The Beat Goes On

Been a little busy around here. The weather was unseasonably warm, but I'm not complaining. We got the sliding glass door installed in the new house, and it's a huge disappointment. When we met with 84 Lumber to pick out our windows and doors (Andersen) last summer, we had a 3-panel slider in mind that was of a kind of European design. The price was astronomical. The manager suggested another door that had three panels. We assumed that meant that two of the panels slid, so we'd have a wide opening to the deck. We assumed that, because that's what we were aiming for with the European design which rolled along the bottom, and the door lowered to seal the bottom track and it had no exposed framing at the threshold. (Something to trip over when you're old.) We got the door installed, and only one panel opens, two fixed panels and they even got it wrong in terms of the direction of opening. Worse, the opening is only 28 inches wide! Fortunately, it seems that size is enough to accommodate…

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