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Before and after on my back doors.

Chris Hobson

Chris Hobson

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Type 2
I fitted the 'before' doors in 2002. The doors fitted by earlier occupants of the house were quite crude and made of hardboard on a wooden frame. The doors weren't actually exterior doors. I re-enforced them on the inside and gave them plenty of coats of exterior gloss. They have lasted twenty three years so I'm not complaining.
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The 'after' doors consist of one exterior door and one sheet of 400mm jointed board which was fortuitously just the right width. The board had a smooth face so I used a router to make it match the main door in appearance.1000000135.jpg
Note the new catflap. Max, our big tabby cat, is starting to get a bit chonky and was having to wriggle a bit to get through the original one. This one is just a little bigger.
 
It is a sobering thought that, if these doors last for twenty three years too, they will probably outlive me and become somebody else's problem. I would expect them to last longer because I've learned a lot since I installed the originals. Note the rain deflector at the base of the newer doors.
 
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