{"id":3231,"date":"2014-09-20T19:35:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T00:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2014-09-20T19:35:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T00:35:32","slug":"working-saturday-new-back-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=3231","title":{"rendered":"Working Saturday: New Back Door"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a working Saturday.\u00a0 We replaced the back door from the deck into the kitchen.\u00a0 Last winter, I noticed that the winter seal had failed.\u00a0 That meant that heating was escaping and maybe the house was a little bit colder.\u00a0 That probably wasn\u2019t the case, but I had my mind made up to replace the door before this winter.\u00a0 Today was that day.<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks ago, Menard\u2019s had the door I wanted on sale.\u00a0 I drug Rich down there to look at it and be sure.\u00a0 It was definitely the door.\u00a0 We found someone with a lift to get the door down from the shelf.\u00a0 Loading up the truck with my prize, we took it home so that it could sit out in the garage until we had the time to take the old door out.<\/p>\n

We needed the time because we were worried about what might be under the door.\u00a0 A couple of years ago, we had a nest of wasps start up behind the siding.\u00a0 It took a bit to get everything sealed off so they would die.\u00a0 I was pretty sure that meant we also had moisture and rot under the door and maybe up the side of the door.\u00a0 Taking it apart was the only way to tell what was back there.<\/p>\n

Today was the day we peeled back the siding and take out the old door.\u00a0 But first, Sascha decided to dig this morning.\u00a0 She picked the flowerbed over an old tree stump to dig up.\u00a0 She had carved away the dirt from one end of the stump.\u00a0 I swear, I could rent her out to excavate things.\u00a0 She can move so much dirt with those massive paws.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t help the neighbors that Rich was out there yelling at her at 8:30 this morning.<\/p>\n

Big question was what did we need to repair before slipping the new door into place.\u00a0 It turned out better than I had hoped.\u00a0 There was minimal damage.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t even find the nest that I figured was under there.\u00a0 There were some missing pieces of wood to help support the threshold of the door, but that was all.<\/p>\n

I was the muscle today and Rich was the brains and some muscle.\u00a0 He cut the nails and insulation around the frame so we could lift it out.\u00a0 The door popped out without much trouble.\u00a0 We got it off the deck and leaning again the house.\u00a0 After inspection and determining the next steps, I scraped away the old sticky stuff from the frame and cleaned up the dirt.<\/p>\n

Rich measured and cut the supporting wood for the frame to reinforce the opening for the new door.\u00a0 There were a couple of areas that required some chiseling to get things level.\u00a0 Then we hoisted the new door into place for quick fit.\u00a0 Nice.\u00a0 It worked well.\u00a0 Then we took it out of the opening to prepare for the installation.<\/p>\n

Now the entire time that we are working out there, bees were searching the outside of the house for places to build this year\u2019s nest.\u00a0 It was like working with a squadron of drones always looking over our shoulder.\u00a0 With the old door out, they were easily slipping into the house.\u00a0 Rick was called into action to kill errant bees trying to move in.\u00a0 By the time the new door was in place and the house was sealed up again, we counted maybe 25 bee kills.\u00a0 I should buy a stamp with a bee on it so that we can register our kills on the side of the refrigerator or something.<\/p>\n

It was hot outside and Sascha was wanting in.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t have a good way to make her stay in without a door on the back of the house.\u00a0 She was forced to hang out until Rich had the door secured in place.\u00a0 She was quite happy when she got the all clear to come in.<\/p>\n

After a lunch break, Rich settled in to finish the door and get the new lock put on.\u00a0 The other big issue with that door was that the deadbolt and the handle didn\u2019t use the same key.\u00a0 The maid service was always locking the handle on their way out and no one had a key to open the door!\u00a0 This replacement prevents us from getting locked out of the house.\u00a0 Two issues solved at once.<\/p>\n

Once the door was in place and secured, the impending rainstorm hit.\u00a0 Rich had been watching the skies very warily.\u00a0 He wasn\u2019t sure he was going to get things sealed up before the rain came in.\u00a0 Luckily, he beat it by 15 or 20 minutes.\u00a0 All the other work he needed to do was on the inside.\u00a0 I just wonder how long it will be before the trim goes up around the door.<\/p>\n

But before that happens, I really want to paint the door on the inside and outside.\u00a0 On the inside, it will get a nice yellow to match the colors in my Key West kitchen.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t keep the paint swatches, so I\u2019ll be flying a little blind on matching up the colors.\u00a0 The outside will get a dark green to match the rest of the door.\u00a0 By then, I had learned my lesson and kept the original swatch so I could try to match the color.\u00a0 Hopefully, I can get that all painted in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

For now, I can tell Old Man Winter to do his worst.\u00a0 I have a new door on the back of the house!\u00a0 But really, I was just kidding about that statement on doing his worst.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want him to even coming closing to throwing anything like that at me or my house.\u00a0 Could it be 65 all winter?\u00a0 Please?<\/p>\n

BTW: \u00a0I did get stung while I was cleaning up the rough opening.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The old door is out. Ready to prep for the new one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"One<\/a>
One of the squadron of bees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sascha<\/a>
Sascha checking out the old door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yep,<\/a>
Yep, I got stung by one of the bees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rich<\/a>
Rich working on the rough opening before we set in the new door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"New<\/a>
New door is in. Time for the locks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The master lock installer showed up in good time to finish the job.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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