New Front Entry

I guess what makes this blog-worthy is the length of time that we've gone waiting to get the new entry. The old double doors were warped beyond being able to weather seal, held many scars from Sarah (our last dog) getting out of the backyard and trying to dig her way back into the house, and were just in disrepair in general.

Nancy and I looked a total of 2 years for a new entry, turns out that the double doors are "California sized", meaning that replacement doors couldn't be found in that width, with or without glass. Then we finally found some that looked like they WOULD work, but when an installer came to the house, he said there wasn't enough room on the sides for the installation to work. We went from Fiberglass, to steel, to solid wood, then back again to Fiberglass. The whole process put the "Frus" in frustration. Eventually one of the clerks at Lowes found a door that would work, but only if we went to a single door with sidelights system. So - that's what we bought.

The door system came into Lowes in June and they slated it for installation just before we were to visit Greg. But wait! There's more!! Once they got to the installation date, they totally unwrapped the door to find a large crack in it. So they had to get another shipped in. We heard from them after getting back from our trip, and they scheduled installation for today. Everything went fine this time, entry system was in good shape. The installers did a good job getting the old out and the new in place. And...always fun...I started talking to the main installer, turns out he's a Christian with a great wife & 5 kids.

Here are some pix: