Come On In

More rain this weekend so we didn't want to go to the lake. What to do at home? Oh, yeah, we can put the front door in now.

First step uncrate this baby from this monster box. We could not even budge the door in the crate. There was lots of wood surrounding it to protect all the glass.

 Isn't it beautiful? Love the glass. Really like that the outside glass is smooth. All the ripple glass and leading is set inside. Our last house we had a stained glass door made and having to clean the not smooth glass was a chore.

 This is the transom for over the door.

 Walked the door for a bit to get it over to the entry and then got smart and used a 4 wheeled dolly. We have to remember to use tools and not our backs. The chair is there as additional protection in case of an earthquake. We didn't want to take the chance of this door being knocked to the ground by a little shaking before we got it screwed to the framing.

 We laid the old ceiling tiles down and then the door down to apply silicone to the bottom. We left the OSB board over the doorway as long as possible because of the rain. We put the West Wing door in during a snow storm and now this one while raining. It's the only time we have to do these things.

 Our entry way with the OSB taken down and the door put up. And yes; that is the lawn mower at the front door doesn't everyone keep their equipment in their house? We still have everything in the Residence until the garage roof gets on.

 Next step was framing in for the transom.

 We love it. Wyatt and I had put my front porch table there last week just so it was there. It looks good in it's spot.

 Another small step accomplished.

This picture didn't turn out well. This is the west sun coming in through the front glass. The glass looks like ice with the sun coming through.

Now I am anxious to get the family room door in and as soon as we can get the cars in the garage, the kitchen windows can go in. Each step makes us more anxious to get the next one done. We kept going out and just looking at our front door, we are so excited.