I must crow over this particular project. Eight years ago when I first bought my house, I replaced the hollow core entry door between the garage and kitchen with a solid door myself, and it was a total clusterfuck. The door is there, and it works well, but the process was so horrific that I vowed to never install another door as long as I lived. Fast forward to today. I'm 8 years wiser when it comes to home improvement in general, and I felt I could do this motherfucker. It took me 4 hours, which is much longer than it would take a pro (for most doors), but here's the breakdown:45 minutes removing the old frame, including discovering that the concrete garage floor was poured after the original door was installed, and the bottom of the frame was EMBEDDED IN THE FUCKING CONCRETE!!! But I got that shits out, yo.
15 minutes measuring and cutting the opening about three-quarters of an inch wider, as the original door was a smaller, non-standard size.
1.5 hours chipping away the concrete floor with a sledge hammer to get the right opening height (I deemed this easier that reframing the door, as there was a shitload of electrical wiring running directly above the existing door frame.
1.5 hours doing various finish work, caulking, filling in the excavated concrete, etc.
Tools and materials used: crowbar, hammer, sledge hammer, drill, circular saw, table saw, chisel, 2x4, door shims, concrete patch, door caulking
Congratulations, me. You deserve this honor. [shakes own penis]
2 comments (leave yours):
I'm actually super impressed with both you and Ang's renovation skills. I mean..this girl right here knows how to sheetrock, lay some linoleum, grout some tile, and create an irrigation system, but the stuff you guys do...have you ever thought of starting your own home improvement show? Maybs a little home improvement series over YouTube, perhaps? Hmmm...?
I pretty damn proud of what we've done, too. I have my limits though. Like painting cabinets. Never again. Ever.
As for doing a home improvement show, I'll wait until we're doing projects in our own home and not one I'm trying to sell. When one is more inclined to focus on high quality material and labor instead of making walls out of toilet paper and Coke cans. Advise to the buyer: don't get anything anywhere wet. Also, don't lean against anything or weigh more than 175 lbs.
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