With windows done, the doors are next

Having gotten all the windows done, we were ready now to replace the doors in the house. The old doors were a natural wood vernier. There wasn't anything wrong with many of them, but they were old, tired and outdated. The sliding closet doors didn't roll smoothly in their tracks. One of the interior wood doors had a couple big holes most likely during a tantrum by the previous owners offspring.

The fire door leading into the garage was a real pane. It was difficult to close, let alone close on its own as required by modern local code. You had to either slam it shut dor turn the knob to allow it to close. The side entry door in the garage was also not up to modern code, and was a serious security risk as well.

Add in a couple pocket doors, a nice new front entry door, and you've got an entire home improvement project of substantial scope. In fact this project would have waited a few years except for one thing - we were getting the bathroom  remodeled and it has a pocket door. For it to be replaced - frame and hardware included, means opening the wall. We wouldn't want to remodel the bathroom, and then have to open the wall to replace the pocket door in a few years. So this project got moved to the front burner to be completed before the bathroom remodel

There were two doors to be converted too - a linen cabinet door and the door to the furnace closet. The original design had these two doors as simple flat panels with nothing more than cabinet door detents to hold it closed. They worked fine to keep the cat from snooping around the furnace or snoozing in the linen cabinet, but they needed to be converted to proper doors.

Of corse, all new door hardware is part of the project too. We like the industrial look of stainless steel, and in most cases brushed or satin nickel is sufficiently similar for situation where stainless is not available - such as this. Door hings and interior door knobs (in this case) are done in brushed nickle to match the industrial theme found elsewhere in the house.

If you're contemplating replacing one or more door in your home, chances are good that you can find a chapter on it here.