Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Knock knock....who's there?.....

 

 

While doing some much needed repairs on a rental property I came to the need to address the front door. It seems that at some point the pervious tents had been removed and at some point came back for some belongs. With the door being locked they broke the window in order to gain interior lock access.
 

 

With time being of the essence removal of the broken pane, recutting a new match (actually 2) and reinstalling was time consuming so a different plan was formed. First a piece of flooring under lament (left over from floor install) was cut to size and mounted.

Then daddy Dave went to the scrap pile and found some used door trim which was not needed, removed the nails and cut to size with the table saw.

The thin flooring lament was then framed out using the recycled trim......

And then a pre coat of white was added to blend in with the door, next a final coat and then done, on too next task. This new modification will make it harder to the future to access the inner locking hardware.

 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Looks like a pro did it! You are really turning that nasty old place around. Thanks for sharing the pics of your projects, I love following them and even find it inspires me and makes me really look forward to owning a home one day.

Levi