Cracks can sometimes occur in vinyl siding if it's struck while temperatures are low. Wait until spring and fix it easily.

Exterior door handles on a Toyota Tercel have threaded shafts that extend through the door and have retaining nuts on the inside of the door. These door handles usually fail due to using excessive force on the handles. Toyota Tercel door handles are side-specific, so indicate which side is needed when ordering a new one.

Milled wood gutters even in disrepair are a beautiful architectural detail that should be kept on the house at all cost. Besides being beautifully crafted, they add to the value of your home. The inside surface of a gutter is usually what needs repair. Rot or checking in the wood is a big problem with wood gutters. Maintain wood gutters regularly to avoid paying the price down the line for costly and time-consuming repairs.

Exterior door window grids are typically installed on both the interior side of the door and the exterior side. Some of these grids are permanently affixed to the door and will not come off. Others just snap in with clips or pins that are on the ends of the grids. Some exterior door window grids are constructed out of several routed and miter cut pieces of wood. This type of grid replacement is best completed by a skilled carpenter.

If you need to replace an old worn out exterior door handle, then now is the time. This is an easy project that can be done in a few minutes, provided you have the right tools and a replacement door handle that fits your door. The instructions below are written for more traditional types of door handles found on wood and metal doors. However, they will also work for other types of door handles, such as those found on storm doors and screen doors. You simply need to skip the steps that talk about removing or inserting the latch.

If a gutter sags too much, it looks unsightly, and if the sag is in the wrong direction, water collects, giving mosquitoes a breeding ground and creating leaks. It's standard to pitch gutters 1/16 inch per foot (2 mm per 30 cm) toward the nearest downspout, but even a level gutter will drain. Assuming that the spikes, brackets or hangers are installed correctly, most commonly a gutter sags due to ice and snow damage or because a ladder has bent or dislodged its supports.

Rot occurs whenever water gets into cracks or penetrates a wood finish and can't dry out. Seal these cracks and maintain the finish to protect wood's beauty and integrity. Consult a pro for structural rot repairs, but you can tackle small ones yourself.

The reasons are numerous to replace an exterior door jamb. The jamb may be damaged due to years of use, or you may want to update your home with a new look. The door unit is made of four sides. The bottom of the door is known as the sill or threshold, and can be made of wood or aluminum. The hinge side of the door unit is referred to as the hinge side jamb, the top of the door is the top jamb, and the locking side of the door unit is known as the lock side jamb.

Exterior trim is a natural target for dry rot. Precipitation, such as rain, sleet and snow, is often the culprit, but other factors can lead to dry rot in exterior trim pieces. Lawn sprinklers that continually spray water on windows and doors on the outside can lead to dry rot, as can runoff or leaks from overhead rain gutters. All of these factors should be corrected to prevent future problems, but the existing dry rot must be repaired in order to salvage the exterior trim.

Got exterior paint that's chipping, flaking or peeling? A little repainting and paint repair can go a long way to correct these problems and improve the look of your home.  The articles in this section offer advice on how to repair your outdoor paint problems and make your home look like new again.