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Replacing an Exterior Door

A new door is being installed on the Melrose house. Bob explains that the old door was adequate but had a crack in one of the panels which let in a draft. Lou Sandonato from Moynihan Lumber tells Bob about the features and benefits of the new American Classic Therma-Tru door. The door is made of fiberglass skin, a polyresin interior, and LVL siding, all in a wood jam. It is an engineered door, ready to install and does not require as much maintenance as a normal wood door. Bob talks to Bill Jarzynka from Bill Jarzynka Carpentry about the installation. Jarzynka is preparing the area, clearing away debris with a vacuum, to install a solid base of pressure-treated wood create a new frame for the door. Jarzynka installs the wood slats and a layer of insulation to create the base. Jarzynka will frame the sides with pressure-treated boards to fill the empty space. A board is also nailed in place at the top of the frame to fit the door. Sandonato reviews the three-point locking system in the installed door. Jarzynka then installs the trim surrounding the door.

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Replacing an Exterior Door

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" When the other improvements we're doing to the front of the house involves putting in a new front door. The old wooden door that was here you know it's from 1921 and it's an okay door except it had a crack in one of the panels and let the draft that. And the guys from Moynihan are here hey Lou actually just join me for a minute to talk about the attributes of this door this is. For -- true yes sir and you guys deal in this product it what's it made out of its fiberglass skin door and poly -- in Syria LVL siding. Then put enough would gym so it is really ready to be installed. What's astonishing to me is that they managed to give it the look of -- arts and crafts style. You know front door with a dental in the -- fear and the look it's meant to look like fur is that correct this is part of their American series. Classic craft it's engineered to would make it look like the wood so you don't have the swelling. You don't have the cracking the warping. And you don't have to maintain it as much no maintenance and up and bill you're just about ready to have. Respect go and you're just about ready addicted well you've already taken out the old one. Yet where all the steps well what we're gonna do now --"

" Just finish cleaning this up clear clean surface to start. -- again give us the show and gonna give ourselves a solid. They. Defective -- So -- we're we're furring out with pressure treated lumber down there correct OK we'll put this -- but I. I've -- this show but. Fitting. There sit out the flat and it's in good shape I mean so nice and clean but it's a solid right no -- I don't know insect damage. You have to worry about any kind of insulation in this area. -- we're gonna do before this goes on."

" We're gonna -- a piece of insulation here just to stop the draft -- draft all right well we'll watch let me know you need -- hand are. -- now put that insulation. Now we'll just lay this on the topic. Oh -- solid surface obviously measure twice cut -- answer right. -- now we did. We've made up. Some studs we have windows. On either side and we want to get ourselves to a point. Where we can just put the door and right together -- intimate -- correct so these would technically be Jack studs I guess that's right that's right. -- gonna do is we're gonna try to make up. This difference and then put that. The next stud in beyond that."

" All right so this story it is a little bit shorter in the one that was in there right it is Bob this store is a 68 Newton. And the door that was in has a seven foot door OK so that means we've got to fur up in there too that's right good."

" the space."

" All right so the door is secured and boy does that look good. And it sounds good -- and it absolutely. Now to secure. OK so -- the the hardware is something of interest because it's it's and German hardware that. Not just a bolt that goes into the jam correct they call this a three point locking system. When you lift the handle up. Throws three points of locking in there you can -- deadbolt fabulous. And bill what's what's the last steps you're doing here I -- you putting a bead of caulking behind there."

" Hello again as he ran some caulking to seal this into the window. Gonna slide this right over and now we've taking care of the trim okay -- the door and the windows securely together."

" Go ahead all one piece that looks very good and you've got another piece of cedar that'll go across the entire. Correct good piece of cedar again a trim piece which is blend right in finish off stuff right just. Along the -- rest of the perimeter. Beautiful job guys thank you you think."

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