Wednesday, October 6, 2010

the door is here

I don't remember if everyone knows about the door, so a brief recap: After deciding to build the cabin, I wanted French Doors and found a set on Ebay. Advertised as Triple Pane glass in perfect condition, I thought I got the deal of a lifetime when I purchased them for $100.00
Then I realized they were in Maryland. I don't live near Maryland. I live two days away from Maryland. This wasn't good.
A really, really, long story short: I got lost, so it took 3 days to get the doors, re: hotel;I was in a fender bender; the doors weren't perfect and I needed to refinish them (the seller "improved them" after the sale) so they ended up in my friends shop in PA., where I decided to split them in two. The shop in PA? About an 8 hour round trip from the cabin site. What was I thinking! I don't even want to do the math on what these $100 doors really cost!

A good friend and owner of said shop in PA (Larry) brought the door out to the cabin site yesterday. It's been raining for the past few days, so everything is wet.
The door slipped in like a charm; that's when we remembered the door hardware was back in the shop. Oops.
Because of the rain , we ditched into the cabin and decided to insulate. I was thinking of using the non-fiberglass stuff, but the only stuff I could find (at Lowes) was 3X more expensive than regular fiberglass insulation. After the cost overrun's on the door, I chose the less expensive option!
Here is the insulation:
It wasn't nearly as scratchy as we remember!

The door; because of the gray and rainy day, the color is off.

And what else can one do on a cold and wet morning?

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