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Posted by mm on May 31, 2008, 1:44 am
It looks like I should have read the whole thread before I posted, and
Wolf answered my question for me.
wrote:
>I saw the question about the sagging gate, and remembered this
>question.
>
>I was at the Hermitage a couple weeks ago, just east of Nashville, the
>home of Andrew Jackson before he was president and afterwards.
>
>Back from the main house are a bunch of buildings including one group
>of two houses, one of which had a door that was braced with heavy duty
>angle iron at each end of a 3/8" metal rod, threaded at both ends.
>
>That would be just right except the rod ran from the top outside
>corner to the bottom inside near the hinge.
>
>What is the point of that? Was the door lifting up and needed to be
>pulled down?
>
>Do any of you guys live near Nashville and you could check it out?
>I should have asked before I left, but I guess I thought it would take
>a long time to get the answer, and then I forgot.
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