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chastest

Wilmette, IL, US
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chastest
Former builder in Big Sky, Montana. Done lots of rehabs in Chicago and built my current house and addition. Always improving.
Tried to work with Joe Lstiburek in the 80's when he was briefly in Chicago. I have been a huge diciple of Joe's and heat our house mostly with my water heater.



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Re: Drilling out a 1-1/2 inch deadbolt hole to a new 2-1/8 inch hole

I like this idea very much. I'm about to do the same thing for a client. After screwing around with a cut plug it dawned on me to turn a plug on my lath. I can get the plug as tight as I need and with some glue I'll be good to go.

However, I will try this first before I slip in the lath plug.

thanks,
Chas