We’re having doors replaced at the front of our house. At one point, there was talk of tackling the job ourselves, but after yesterday, we’re glad it didn’t work out that way. We’re glad for the guy who’s actually doing the work—he appears to be something of a perfectionist and put in a long day prepping the opening and getting the main door installed and square before he went home.
Hanging a door is, I guess, something that can be straightforward and relatively easy when compared to other aspects of home building or renovation. But there is still a list of things one has to take into consideration and get right, including squareness within the opening—assuring that when one looks at the closed door a few days after installation, there is still equal amounts of light showing around the top and sides.
A shim here, a shim there, no small amount of tweaking. Details, details, but who wants to look at a crooked door for the next 25 years?
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