It probably goes without saying that the threshold for the door from the kitchen to the garage was funky and needed to be replaced. Another reason was the kitchen floor was now higher due to the tile installation and the old threshold had been fitted for flatter vinyl flooring.
As with almost every other job in the house, it took much longer and cost more than we were expected. It had become a given regardless of what the job was.
Mr. Remodel bought a threshold but it wouldn’t fit as is so there followed much cutting, adjusting, trips back to the shop for advice, and more cutting and adjusting.
There is a piece of wood at the bottom.
Followed by a custom wood threshold piece made by Mr. Remodel.
Followed by the rubber shop-bought but customised threshold piece.
The first time it was fitted together, it at too high so the door wouldn’t shut properly. After Mr. R took it all apart and cut the wood down a smidgen and put it all together again it looks and works well.
The last job to finish in the kitchen was to put in the new door surround and paint the door white. We had discussed whether to put a new door in here as well as in the rest of the house but decided to forgo the expense. It’s a fire door and so would be more expensive than the other doors we’d bought. We took a chance that a new surround and a few coats of paint would be enough.
This is the door without a surround and reminds us the original kitchen colour.
Even just with a bare new surround it is looking better already.
We think we made the right choice.
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