Just realized I spent a month trying to fix a single cabinet door

In my experience, everyone says to just sand and repaint old kitchen cabinets, but my 1950s house had a door that was warped in a way I couldn't see at first. I tried shims, new hinges, and planing it down over three weekends before I found the real issue: a hidden crack in the frame from an old repair. Fixing that properly with glue and clamps took another week of drying and sanding. Has anyone else had a simple job turn into a huge puzzle because of a hidden problem?

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paul_owens2510d agoMost Upvoted

Man that sounds so familiar lol. Last summer I tried to replace a single cracked floor tile in my bathroom. Pulled it up and found the subfloor underneath was totally rotten from a slow leak. Ended up having to tear out half the bathroom floor and replace a whole section of plywood. What was a one hour job turned into a three week mess.

joseph_roberts10d ago

My kitchen sink leak turned into a full cabinet replacement.

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