Doors Doors and more doors

Since we were a little remiss in posting in 2018, I have a few home improvement updates to share with you all. The first being, we replace our doors... ALL of them.

The front door didn't close correctly and bugs were running into the light outside our door and crawling under our door to die in our house and attract ants... I even had a gecko find its way under my door. The thing was one good kick away from falling off.

So, what did we replace it with? a steel door and frame. It's awesome. We can put up magnets on the back and hang little dude's art up on the walls that he brings home from pre-school.

We again selected Home Depot for our doors because I'm a fan of lifetime warranties since we plan to be here for a total of 8-10 years, plus we weren't allowed to replace the front door ourselves per the HOA policy.

What it cost: Front Door:

• Installation materials and molding for around the door: $94.59
• Front Door: $280.68
• Haul away of old door: $35.00
• Labor: $392.00
• Credit for measure: $-50.00
• Tax: $29.08

Total: $746.35

We then replaced the bathroom, our double bedroom doors, and the door to little dudes room. We needed the inside doors replaced because the jams were so old in the bathroom that the whole thing warped and would sometimes lock little people inside...  We didn't do a door to cover the laundry room... because the only thing home depot carries in a size wide enough for the space is a mirrored slider door... which hubs doesn't like... so we are back to the drawing board there, but that will be a latter project.

What it cost: the rest of the doors:

• Installation materials: $105.91
• Single door: $151.96
• Double door: $379.32
• Single door: $151.96
• Labor: 498.00 for the two single doors
• Labor: 373.51 for the double master doors
• sales tax: $61.16

Total: 1,721.82

The largest cost was labor, but we didn't know what we were going to get with how old everything was... and it was a good thing we paid for their labor and didn't DIY this ourselves. Despite the professional measure, the master double doors were very difficult to replace because the entry way wasn't really the size that they measured. However their crew was able to still install the doors by modifying materials and swapping out trim.

I still need to paint everything, but New doors! It is so nice to be able to lock the bathroom on purpose then get stuck inside...