Front door project

Since our old front door was rotting and falling apart, not to mention you could see daylight through it...we decided it was time for a new front door! Our options are rather limited with the style of the door, so we got something similar to what we already had. We hoped that we could get someone to install it, but because of the detailed trim work outside the front door, most places would charge a ridiculous amount to install. So we decided to do it ourselves (well, Joe decided to do it himself)!

Sunday 9/13 Joe and his dad took out the old door, sealed it and made it all nice and insulated, then installed the new door. It went surprisingly smooth! The door was in, and we got a new knob and deadbolt, and it locked and all was well!!

Then began the rebuilding of the outside trim work. Joe got the wood and started cutting and installing parts on Friday 9/18. He got it all up and finished by Sunday 9/20. Then Monday 9/21 he got the first coat of paint on it!! I'm so impressed with how nice it looks!! He's doing a great job!! Just a few more coats of paint and some caulk and he'll be all done!!

Here are pictures of before, during and after:

Old front door



Here is a picture of some of the rot in the wood around the door.
There are other pictures with more rot, but this is a sample.

Front door gone!!!

Dry-fitting the new door!



New door in and new trim up!



New trim with wood-filler (Joe said it looks like the
wood has chicken-pox)!

Inside of the new door with new casing up.

It still needs to be painted, but looks nice!

New door with the first coat of paint!!