Replacing Windows with French Doors

Bob meets with contractor Al Stiles on the Forida cottage and installs a pair of French doors. First, they have to remove the old pair of jalousie windows.
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Replacing Windows with French Doors

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" We're installing a pair of doors out here on the porch this one with just put in the other day -- nice little trench Norway bottom bunch of them at this country. And let me show you one of the other features that Al authority golf course we open up this law -- found that there have been a little bit of Musharraf should. From long ago we opened it up -- lots of daylight. Into the living space itself these are the other doors that we found that the the salvage yard to all you really new doors inventory -- about fails. Saw lumber yard and we got them for fifty dollars and be. And Al can I interrupt you. -- here on our art our French doors are double doors that will go right here right and you guys are getting ready to install them what's the first thing you do and here. Well and we get chance you would take this baseboard off -- from the center and registered to peace that they -- that we get a lot of them want to cut the baseboard -- either side you know you got reform and opening. But we don't know exactly where this opening is going to be and if we got to hear what could be a quarter inch off so we're just gonna remove it. And we get our doors in our pacing back and and we put an educated -- you have to Long Beach and moderately have to finish. OK go. -- now we have to take this and that off so we can see what's behind here okay. You're gonna stay at a loss how to talk to. We get behind you guys got. Assuming that doubles well that once -- there well look at the color of the southern yellow placards that regarded kind of candor is. All right so what's next well we take -- We're gonna see how they are opening round and into the government problems. -- hit me. We're going to cut this out here now if you we've actually got down below this. Yeah go I don't know if that's political effects want falling. Now what about the rest of it's not that you don't -- yes all right. Now all these wood shavings really make me. Think about how this is a hand built house in nine point here so what's next well we're gonna pin this up here wouldn't that was that here -- put our threshold in right protect athletes. -- putting in the neighborhood. Okay though the doors themselves. Will be. When backed by clients -- than you're damn. Steve how do you figure out where to locate the heads."

" It's what we do like to do -- come sadness from the top of the door elevenths from the bottom eleven hinges allow us to remove dependent that we need to check the door out the jambs right and in the middle than dissenters in between what we're values as a rock her hands template. This right here once we set up to the door yeah we can take -- earlier RJ and that's how you're gonna rot out so that you into the recess for mortise into the woods. Right we're going to lead to -- him. There's been set up. So that this here with the top of the door -- right. I guess it's an apartment with this. And then I won't take these little pins here. This halter top. And let him. All right now -- around."

" OK. Okay. This. Okay. We'll."

" OK -- we've -- to tell what you need to hammer to pull it off right right. Can I hear it. OK. And now are we ready to put the door and the -- to get. Or at least versus she's hinges -- them outside so -- this fit perfectly. That not. We like to use one of these things all that's a good idea what you call us senate parts exactly. But that does that -- exact hall seats in this little water makes exact center hall -- restaurants you know. And that'll make it. Drive the screws perfectly in this."

" Since we're pretty good all right now with an effort -- better. All right now this will be the header piece again just another. When about five."

" Screw these. With drywall screws right all right this holds. Just nail. OK and we're just tack this box that -- stand -- this is that the temporary residence and we ended the bottom don't Blair out right. Just tacking them."

" All right with the -- is all together we've now had the outside casing and we're ready to try. -- having it. In the it was a hand."

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