David and I have been slowly updating some stuff around the exterior of our house this year, in an effort to make sure all is secure, no water leaking in, etc. We re-stuccoed and painted the Cabana, which made our out-building (and guest quarters!) safe, sound and comfy!
We have been trying to replace an exterior door on the side of our house for several months now. I decided to not do this ourselves, but hire a professional carpenter to help out. We called in August. Made an appointment for September. Went to see about ordering a new door and the first roadblock was apparent: Our exterior door is not a standard size, so the door had to be manufactured specially for the job.
This last week, some two months after ordering the door, our carpenter called to say it was in. I left work in a rush and came home to meet the carpenter. We excitedly ripped off the south side of the house, in preparation of the new door. The new door was a beauty: a nicely made exterior door with tempered low-e glass in a rectangle down the middle, brass hinges and a sturdy threshold that would help keep the inside warm and the spiders outside.
So we prepared to put in the door, but something was wrong. It was too narrow (by about 3 inches) and too tall (by about 2 inches). This wasn't good. The carpenter looked at the paperwork and we ordered the correct dimensions; the manufacturer, for some unknown reason, manufactured a door to the wrong dimensions.
We can't go and buy a door that fits. So we called another manufacturer, played the lottery to see if another manufacturer could use a tape measure, and it will be another month to get the new door.
The WORST part was putting the old door back up, and tacking up all the rotten old trim again. It looks worse than before; I joked with the carpenter that he may want to pay me to be quiet that he put that old door back on (it looks so awful). He wasn't amused.
It's now raining, cold, and the wind is whipping underneath the door. Let's not talk about the spider traffic.
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