The outside wood trim at the bottom of the back door is rotten. I think it’s called dry root. When I push a screw driver into that area, it is like sticking a knife into warm butter. So I removed the trim, and when it was off I could see that the frame at the bottom on each side was rotten too. Ugh! I knew this wasn’t going to be easy. There was no way I could save the door.
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So I removed all the hardware, measured the door, and Matthew and I bought a new one at Lowes. Tomorrow the fun starts… removing the old door and installing a new one. This includes adding new trim on the outside and new molding on the inside. Oh, one other thing, the house has a security system and there is a magnetic proximity sensor embedded in the door frame that must be reinstalled properly – that’ll be fun. Finally, once the door is removed I have to analyze why it rotted. I’ve got to understand where the water came from, and somehow get it to go somewhere else so it never happens again, at least not while I’m living here.
i’m not even going to ask about that window up in the game room.
Comment by Justin — August 23, 2004 @ 12:43 am
The side window up in the game room? We had an exterminator in and they said the side tree is the source of carpenter and acrobat ants that are showing up there, and the tree needs to be trimmed nack. So that is next weekwnd’s job.
Comment by Bri — August 24, 2004 @ 11:07 am