New Front Doors

The original door.

Just a flush veneer entry door with a storm door. Our client wanted to have an idea of what the new door might look like before proceeding with the project…

…so with the help of a little Corel Photo Paint, we sort of made the storm door go away, and inserted a door she described, along with a very rough idea of what some exterior trim she described might look like. Hey, I said it was rough.

Our client wanted to spice up the exterior of the door assembly with a little ginger-bread trim.

The challenge was contending with the aluminum siding. One doesn’t generally want to start tearing aluminum siding apart, unless you have to do so. And given the great overhang which this door opening enjoyed, we didn’t have to. As you can see, we just laid the trim over the top of the siding.

The door our client settled upon was a variation of the Simpson model 1660, but with a single-fluted panel below.

A little stain and a little paint, and the curb appeal of this house in Vancouver just went up a notch or two.