The front door inserts
Our front entrance door is solid white. After a while, I find it boring. So we shop around for a glass one.
Home Depot is the first place we look while we were getting the barn doors. All the associates are helpful most of the times, but sometimes they can be deadly wrong.
They’re the one who told me that we can use insert (22″x48″) instead getting a new door. However one of the associates insisted that we need storm impact front door … in fact, we don’t. So diligent research is important. I know, with mountain of things to tackle, sometime one may just get lazy … then mistakes mount …
One of the neighbors referred us to this shop that did his. Two staff in the smallish store and the process is very simply and straightforward. Look around the samples. Ask questions if there’s any. Order and pay.
Waiting for HOA approval takes some time. When we finally got the approval on March 25, month and half later, the design Sonnet is no longer available.
We go back to square one and reconsidered: Waterside, Beaufort, Avonlea, Bristol and Kordella. The winner is Kordella.
Two cheerful kids came to install on May 12. The text message began the day they received my product (May 10) and wanted to schedule the first thing on Friday. They are polite, pleasant, skilled and thorough. I couldn’t have asked for a better team.
Here are their steps:
- take off the door, one side at the time
- cut out
- put the door back
- insert the glass insert, and screw in
- fill the screw holes
- clean up
- settle the bill
The inserts look nice. Their attention to small details, such as the creased screw covers: the corner ones are dented to match the 90? corner trim. Also, the little credit card reader is cute and awesome.
P.S.
The vendor offers $25 credit for referrals after the customers ‘place their first order’. So please use Irene Eng as your referral, I’ll donate it to Tampa Bay Refuges.org to support its efforts.
Thank you in advance. My review on Google and Yelp.
PPS: painting the frame needs a little tlc.
~ The blue masking tape bleeds on the glass
~ When taking off the tape, be mindful that the paint is easily taken away as well.
