New Doors
I was quite embarassed about the state of these doors, but as they were not readily visible, and we didn't need to go in and out them, their replacement became a low priority.
 The old door: Outside view It should be self-explainatory why this door had to go. You can see, through the screen, how the inside door, despite being protected from the weather by the storm door, was still falling apart. |
 The old door: Inside view It doesn't look too bad, but that is because the worst part was the outside. And the fact that the door didn't lock well. And then there was the fact that we had difficulty getting the door to open and close. |
 Work begins! This is another view of just how bad the old storm door was. This was after we spent an hour getting the inside door open. We had such trouble with the lock that we couldn't get the door unlocked, which made removing the door slightly problematic. |
Lesson learned: Score along the trim deeply. If you don't cut deeply enough, the paint will be pulled off the wall with the trim. |
 Now Michael gets to play with the crowbar. He ended up having to use the circular saw to cut the frame into pieces to get it out. We won't discuss how long it took to decide that this was going to be the only way to get the frame out. |
 This is the mess that was generated just from the removal of two doors. We're really hoping that BFI will pick this up, because I do NOT want to put this junk in our car to take it to the dump. |
 The old door is gone. Things remained like this for awhile, as Michael made the obligatory run to Lowe's to get the things we didn't know we needed. (In this case it was a 2x4 to replace one under the door that was in poor shape.) I, for obvious reasons, remained home. |
 We now have doors that are not disintegrating, and that we can open and close. This means that we can actually use this door. What a strange concept. |
 Up goes the trim! This was, unfortunately, take one as the first nail went not into wood, but into the insulation. |
 The trim is up, and we have curtains. We still need that little piece of trim that goes in the floor and the whole thing needs painted. But that will come this summer hopefully. And yes, I know that the curtains are too short, but I got a pair that were on clearence that will keep people from being easily able to see in until we redo the kitchen and I get my sewing machine fixed. |
 Up goes the awning! Seeing as how he is tall, and has long arms, Michael got to do all the stretching to put in the last bolts. Lucky him. |
 Almost there... |
 Ta Da! |