After the front windows they started on the old patio door. We spent a lot of time trying to decide what to do at the back. This patio door opens from our kitchen eating area in to the back yard. It was so old that the latch did not work anymore and we had to use a stick to “lock it”. Not particularly safe, we did not always remember to lock the back door and too many times we came home to it with out the stick.
We talked about garden doors but I felt that we would be losing a lot of light and there would be a big decrease in the amount we could see out to the back yard. Also the opening would only give us 2 1/2 foot doors which are a bit small especially when you are taking garbage and recycling out. And then we talked about putting new patio doors in but that didn’t seem to make sense either as they are not particularly energy efficient. So what we decided to do was a door and a window. The window will open and the door has a good lock on it than makes it very energy efficient. I love it!
Here is the job in progress.
Can you see the old doors leaning against the garage in the back yard.
Building the door and window frames.
In goes the door.
Then the window.
And here it is all finished. Beautiful!
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