Good morning, VoltDIYers.
Good gosh, the guy came over to finish the job yesterday. He had to put in 3 pieces of casing and a door handle and a deadbolt. 4 1/2 hours later he wasn't done so I told him we were very happy with what he got accomplished but it was time to go home.
He totally fell apart. Was talking to himself. He put the door knob in the top hole. I was checking on him every so often so I noticed and said "Oh, I always thought the door handle went in the bottom hole and the deadbolt in the top hole.
I checked on him later and he had been working on getting the deadbolt put together in the hole for 45 minutes. I said "Let me take a look," He had been using the wrong screws which weren't long enough. I had the darn thing put together and working in ten minutes. Something wasn't quite right with the disc underneath but I insisted it was fine not to worry.
That was super frustrating since I had made sure the parts were all in the right piles earlier so the guy had to work extra hard at not being able to do that part of the job. He lost one of the screws for the face plate but since no one really sees it we used a gold screw instead of the black screw that came with the set.
I told him Hubby was fine putting the door knob on and it was time to go.
Hubby helped me when I got back from dropping the guy off. He fixed the dead bolt. Put in the hole in the frame to lock the dead bolt, put in the door handle and the hole in the frame for that and he put the face plates on the door frame and the door. Total time for Hubby to do that was an hour.
I dropped the guy off, paid him, said we were fine with what he got accomplished. Yeah, the guy is never working here again.
The day before, Hubby really did a lot of the work, as well. Hubby double checked the door frame and adjusted it several times to make sure it was straight and he fixed it where it was trying to bow out. If Hubby hadn't been here, I think the door frame would have been all screwed up.
The door looks fabulous but I still have to get the insulation strip in on the frame and fill the crack between the frame and the wall with insulation. Hubby has to build a door sill.
Obviously, nothing got stained so I have to stain the door and the inside trim. I might stain the trim outside and bring it in to dry in the office. The door won't get stained until the weather warms up a bit. The door is in a very sheltered location so it will be fine until spring.
At least the door is in and Hubby learned a lot about doors. We also now know that we have 2x6 framework which means we need to talk to the door company in Carson city see if they can build a door frame that fits our house. I don't see why not since they do the work there to create the prehung doors. We shall see. On the bright side, at least Hubby knows how to do this from scratch now.
Good gosh, the guy came over to finish the job yesterday. He had to put in 3 pieces of casing and a door handle and a deadbolt. 4 1/2 hours later he wasn't done so I told him we were very happy with what he got accomplished but it was time to go home.
He totally fell apart. Was talking to himself. He put the door knob in the top hole. I was checking on him every so often so I noticed and said "Oh, I always thought the door handle went in the bottom hole and the deadbolt in the top hole.
I checked on him later and he had been working on getting the deadbolt put together in the hole for 45 minutes. I said "Let me take a look," He had been using the wrong screws which weren't long enough. I had the darn thing put together and working in ten minutes. Something wasn't quite right with the disc underneath but I insisted it was fine not to worry.
That was super frustrating since I had made sure the parts were all in the right piles earlier so the guy had to work extra hard at not being able to do that part of the job. He lost one of the screws for the face plate but since no one really sees it we used a gold screw instead of the black screw that came with the set.
I told him Hubby was fine putting the door knob on and it was time to go.
Hubby helped me when I got back from dropping the guy off. He fixed the dead bolt. Put in the hole in the frame to lock the dead bolt, put in the door handle and the hole in the frame for that and he put the face plates on the door frame and the door. Total time for Hubby to do that was an hour.
I dropped the guy off, paid him, said we were fine with what he got accomplished. Yeah, the guy is never working here again.
The day before, Hubby really did a lot of the work, as well. Hubby double checked the door frame and adjusted it several times to make sure it was straight and he fixed it where it was trying to bow out. If Hubby hadn't been here, I think the door frame would have been all screwed up.
The door looks fabulous but I still have to get the insulation strip in on the frame and fill the crack between the frame and the wall with insulation. Hubby has to build a door sill.
Obviously, nothing got stained so I have to stain the door and the inside trim. I might stain the trim outside and bring it in to dry in the office. The door won't get stained until the weather warms up a bit. The door is in a very sheltered location so it will be fine until spring.
At least the door is in and Hubby learned a lot about doors. We also now know that we have 2x6 framework which means we need to talk to the door company in Carson city see if they can build a door frame that fits our house. I don't see why not since they do the work there to create the prehung doors. We shall see. On the bright side, at least Hubby knows how to do this from scratch now.
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