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For those frequent visitors to our site, you have read every now and again about our adventures in replacing the front door to our house.對於那些常客我們的網站，您已經閱讀每一個現在和再次對我們冒險在更換前門我們的房子。 We actually thought that it would be finished by now.事實上，我們認為這將結束。

After more than 5 months, it is not.經過以上5個月，事實並非如此。 Now, something else has occurred.現在，其他已發生。

So, rather than waiting and waiting, we are going to start our new series of articles about our new exterior replacement door.因此，而非等待和等待，我們要開始我們的新的系列文章對我們的新的外部更換的大門。

And, as you have seen from our previous articles, if ‘it’ can happen to anyone likely ‘it’ will happen to us.而且，正如您所看到的，從我們以前的文章，如果'它'可以發生在任何人都可能是'它'會發生給我們。 We are sure that your adventures with your replacement exterior front door will be, well, less adventurous than ours.我們相信，您的冒險與您更換外部前門會，那麼，少冒險比我們。

Let’s start at the beginning, shall we?讓我們先在開始時，我們應？

In early September, the fall season had started to bring in cooler days and evenings.在九月初，秋天已開始把在天涼和晚上。 On windy days we could feel the cool air entering the house from the front door, even when it was locked.對大風天，我們可以感覺到涼爽的空氣進入眾議院，由前門，即使當它被鎖上。 Yes, it was not overly energy efficient.是的，這是並不過分的能源效率。

As well, the door itself had no windows with the side lights on either side providing only minimal light into the main hall.以及，大門本身已沒有窗戶，同方燈，兩旁只提供最低限度的光進入大廳。 Lastly, the windows in those side lights were clear, so anyone could look directly into our main hall, through our kitchen and eating area and out to the back of the house.最後，在Windows在這些方面的燈是明確的，所以任何人都可看直接到我們的主要大廳，通過我們的廚房和飲食區，向後面的內務。 It was time for us to consider replacing the front door.這是時間讓我們考慮更換前門。

Here’s the door as it was when we purchased the house.這裡的大門，因為它是當我們購買的房子。 The black sides were painted by us as our plan was to originally just paint the door and sides black.黑色雙方所描繪的，我們作為我們的計劃是在原來只是油漆的大門和兩岸黑色。 We only got so far as the sides when we realized that we needed to replace the 20 year old door.我們只得到目前為止，由於雙方時，我們認識到我們所需要的，以取代20歲的大門。

Then on the weekend, there was a flyer in the local newspaper stating that one of the local big box building supply stores was having a 20% sale on external doors.然後上週末，有一個傳單，在當地一家報紙指出，一個地方的大方塊供應倉庫的建設是有一個20 ％ ，銷售，對外的大門。 And, if that was not enough motivation for us, we would also not have to pay for 12 months, no interest.和，如果沒有足夠的動力，對於我們來說，我們也不會要支付12個月內，沒有興趣。 Sold.出售。 We felt safe going with the big box building supply store.我們感到非常安全，去與大方塊建設供應商店。

So, on Thursday September 13, 2007, during my lunch, we (Catherine and I) went to the big box building supply store, armed with the flyer and measurements of the door entrance.因此，在週四2007年9月13日，在我的午餐，我們（凱瑟琳和我）到大方塊建設供應商店，武裝起來的傳單和測量的大門入口。 We knew we wanted to address the above mentioned issues we had with the current door, but had no other knowledge.我們知道我們要解決上述問題，我們已與目前的門口，但沒有其他的知識。 We had never done this before (like most of the renovations we had undertaken on our home), so everything was new to us.我們從來沒有這樣做之前（如大部分的裝修，我們曾承諾對我們的家） ，所以一切新的給我們。

When we looked at the different models in the door section of the store and talked with the sales associate, we were told that ”You can, but I don’t really recommend you order the door today.” We were also told by the sales associate “The sales price is only for doors ordered this weekend.”當我們期待在不同型號的在門第的商店，並與銷售協理，我們被告知： “你可以，但我真的不建議您為了今天的大門， ”我們也告訴銷售準“的銷售價格只適用於門，下令本週末” 。

Return tomorrow for what that how we dealt with our first learning event in our quest for our new front door.返回的明天是什麼，我們如何處理我們的第一次學習活動，在我們追求我們的新前門。

Oh, and in case you are one of those who likes to skip to the end of the book to see how it ends, we can show you the door currently installed in the front of our home.哦，在情況下，您是其中一人誰喜歡跳過到去年底，這本書看它如何結束後，我們可以為您顯示的大門，目前已安裝在前端，我們的家。 Remember, the installation is still not finished 6+ months after we first went to order the door.請記住，安裝仍是未完成6 +個月後，我們首先前往秩序的大門。

To continue with the next article in this series, simply select this link to繼續與下篇文章在這一系列，只需選擇此鏈接 Part 2 - The Measurements第2部分-測量 . 。