Doors, doors and more doors!

Boy, has this week been super busy! Not only for me (hence why no blog post until today), but also for the guys at 5112.

The start of the week found Mike finishing the trimming and shimming of the new carport door and immediately, the thing I noticed when I used the door for the first time is that it seals! There's a distinctive 'whoosh' of the door sealing tight when closed. We've *never* had that with any of our doors in the house until now. Progress Energy should be getting a little less of our money in the coming months....

I need an old door and a new door...

The old door has been bricked and sealed off- the guys did a great job on this. From the outside it still looks a little rough, but that's nothing that a little paint can't cover. You'll barely be able to tell where the old door was once we do the finishing work. The inside of the door has been drywalled and mudded, and it's getting closer to the final sanding.

Pre dry wall Post dry wall

We added a component to our renovation, and it was the installation of new French doors to the lanai. Mike was able to find us a great deal on Pella doors (WOW!), and as dumb luck would have it, two sets of doors were ordered by mistake- and we got the more expensive set that has the blinds in the middle of the panes of glass for only $100 more than what we originally thought we were getting. The den looks fantastic! I'm most excited for fall to arrive (which usually happens in late November around here) to be able to open both doors (a feature our previous doors lacked, because they were old and crappy... to put it mildly!).

I believe the guys will be pouring the subfloors for the tile in the kitchen and den next, and after that, will be 'The massive clean up of the house... and then the magic begins with the floors', according to Mike. Ahhhh, Mike, did you go to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? *grin*