As One Door Closes Another One Opens - Almost.

I can't believe we finally replaced our back door! I was so happy to see the P.O.S. gone I nearly cried tears of joy. When the door was originally installed, 26 years ago, it was installed upside down AND backwards! It's true. And the worst part is, that no one noticed until we moved in a year and a half ago. The door also had a terrible draft and always locked us out of the house. *Singing Na na na na, Na na na na, hey hey hey GOOD BYE over and over again in my mind.

And like every other renovation in our house what could go wrong actually did go wrong. Here's a quick summery of what happened:

My father in-law & DH measured the door wrong and as a result bought the incorrect size door. The door they purchased was a 72" x 80" standard door and what we needed was a 74" x 80 1/4" custom door. This was a huge problem because they didn't discover the error until after the old door was removed. At this point it was too late to order a custom door size, so they had to make it work. A couple of 2 x 4's and new trim work was all it needed - nothing major thank goodness.

The rest of the installation went fairly smooth. The door went in perfectly and silicone seal was added to keep water out. All that was left was put in the insulation and paint the trim work.

We started to remove the stickers (as instructed) after we did the final inspection. That's when we saw it....

A BUBBLE IN THE GLASS!

And that's when shit hit the fan. The bubble was hidden by the sticker and there was no way we would have seen it until we removed the stickers. UGH!

As I post this we called the store it was purchased from and are still trying to get this resolved - it's been 4 days and no one seems to know what the heck is going on. I'm about to raise hell. Well maybe not raise it, but someone is going to hear about this.

The old door: No you aren't seeing things - the screen is on the inside of the house!

In progress: I love the open feel and all the light it lets in! Maybe it should stay this way?

The final result! The final trim work can't be added until the door is replaced.