The Doors

When we bought the property we knew we had some exterior esthetic issues to deal with.  Part of that was the doors in the rear of the facility and the pull down garage door on the front.

The rear doors required heavy steel security doors so we had Overhead Door KC come in to the the replacements.  I did a lot of work with them in the past and trust their products and install methods.  From experience at Sprint, I know it is almost impossible to break through their steel security products with anything short of a large truck.

That's a big hole in my building.

Takes a team to carry the steel security frame.

Side door to parking.  I had real worries about this door till we got this in.

The gent who gave us the bid recommended a large transom window over the door in the warehouse.  We loved that idea.  More light equaled less electricity used to illuminate warehouse and winter solar gain would make it a tad cheaper to heat.  A win both ways.





As for the garage door in the front of the facility, my good friend John and I removed the old pull down door and framed the opening in for a faux carriage door.

Framing waiting to go.

Framing installed, waiting to get finishing touches.

To be honest, the rough in of the front door sat that way for quite a while as we worked on other projects.  Finally we made a run to Bloomer Hardwoods to pick up the giant order of pin oak we ordered to complete the faux carriage door and some other trim projects.

It took John and I a few days to get the materials milled to our needs and installed.  We opted for less than energy efficient windows, as our window guys wanted around $1000 to make inserts for us.  Given that the rest of the bullpen windows are not insulated, $34 of lexan struck as as reasonable.

After getting the exterior complete, we gave it a coat of Cabot oil stain.

All finished, apart from iron work.

I'm biased, but looks great!

There are a set of hand forged iron handles and strap hinges on the way.  Cannot wait to see it finished.