Thursday, April 23, 2009

New door

We got a new front door today! The installer got here at 10am. Right
on time! It was just him and a door in the back of a pickup truck. He
was really nice, soft-spoken and looked like a combination of Uncle
Rico and Matthew McConaughey!!
The process:
10:20 - After measuring, prep and removal of hardware, the old door
was gone. And I heard the click of the door knocker for the last time.
It was sadder than I thought it would be!
10:23 - Loud noises - the trim was coming off!
10:40 - New door on. Already!
10:58 - Trim going back on. Very loud!! He had this cool nail gun
thing that seems to charge itself - air-compressor like!
11:00 - Cigarette smoke smell in the house. Lit candle.
11:07 - He was outside finishing. The inside looked pretty much done.
We are going to have to do some touch up painting. As well as painting
the outside of the door.
11:10 - Caulking
11:15 - Tested the deadbolt and knob.
11:17 - DONE!! He had cleaned up (as much as workmen do) and was gone.

It went really well. And really fast! Besides being able to open and
shut the door easily without major force or leaning in with your body
weight, it's really pretty. I have my first "fancy" door. This is one
of the major things that I wanted for our house. Yea!!

Before:


After:


1 comment:

Marissa said...

Ooooh, I like the new door! Jeremy has an air compressor and nail gun - they are SUPER loud! But oh so handy.