New man door...

[paredown]

Our house was joined with a new subdivision, so what was the front (in picture) became the back, and the POs cut the back out of the garage so you could walk through from the new "front" to get to the original front door. I added a new front door several years ago.

But I was left with a carport--and putting up doors turned into a problem--issues with ceiling height/clearance, having two doors meet in the middle--plus, if double track were used, it would cut into the opening for the interior door into the garage, which is over-height. So I have had doors tacked up while I over-thought the problem.

I had a small breakthrough a couple of weeks ago--I need to be able to get through the garage--but I don't need a full sized door.

So I found these Andersen outswing door panels (FB Marketplace--cheap!), got some bargain door frame material, framed up the door (total PITA), and did temporary framing on the opening so it could be reversed later.

Finishing was 'what I had lying around'--base is some of that fake wood grain embossed ply, and I added the battens cut out of some salvage boards from the original siding. Had some of the original paint for the wall--and I also painted the door (though it is not recommended) to match the others on the house.

Some finishing left to go, including the threshold (it will be a bit of a kludge, since Andersen uses some proprietary profile that is pretty high--I've got a commercial door style to go in, and I may put a higher removable piece on it...

Anyways--not much to look at--but a big breakthrough for my "shop"!

Bonus--I've got nice light inside now too!

 

[captain14]

Looks good. What’s your plan for the landing Of front of the door? Concrete, patio stones...?

Post some detail photos when you have time .

 

[paredown]

Looks good. What’s your plan for the landing Of front of the door? Concrete, patio stones...?

Post some detail photos when you have time .

Just to the right of where I'm working, I have a massive root system from a tree we had taken down--and a damaged crawl space foundation. The POs left the tree--a white oak-and from what I can tell, jogged the foundation around it when they built. 50 years on that turned out to be a bad decision, as the roots put pressure on the foundation wall and started cracking it.

The master plan--dig down, remove root, pour new footing and build a new foundation wall just outside what is there. Then add another door on the wall, some kind of landing--and walkway back to the garage. I've got slope and drainage issues in the corner too--so dealing with that's also part of the 'grand plan.'

Then put down pavers (I think) in front of where the new door is so I can roll stuff in and out as I'm working.

The only problem--I'm ten years older than when I started working on this place, and I'm feeling it with every full day of work I put in!

(College Park is a nice area--spent quite a few hours in the UMd Library back in the day...)

 

[captain14]

Just to the right of where I'm working, I have a massive root system from a tree we had taken down--and a damaged crawl space foundation. The POs left the tree--a white oak-and from what I can tell, jogged the foundation around it when they built. 50 years on that turned out to be a bad decision, as the roots put pressure on the foundation wall and started cracking it.

The master plan--dig down, remove root, pour new footing and build a new foundation wall just outside what is there. Then add another door on the wall, some kind of landing--and walkway back to the garage. I've got slope and drainage issues in the corner too--so dealing with that's also part of the 'grand plan.'

Then put down pavers (I think) in front of where the new door is so I can roll stuff in and out as I'm working.

The only problem--I'm ten years older than when I started working on this place, and I'm feeling it with every full day of work I put in!

(College Park is a nice area--spent quite a few hours in the UMd Library back in the day...)

Don’t I know the feeling. We are not getting older. We are mature, seasoned veterans now.

You would not even recognize the RT 1 corridor now. Many of the older buildings have been removed and replaced with high rise apartments as they are trying to get everything close to campus now. Take a look on the Google live maps on what’s changed .