Especially for Jarhead
August 1st, 2006 . by CaryJust because I have some down time, and John hinted so strongly – this is the outside of the double doors I installed to replace the old and broken Arcadia door:
I know, I need to trim out the outside of the door. Time, people, time. That, and think about it: manual labor in 110° heat. I mean, really.
Here’s where it gets tricky. The door (you will have to take my word for it, my friend and I have both been doing this for more years than either one cares to remember) is square, true, and plumb to a point on the outside patio, measured from the center of the door opening, and equal to the height of the door. In other words, from that point the measurement is the same to the top right and top left, and the bottom right and bottom left, corners of the door. The outside edges of the door are flush with the exterior wall.
The gap at the top right measure 15/16″ while the gap at the top left is only 1/8″. The dark brown in the pictures is corner moulding, nailed to the frame of the door, to fill in the gap so when I do paint there won’t be a big splotch of caulk. Also in the top left picture, you can see where I used caulk for the side fill; that changes in the bottom left corner, where the gap is back out to 5/8″:
The gap at the bottom right is 1 1/4″. Look at the middle joint of your index finger. On most people, that’s about an inch. Go ahead and measure, tell me yours isn’t – I’ll wait. Remember – I said about an inch.
Here’s a shot from the crowded interior:
Pardon the distortion, I was leaning sideways over the breakfast bar (why, yes, I put that in myself too…) and trying to get a straight-on shot.
Well, enough about my home improvement projects. What have you been up to? God bless you always, and keep you safe – especially those of you still on the lines.
Wow! You had said the walls weren’t “quite straight and plumb” previously, but I didn’t realize they were THAT bad. Given what you had to work with, it looks fantastic.
Thanks, John. You know what they say – a little putty, a little paint, make it what it ain’t – after the paint job, the outside trim, and the outside grill gaurds, I’ll put up some more pictures.
It looks nice! I use examples like that in my classroom when we do measurement. The kids are always amazed at how crooked the school is… LOL
There’s crooked, and then there’s just plain not straight. I’ve got the last one. Crooked can be fixed – not straight is going to be not straight no matter how much putty and paint you use.
Secret: A great carpenter is defined by how well he can cover up mistakes not by un-acheivable perfection.
Looks great thus far Mr. Vila, looks great.
Semper Fi!
That’s the ticket, isn’t it? Thus the reversed corner mold as a paint stop…
Lookin’ good. You keep this up they’ll sign you for Home Improvement II. Just remember us little guys, Ok?
Home Improvement II? Great – another project!
Seriously, thanks Mary.
P.S. to supermilarocks – once again, not pertinent, not polite, not allowed.
I think it looks real good.
Looking at your previous post, I think it looks even better, considering ALL the help you had.
Two is enough for us,,,well actually the two spoiled ones don’t want anyone else honing in.
Yeah, we stopped adopting once we realized how lucky we were to have the five getting along so well.
Have I shown you pictures of our cats? Five of them…
looks good, you do good work. I myself have been a framimg carpenter and a handyman.
Thanks, FTGF.
I’ll give you a call when it’s time to build the new house.