Front door options

January 31, 2014
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I will keep the bay windows and upper window the same as the original kit, but the front entrance needs some consideration. I'd like to keep the original kit door if possible, and it needs to be assembled from pieces. If I do keep this door, then I need to figure out a way to make it a working door, which will in turn change the way the recessed entryway is constructed. The kit instructions have you glue the door in place, but I want a functional door. So, I can't cut my new facade backer board until I figure out the entryway in dry fit.

You can see from the drawing how this door will look with all the trim in place. The plywood surround creates the recess, but the door fills the whole interior space...there's no frame.

The Houseworks door I have as a backup plan is shorter and narrower than the original door, so I'm going to try to get the original to work. The original just says "row house" to me.