 2008 - 10 answers

Our indoor cat desperately wants to go outside. Help! [more inside]
posted by anotherpanacea on Feb 15, 2008 - 16 answers

I want to buy an "official" sign or sticker that implies to the reader that "THE ROOM YOU ARE ENTERING IS GODDAMNED COLD!!!" [more inside]
posted by melorama on Dec 18, 2007 - 29 answers

Fireplace glass doors: Necessary evil or unsightly decorating no-no? We have three brick fireplaces. The house was built in 1968 or so and the folding glass doors on the fireplaces appear to be from the same era. I grew up in a 100+ year old house with no fireplace doors, and the hearths were much more attractive than these. Questions: can we/ should we remove the doors? If we leave the fireplace au naturel will there be freezing cold air flooding into the house? All my searches about his have led to sites talking about REPLACING the doors, but we want to be rid of them. ANy help from people who know more about chimneys, etc. than we do would be most welcome.
posted by mmf on Sep 3, 2007 - 11 answers

In our new house, I can't work out how to get out of the double glazed sliding patio doors. They are locked, and I think I have the key (well, I have a key), but they just won't open. What am I missing? [more inside]
posted by handee on Aug 17, 2007 - 11 answers

Looking for ideas on how to stop my basement door from leaking. [more inside]
posted by COD on Jun 14, 2007 - 6 answers

Kitchen cabinet camouflage - bring me your ideas! [more inside]
posted by acoutu on Feb 18, 2007 - 19 answers

Who said "There is nothing more frightening than a closed door."? I seem to remember an attribution to Hitchcock, but that may be apocryphal. Also, my recollection of the quote may be a paraphrase.
posted by sciurus on Oct 4, 2006 - 19 answers

I need help identifying an obscure, ancient-looking sculpture. A picture of it appears pinned to the inside of a door in a photo of Jim Morrison holding a gas mask. Here is the photo of Jim My interest is in the photo over his left shoulder. Try not to be distracted by the one over his right shoulder. If you crop out the item and turn it right-side up, you get this. So, all you classical history buffs, recognize the statue?? [more inside]
posted by swlabr on Jan 27, 2006 - 10 answers

I was at Lowe's looking at a storm door for the front of my house. Pella has this thing called Express Install. It shows a woman installing a storm door all by herself. Anyone have any experience with these Pella storm doors? [more inside]
posted by clearlynuts on Nov 7, 2005 - 6 answers

What are my options for installing a home security system? [more inside]
posted by DCTapeworm on Oct 31, 2005 - 10 answers

Ignoramus DIYer wants sliding, hanging, swinging homemade translucent doors! [more inside]
posted by RJ Reynolds on Sep 9, 2005 - 8 answers

Home Security: The doors currently on my house would be laughably easy to break through. I'm planning to replace them with solid wood doors with metal strips reinforcing the jamb, and serious deadbolts (with long screws securing them.) Is there anything I'm missing (so far as securing doors go)? [more inside]
posted by Zed_Lopez on Jul 25, 2005 - 10 answers

I'm starting work on a new deck and ideally when the project is finished, I'd like to swap out the standard sliding glass door that leads out from the kitchen with out-swinging double french doors (something like these). But can they also be practical? [more inside]
posted by mathowie on Mar 8, 2005 - 14 answers

Home Improvement: I have a door which isn't fitting into its frame. Basically, the top part is a little too tall, probably 1 cm or so. Is there a tool or method which will allow me to shave the top cm from the door?
posted by chaz on Jan 4, 2005 - 9 answers

I have another NYC quirks question (my first was about straws): Why is it that if a store (such as Banana Republic) has double doors at its entrance, more often than not one of them is locked? According to my observations all it does is impede traffic (which would be problematic if there was a fire).
posted by o2b on Oct 25, 2004 - 11 answers

So I locked myself out... [more inside, now I'm finally here] [more inside]
posted by humuhumu on Jun 19, 2004 - 12 answers

Say you have two holes in your front car doors where the speakers should go. And say that even though you can wire them up, you have no way to attach them, because the geniuses that can design a car to drive 300,000 miles can't make interior door panels that don't shred like cardboard after a quarter of that. What would you do? [mas adentro] [more inside]
posted by gottabefunky on Feb 8, 2004 - 3 answers