Let's talk about my front door. It's 60 years old, original to the house. Part of our renovation plans include replacing this door. Sounds simple enough, right?
HAHAHAHA. Clearly you have never met my house. It's always got a surprise up its sleeve. Our current front door is 6'10" tall and 2'10" wide. They don't make doors this size anymore, at least not on the assembly line. Standard doors now are either 6'8 or 8' tall, and 2'8 or 3' wide. You want a different size? Then you must pay!
OK, fine. The contractor said we can put in a smaller standard size door, 6'8 by 2'8, and do some brick mould magic (read: make the edges of the frame wider).
Sounds good I say. As long as you can do that without having it look stupid, I'm fine with that. I am assured it will look great, this plan will work well.
Alright, let's go ahead. I will choose a standard size door. I like this one (a random Craftsman style door).
Sorry, they don't make these in 2'8. Only 3'.
Is there any way you can custom make one for me in 2'8?
No can do.
Sigh. Fuck. Sigh.
The contractor gave me a few leads on other door companies. I dug and I dug and oh my, they sure like making 3-foot-wide Craftsman style doors! Still couldn't find a 2'8 one.
OK fine. I know when I'm beat. I gave up. Accepted the door that I have now. Took a break from this door business.
Our contractor toiled on, hunting far and wide for a door that would make me happy. He tracked down a company that he's used in the past, they assured him they could cut down a bigger door to fit my weird door size.
I admit, I didn't quite believe it. But we met on Wednesday and this company carries a Craftsman style 2'10" wide door that's 7' tall, and they can cut it down to fit.
Well hallelujah! And Craftsman style. Double hallelujah!!
Sure, there will be some trickery with the frame, because their standard door frame mouldings would extend into the brick area of our house, but they can work around that.
So yay! I will have a new front door! I almost can't believe it! (OK, granted, pessimistic me knows that it hasn't actually happened yet so who knows what else can go wrong, but let me float on my little cloud of happiness for a while, ok?)
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