A New Entry

So we have officially made a decision that will change the look of the outside of the church.  We are going to move the main entrance from the side of the building to the front.  Currently the front of the church looks something like this...

This is an old picture from a previous blog post, but it focuses on the spot we are placing the new entrance.  It will be going between the two outer windows.  We will be removing the middle window, the door will go in that space, and stairs will go up to the door.  The issue we had was that this space is 13 feet (4 meters) across.  That is not a standard door, so we had to do some shopping and digging to find something.  By chance William found a door at Restore.  This store is a donation place for Habitat for Humanity.  You donate renovation items you no longer need and they sell them to other people.  The profits go back into Habitat for Humanity.  This is where I purchased a ton of tiles for my bathroom mosaic.  Getting the door here means we got a HUGE door for a fraction of the price if we had custom ordered it.  EXCELLENT!  The issue became "how do we get this thing home?!"

We decided on hiring a moving company.  Less stress for us, and a better chance it would arrive in one piece.  William met the movers at Restore to organize the loading of the door.

One of the reasons we liked this door is that it isn't just the door, but also the frosted windows on either side.  Here is a better look at one side...

You can't tell from this picture, but it brings in light nicely but you can't see in. PERFECT!  We've been basement dwellers long enough now that I crave sunlight.  A LOT!

The doors themselves are called "Composite Doors".  They are made up of a variety of materials and should (hopefully) be stainable.

Once the door was loaded and ready to go, William called to let me know they were on their way. They arrived and then it was the fun of trying to not only get it off the truck, but also where to place it as it would not fit in the house and it had just rained and the ground was wet and muddy.  It was decided that the best place for it was to lean it up where it will eventually be installed.

The movers told me they were worried about getting it off the truck as a forklift was used to get it in. I am happy to report that everything went smoothly and the door is now awaiting insulation!

This is where it will now live for a little while.  We will be handing in the paperwork for the permits this week.  As we have had things stall on us in the past waiting for permits, we are hopeful it won't, but ready for it to happen to us again.  Lucky we are not in a rush, although it will be nice to not worry that something will happen to it while it's leaned up against the building.

Things are not even officially a go yet and we already have choices to make.

Back to the stress of too many choices!