Door Redo and Defence

 The second try was a perfect fit and for some reason a better door. The side rails are engineered lumber exactly like an LVL beam and not finger jointed fir like the other one. Plus each pane of glass was covered in plastic so painting it was quick.

 Next was the rear fence to match the street side fence I built a couple of week ago. The existing block wall is 3 inches out of plumb in one direction and an inch and a half in the other. I was able to hide the fact on the inside (the side that matters) but on the alley side it is what it is.

Union Workers Hate Me

Because I'm good at it

Two Day Work Week

 But was able to pull the fence project together before I leave for Salt Lake City.

The Door Days of Summer.

 Three doors had to be worked on this week starting with the Redwood screen door. I framed the opening to accept the size without having to plain it. The length was just right also which was unexpected.

 The second door project is to improve the action and weather stripping on the set of double doors leading on to this side porch. But those doors are original to the home and have been "rearranged" a little. I thought that adding an exterior storm door that can be dead bolted and weatherstripped would get better results. Now the double doors can remain as an original feature yet don't have to function.

 This 1 3/8" 15 light french door matches the existing double french doors but is 6'8" and I need 7'0" so I added 4" to the bottom. This door gets hung Sunday.

 Then things went down hill a little. I had to fight my cordless drill to lock in the drill bit and screw drive bit and tore off a callous. Thats going to be uncomfortable for a week.

 Wednesday I had an office with a view. I set up shop on the front balcony to size up a 32 inch door to fit a 30.5 inch opening to replace another set of double doors on the Granby job. This is the home I've been on since October 09 with just a few more things to do.

 I had to plain this way down and wanted to try and cut the side rails of the door about the same on the hinge side and the knob side. But needed to leave enough room on the knob side to drill the hole for the dead bolt and knobset. I cut it a little too close. First door I have ruined since 1984, not kidding.

 I left the door hinged in the opening close it screwed it shut and ordered another one. Then moved on to the next project on the Granby job.

 This fence and seating project has been running around my head for a couple of years. I knew it was coming and what I wanted it to look like so it didn't take much time to get it going.

 To get an idea of the scale David is 6'8"

Before Pictures Long After The Job Was Finished

 October 09' I'm pictured killing the power in this wall before demo.

 Then look at the surprise inside!

 The renovation quickly becomes a restoration when an architectural feature is found.

 Reworked Pocket Doors from found hardware.

 The little bit of wall left from the demo that once divided up this single family home into two apartments is to help stabilise the sagging steps.

 The treads and risers had begun to pull away from their wall stringer mortises. Also the run had streached out and had to be pushed back uphill. A lot of blocking and a bottle jack brought it back inline.

 Saving these steps instead of ripping them out and installing a new set leaves an important part of this house intact. The handrail was removed and sold decades ago when the house was split up but the new rail (that is in past posts) was carefully researched to keep with-in the period the home was built.

My Guy's are Clean as a Jellybean

 Loose white coat has been scraped and removed. Bonding agent applied with new finish coat soon to follow. This room will be ready for paint next week.