The Door Installation Is Finished, And I’m Pretty Happy With It

Anyway, the final time I confirmed y’all of the door, I wasn’t fairly there but. I used to be attempting to make peace with the imperfections, however I hadn’t fairly attained that “it’s shut sufficient” mindset but. That’s when it seemed like this…

The primary factor I didn’t like was how the entire space across the door (particularly that Hardiboard) was inset. In my thoughts, that wanted to be pulled out in order that it was extra even with the stone, leaving solely the door and the brick molding across the door inset. So that they pulled these items off, constructed that space out, and reinstalled the Hardiboard in order that it was extra in step with the stone. The stone is so tough, so there’s no approach to actually make it flush with the stone, however at the very least it’s extra in step with the stone.

I plan to color all of that Hardiboard the identical grey because the stone, and now the one half that’s inset is the door and the brick molding across the door. All of that can be painted white.

You may as well see that there’s a reasonably vital caulked hole above that prime board between the board and the stone.

They initially put in that prime board in order that it was proper beneath the stone, after which they’d put in the brick molding in order that it was proper up towards that prime board. That made the brick molding very clearly out of sq. with the door by about 3/4″ on the left facet. There was no disguising that. In my thoughts, the brick molding wanted to be sq. across the door, and any disguising and camouflage that wanted to occur wanted to be on the stone facet.

So I had them decrease that prime board on the left facet, type of splitting the totally different on prime and beneath that board. In different phrases, it’s not proper towards the brick molding on the underside, however there was a caulkable hole that wasn’t vital sufficient to be noticeable at a look. After which it left a really massive hole on prime that might be caulked, and I’m hoping that after it’s all painted grey (the Hardiboard, the caulk and the stone above all of it the identical shade), that may simply disappear.

I’m additionally very happy with how they did this half. I used to be so involved about this as a result of the stone was initially the identical peak as the edge of the door, and it was additionally very clearly unlevel. However they used a grinder to chop the stone down in order that this board might be positioned beneath it. I’ll be portray this the identical grey because the stone, and I believe it should additionally disappear as soon as it’s all painted. They made certain that every thing was caulked with silicone caulk in order that no water can seep via there.

On the within, I can inform that it’s not stage, nevertheless it wasn’t practically as noticeable.

So total, I’m very happy. I believe they did an excellent job with what they needed to work with.

The bummer is that I used to be type of hoping that the tree limbs would cover and disguise any imperfections. However two nights in the past, we had a large limb come down from our big oak tree.

I imply, this limb is huge. And it took one other fairly huge limb down with it because it fell.

So my tree man goes to return maintain these limbs, after which give our oak tree a a lot wanted trimming to ensure it stays wholesome. That signifies that I’ll most likely lose this camouflage across the door. 😀