Daily Home Renovation Tips

Ten days or so after his last visit, making this now the end of February (or early March…quite frankly I can’t remember which), Dave returns to deal with the issue of the replacement door sweep.

The solution, he raises the door.

Yes, that is the solution. I don’t know (and forgot to ask to be honest) why the building supply retailer from whom we ordered the door now 5 months ago by this time or the door manufacturer themselves could not send another threshold matching the original one that was damaged.

Anyway, Dave proceeded to remove the door from the hinges.

Next, he removed the hinges from the door frame and raise them about a quarter of an inch. This was, of course, followed by replacing the door on the now raised hinges.

And, voila! The door now works fine opening and closing.

To be honest, it’s a little more snug than the original door we had replaced, but just like a good pair of shoes, it will work its way in to provide a nice tight fit.

Dave then proceeds to install black plugs on the exterior black cladding. However, they are not black. They are painted black and look like … (what rhymes with ‘black’?) well, they do not look professional as the pictures below will show you. We are not pleased. Would you accept this?

And, lastly, here’s the best item we have been saving until now. Just after the door was first installed in late January I notices something in the window insert in the door that bothered me a little at first, and then with each day it continue to bother me more and more. Can you make out what this is?

What about now?

In our next article we will explain what is pictured above and our experiences with it! To continue, simply select this link to Part 13.