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My on again / off again break for the past week coincided with a visit to Iowa to visit my brother. One of the things we decided to do while I was in town, was to replace a worn set of French doors with a new sliding door. The old doors were metal clad, and were showing signs of rust along with some rot around the opening.
The new door was roughly 11″(28cm) narrower than the doors we were removing. Our plan:
- Remove the old doors
- Cut away the rotted material
- Frame a narrower rough opening (the hole the door sits in)
- Replace the material with new treated lumber
- Install flashing around the opening
- Install the new door – shimmed level and plumb
- Install flashing over the nailing flange of the new door
- Install exterior PVC trim around the new door
- Install plasterboard around the interior opening
There were a few bumps in the road, a few trips to the hardware store and some colorful language used, but the project proceeded largely according to plan. When I left to return home, the exterior was weather-tight (as evidenced by its holding up to 4″(10cm) of rain in 48 hours. On the inside, the plasterboard is up, taped and the first coat of mud has been applied. My brother can finish up at his leisure.
We began the adventure on Thursday and my brother suggested that it would be the perfect post for Thursday Doors. The gallery below shows the progress. But before that, a few words about the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge.
As I prepare this post, we have 44 creative entries inspired by the doors. I have read every one of them, and I can assure you that they are worth a few minutes of your time — they are all great reads. You can find them all here.
I hope you enjoy following the project in Iowa. I also hope you will take a few minutes and check out the links to the doors submitted by our wonderful crew of door fanatics. Note: Normally, I arrange the photos so there are no big blank spaces, but I wanted these to be in order.
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