Charlie:
Dennis in Porter asks us about his home from Trend Maker. He says, “First three months, the door started squeezing.”
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Tom:
Squeezing?
Charlie:
Well it says squeezing in place and squeaking in others.
Tom:
I think he meant squeaking.
Charlie:
I think so too.
Tom:
I don’t think I don’t know how to squeeze a door.
Charlie:
But anyway, he says, “The builder came out and replaced two of the door hinge pins on the doors that were squeaking”-
Tom:
Squeaking.
Charlie:
“And that worked for about a month or so, and then they started squeaking again.” He says, “28 years they spent in their last house with not a squeak to be heard.” What’s causing this problem, Tom?
Tom:
The pins are just, it’s metal to metal. It’s squeaking. Put a little-
Charlie:
Graphite?
Tom:
Graphite’s okay, but that’s what they used to do in the old days. If you look at the hinges later, you get all this little black schmutz all over it. That’s the graphite that works its way up.
Charlie:
Schmutz.
Tom:
Schmutz. Yeah, it’s not pretty. Today we’ve got some other stuff. I would use like what they do on garage doors and use that non-stick silicone spray and I think that would be fine. You don’t get the black residue from the graphite. Graphite’s old school, man.
Charlie:
Perish the schmutz.
Tom:
No schmutz.