October 30th, 2009 / 4:00 pm
Craft Notes

I installed a doorstop today and wanted to post instructions in case anyone else needed help installing a doorstop. Email me if you have any questions or suggestions?

1. Here are some tools.

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2. Drill a hole slightly smaller than the diameter of the doorstop’s screw. If you’re screwing it directly into sheet rock, you probably don’t need to drill a hole. There is a hole in this picture, but it’s hard to see.

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3. Screw in the doorstop.

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You’re all done!

36 Comments

  1. alec niedenthal

      thank you

  2. alec niedenthal

      thank you

  3. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      doorstop was my nickname in prison.

  4. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      doorstop was my nickname in prison.

  5. matthewsavoca

      haha
      ryan, this post makes you my favorite

  6. matthewsavoca

      haha
      ryan, this post makes you my favorite

  7. alec niedenthal

      for some reason htmlgiant hasn’t let me post any comments for the past 2 days and i really just want to say “thank you”

  8. alec niedenthal

      oh sweet, that actually posted

  9. alec niedenthal

      for some reason htmlgiant hasn’t let me post any comments for the past 2 days and i really just want to say “thank you”

  10. alec niedenthal

      oh sweet, that actually posted

  11. Blake Butler

      i just went to spam and found a bunch of yours. i posted most of them now. not sure why you were being swept in there.

  12. Blake Butler

      i just went to spam and found a bunch of yours. i posted most of them now. not sure why you were being swept in there.

  13. alec niedenthal

      oh, well a lot of them are multiples or me saying help i can’t post on htmlgiant, so don’t worry about actually posting them now. that is weird, though.

  14. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      It did it to me earlier, but I think it was b/c I posted two links.

      and I think it sometimes does it to one-word responses.

  15. alec niedenthal

      oh, well a lot of them are multiples or me saying help i can’t post on htmlgiant, so don’t worry about actually posting them now. that is weird, though.

  16. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      It did it to me earlier, but I think it was b/c I posted two links.

      and I think it sometimes does it to one-word responses.

  17. Aaron

      Interesting. I was raised to think the only doorstop was my head. I need to have a conversation with my parents.

  18. Vaughan Simons

      I don’t like this doorstop. This doorstop keeps appearing in every lit mag under the sun. This doorstop has a book deal. This doorstop has its own group on Fictionaut where it just goes around leaving fawning comments on everyone’s … oh. Wait. Mean Week’s over, isn’t it?

      Okay. Doorstop it is, then. I’m going to go and buy myself some doors first.

  19. Aaron

      Interesting. I was raised to think the only doorstop was my head. I need to have a conversation with my parents.

  20. Vaughan Simons

      I don’t like this doorstop. This doorstop keeps appearing in every lit mag under the sun. This doorstop has a book deal. This doorstop has its own group on Fictionaut where it just goes around leaving fawning comments on everyone’s … oh. Wait. Mean Week’s over, isn’t it?

      Okay. Doorstop it is, then. I’m going to go and buy myself some doors first.

  21. Blake Butler

      yes, i think inserting links in a comment automatically dumps it into spam. and i always forget to go looking through spam. it may or may not reserve you to spam for some time thereafter after links are caught in such a way. anyhow, apologies.

  22. Blake Butler

      yes, i think inserting links in a comment automatically dumps it into spam. and i always forget to go looking through spam. it may or may not reserve you to spam for some time thereafter after links are caught in such a way. anyhow, apologies.

  23. Ryan Call

      i just tested the doorstop and it works.

  24. Ryan Call

      i just tested the doorstop and it works.

  25. alec niedenthal

      oh, yeah, it was probably the link to michiko kakutani porn i posted. no worries.

  26. alec niedenthal

      oh, yeah, it was probably the link to michiko kakutani porn i posted. no worries.

  27. jensen

      manly.

  28. jensen

      manly.

  29. jh

      Oh I see you have the faggy little Whitman’s Sampler of drill bits. Too timid to pick out your own, son?

  30. jh

      Oh I see you have the faggy little Whitman’s Sampler of drill bits. Too timid to pick out your own, son?

  31. Ryan Call

      worst part is when i opened it up, some of the smaller ones fell in the washing machine and i cant find them now.

  32. Ryan Call

      worst part is when i opened it up, some of the smaller ones fell in the washing machine and i cant find them now.

  33. jh

      Goggles has also lost at least 2 of the bits from that set, which I believe set you back $20 USD from Home De-pot.

  34. jh

      Goggles has also lost at least 2 of the bits from that set, which I believe set you back $20 USD from Home De-pot.

  35. Ryan Call

      yep. hopefully i have no very tiny holes to drill in the future

  36. Ryan Call

      yep. hopefully i have no very tiny holes to drill in the future