Last weekend, was the official start of the “get the doors fixed before winter sets in” season. Slowsky and I spent two days “deconstructing” the old patio door, and installing the new french door and sidelights.
This is the before picture:
And this is the “during” picture. Good thing we kept Gracie away from the construction zone.
Since we were keeping the same opening, the project was fairly straight-forward. However, the old patio door did let in water. So when it was removed, we observed that the plywood underneath it was rotted to the point that we could pick up the crumbling pieces with our hands, and then see into the basement. Nice.
What, you want to see an “after” picture? We’ll, we didn’t take one yet. However, Jenny likes the finished doors so much, that she wants to now order sidelights for the patio door we are putting in by our kitchen table. Only problem, is that we’ll need to put in a bigger header for that area then. Which means taking down the exterior wall, and exterior soffit. That will have to be a spring project, because Slowsky estimates that it would take a week to do…times the Meyer factor of 3…and you get the idea.
We’ll get that “after” picture posted soon.
