Yesterday we finally had Lowe's come out and install our new doors. I was very excited, as we had purchased them over 5 weeks ago. They were custom measurements, so that is what took so long.
Jeff and I spent Monday night taking off the crappy blinds and getting the house ready for demolition. Here is the sliding glass door from the kitchen onto the back deck and yard...
Anyway, the installer came to the house yesterday around 8:30 am and started by removing the sliding glass door. I was so happy to see this thing go, as it was ugly and getting hard to open. It had to go. By 10:00 am, the entire sliding glass door had been removed and I had a large gaping hole in the back of my house. The guy was quick though, and by about 2:30 pm, my old sliding glass door had been transformed into my new french doors...
The french doors are cool, as they have vertical blinds between the glass which can be turned open and closed and can be moved up and down with a switch...the best thing about them is that they are between the glass so they never have to be cleaned! They look awesome and were definitely worth the wait (and the cost).
After the french doors were installed, he started working on the front door. Now, our front door was just absolutely horrible. It used to be a green color and then the owners before us thought that it would be fun to paint it a burgundy color; however, they didn't do a good job and the paint was starting to peel off the door! Plus, the kickplate was damaged and the door was just plain and ugly. Our new door is burgundy, which matches the accent colors on the house, but also has leaded glass in it.
The installer worked until after 6:00 pm last night until everything was installed, so it was a long day at our house...made longer by the fact that we had to turn off the air conditioning all day long (because at least one door was open or removed from my house at any given time during the day)! Needless to say, it was hot; the upstairs got to 87 degrees and the downstairs to 85 degrees before we switched the air back on. Poor Kira and Koda were sequestered in our bedroom upstairs and were panting pretty hard by the end of the day. Sorry guys, but now we have new doors!
Yay for another home improvement project that we can cross off the list.
1 comments:
storm door installation is simple but common mistakes occur are when you are cutting vertical mounting frames and drilling holes to fit hardware on a wood-core storm door. So be precise.
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