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Installing the Medicine Cabinets

Bob is in the master suite once again where Charlie is putting finishing touches on the Robern medicine cabinets. The inside of the cabinets are mirrored and have rubber gasketing, so when closed, keep out dust and moisture. If the mirror on the outside fogs up after a shower, you can open the cabinet and use the mirror on the other side of the door. Glass shelves go into the cabinet for storage. Bob then helps Charlie install the final door. They screw the heavy-duty European hinges in place and the cabinets are complete.
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Installing the Medicine Cabinets

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" Still in the master suite. Charlie's putting finishing touches on our Robern medicine chest and these are very very special legacy. We have mirror on the inside on the inside of the door and then gas getting so that when that cabinet is actually closed you don't ever have to worry about any dust or moisture. From the shower getting in there and I think one of the neat things about it is that if you had your typical situation where when your. Showering this mirror gets all fogged up. You can always open this up and you can use these two -- course there's glass shelves go in there as well we'll put them in later can help you -- Okay now these also have. I'll call European hinges right concealed guns concealed handguns. And they're very heavy duty and the leader of the door right just like kitchen cabinet and furniture. That hold it there nice."

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