Finally! New storm doors....
I have wanted new storm doors since the day we bought this place 3 1/2 years ago. The ones it came with were those aluminum doors your grandmother once had featuring (prominately) the initial of her last name in the center of some twisted filigree.
Kitchy and vintage, but also, not so great.
Anyhoo, I happened to come across some money and thought, "Hey! Fast and easy household improvement!"
Right?!.
Wrong.
From the beginning of October until just last week, I have been through:
1. Having our handyman measure the doors before we buy them.
2. Borrowing K's truck to buy them.
3. Contemplating returning a door with a ding in it (I kept it, it really wasn't that bad).
4. Waiting and waiting for our handyman to install.
5. Handy man installs... the front door only. Turns out, its 3" too short. I decide to return it and order a custom size instead. I then pitch a fit when I learn its TOO LATE once its already been installed. Our handyman offers to buy the door from us. Didn't he measure this door before we bought it?
6. I order a custom door for MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH and I then wait for almost 3 weeks for it to arrive.
7. The new door arrives!
8. Our handyman informs us that he doesn't have time to install the new door and directs us to his friend, G.
9. G goes through a series of delays including, but not limited to: being sick, truck was broken down and busy.
10. I go freaking nuts with the patience waning and call our real estate agent to get a handyman recommendation. I call M, who she recommends.
11. M has to change the date once, but otherwise shows up within the week.
12. M has a helluva time with the back door resulting in having to dismantle the back porch and CHISEL part of the door frame out to make it fit. He spends 2 1/2 days installing the doors... $250 installation fee when all is said and done.
My initial project of an estimated $570 that was to be completed over 1 weekend became $1000 over 2 1/2 months.
All future projects are now on hold until 2009 when I can handle it again.
Enjoy.
Back door
Front door
13. Almost forgot, G just called late last week to set another date and time to install the doors. Dumbass.
Kitchy and vintage, but also, not so great.
Anyhoo, I happened to come across some money and thought, "Hey! Fast and easy household improvement!"
Right?!.
Wrong.
From the beginning of October until just last week, I have been through:
1. Having our handyman measure the doors before we buy them.
2. Borrowing K's truck to buy them.
3. Contemplating returning a door with a ding in it (I kept it, it really wasn't that bad).
4. Waiting and waiting for our handyman to install.
5. Handy man installs... the front door only. Turns out, its 3" too short. I decide to return it and order a custom size instead. I then pitch a fit when I learn its TOO LATE once its already been installed. Our handyman offers to buy the door from us. Didn't he measure this door before we bought it?
6. I order a custom door for MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH and I then wait for almost 3 weeks for it to arrive.
7. The new door arrives!
8. Our handyman informs us that he doesn't have time to install the new door and directs us to his friend, G.
9. G goes through a series of delays including, but not limited to: being sick, truck was broken down and busy.
10. I go freaking nuts with the patience waning and call our real estate agent to get a handyman recommendation. I call M, who she recommends.
11. M has to change the date once, but otherwise shows up within the week.
12. M has a helluva time with the back door resulting in having to dismantle the back porch and CHISEL part of the door frame out to make it fit. He spends 2 1/2 days installing the doors... $250 installation fee when all is said and done.
My initial project of an estimated $570 that was to be completed over 1 weekend became $1000 over 2 1/2 months.
All future projects are now on hold until 2009 when I can handle it again.
Enjoy.
Back door
Front door13. Almost forgot, G just called late last week to set another date and time to install the doors. Dumbass.
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