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The door dilemma.

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As I said yesterday, our master bedroom will be getting new windows and a new exterior door this week. But of course nothing is ever simple at Casa River.

We ordered the windows at the beginning of July and have waited (none too patiently) until now for them to arrive. We did not however special order a door since we just needed something basic and everyone has those in stock.

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This is the weird set up of the back of our house. Two doors in a corner opening to the deck. The right goes to the living room, the left to the master bedroom.

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We replaced the right door 10 years ago and though that already needs another replacement… the bedroom is going first for good reason.

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Rotting wood, warped frame and general ugliness.

When the husband and I ran over to Lowes yesterday to buy a replacement we were thinking along these lines. Not dark brown, but with a little window on the top.

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So I measured the door’s width and off we went.

Only to get there and realize doors are not a standard size and I hadn’t measured the height. Another round trip home and back to the store with a 32×78 result.

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(Yes, it’s a stinky little door because the idiot designers of this house stuck it in between the bathroom and walk in closet.)

Measurements in hand we were ready to buy a door… or so we thought.

Did you know in order to measure for a replacement door you have to pop the trim off to measure the rough opening height, width and depth? We didn’t.

The other issue…. none of the pretty doors with fancy windows on top are available in a 32 width.

So… I’ll wait for our contractor to pry the trim off, measure correctly and decide if it’s worth the hassle and cost of enlarging the opening just to have a pretty window on top.

I’m guessing not.

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33 thoughts on “The door dilemma.”

  2. Your remodel posts have inspired me to get my behind in gear and start on my DIY remodel list. I have to replace two of the three exterior doors on my home. So now I know how to measure them before I buy. I also need to replace ALL my windows, I have 14 windows 😫.

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    1. We replaced 16 windows about 8 years ago. Sad thing is these 5 cost almost as much as those. It’s crazy.
      We have two (three?) other doors to replace after this one. This house needs so many updates I fear I’ll die before they’re finished.

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  4. “Did you know in order to measure for a replacement door you have to pop the trim off to measure the rough opening height, width and depth?” Yes. I also know that once you get into buying doors with cute little windows in them the cost goes up dramatically. Doors are no easy thing.

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  5. I had the exact same issue! That’s how I learned the prev owner put an internal door on an external location. Whoever I hired got me a very nice white external door with 6 small square windows on top… for a very good price.

    I hope yours works out as well as mine did!!

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    1. The way this house is designed, we need it… as it’s the only exit on that end. Otherwise, if the place catches fire? We’d have to run down a hallway.. turn right, run down another hallway, turn left and sprint to the front door to get out.

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      1. I noticed. Looks like someone put an addition on without getting permits, we have the same thing. Was really fun when we found out the washer in the apt. the pipe was literally just dropped in the wall, luckily hubby noticed it LOL GL

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