This is the best shot that I have of my yucky front door frame.
I really should have taken a better shot of it, but to be very honest, I just hated it…
I even shot a video of me trying to hide the frame, because I really wasn’t sure what to do about it…
As you can see, the front door has been a real issue…
I bought a nice old fashioned screen door and I couldn’t wait to have Tim install it for me. However, the door frame was SO old and rotten, it needed to be replaced.
So yesterday… Tim got started…
Demoing the door wasn’t too hard… because it was all rotted and just pretty much fell apart! Agh! I’m so happy this is getting fixed….
The wood was like this 30 year old particle board junk and it was just yucky… I’m so glad that bad guys didn’t know about this little weakness in my moby… hahaha…. they could have come in at any time… well, the fact that the door wouldn’t lock wasn’t the best deterrent for bad guys either… so I guess the fact that we’re still alive and have all our stuff means that there are not too many bad guys around here.
Yeah. Well, that’s a good thing, don’t you think?
Take a look at the threshold! YIKES! it was just wood dust… hardly anything there. This was SO overdue…
Well, it took a good while, all the clean out and demo and then cutting the new lumber and fitting it all into place. I got to help hang the door, because that really needs two people, one to drill in the hinges and another to hold the door up in the right space.
And then, when the big door was finished, it was time to tackle the screen door…. and then a little clean up… it’s all beautiful! The doors lock, the frame is super sturdy and strong, and the screen door is simply wonderful. It’s a fiberglass model, but made to look like an old wooden vintage screen door. I just love it. And the fact that it was only $38 on sale at Lowes? EVEN BETTER….
I just love the sound of it slamming shut with it’s little springing thing. SIMPLE and beautiful…
Still need to add the inner door stop wood, and then it’s fill in the cracks and screw head and painter up. I have these cool green shutters that are going up on the moby real soon… and i think I will paint the frame green, and the inner big door the same green and leave the screen door white. That should look nice.
Looking nicer all the time!!!
My mobile home park is having a contest for the next three months… three winners a month for money off their lot rent for fixing up and beautifying their mobys. My neighbor thinks I’m a shoe-in for something! HAHA… that would be nice!
Then I would have an award-winning moby home!
That seems nice…. we’ll see!!! In the meanwhile, I can’t thank Tim enough for helping out with this big project! He’s my new handyman helper and I have a few big projects for him… he’s gonna be busy around the moby! He already has done some neat stuff… but this door takes the cake! It’s lovely!!!!
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