The door to no where … well, not exactly
While this is not the door to no-where, it is a pretty humorous point in the construction. The doors are in but there are no walls! I arrived on site this morning to go over a recent change (more on that in a moment). When I arrived, they had two of the three pedestrian doors installed. “Pedestrian” is both a description of the fact the doors are for people vs vehicles but also serve as a descriptive adjective as these doors are not the main entrance into the Farmhouse and are your standard commercial grade steel doors with safety glass – ugh -ly may also be a vocalization to describe them. Fortunately, they are not on the front of the farmhouse and so they will serve their purpose well and in relative obscurity.
The real purpose of the visit was to review a change that came about by the simple fact that words do not always mean the same thing to the speaker as they do to the listener. In this case it was the garage door (aka the overhead door). I had requested a 12′x14′ door – meaning 12 feet high and 14 feet wide. The contractor took it to mean a door 12 feed wide by 14 feet high. It seems the steel building manufacturer took my interpretation for the width. At some point later, the contractor verified the building was being manufactured for a 14 foot high door. If you are keeping track, you an now see that the manufacturer fabricated the steel for a 14 foot wide opening and then adjusted for a 14 foot high opening.
Thus, the contractor wanted me to inspect the site and if I approved, would install a 14′x14′ door. They were ahead of the game and said no additional charge would come of this misunderstanding. I suspect the difference was only $200-$300 but I was glad it was not another one for me to “absorb”.
The contractor probably took it to mean a 12 wide by 14 high door because in normal “contractor speak” doors and similar items are usually specified as WxH. Take the common 3-0/7-0 door, for instance … three foot zero inches wide by seven foot zero inches tall.
But heck, you got a 14×14 door for the price of a shorter one. SCORE!!
The place is coming along nicely.
yes, well … these things happen
I was more worried that the paint booth would not fit as planned.
BTW, it seems nearly impossible to get 3-0/7-0 doors without special ordering and/or excessive cost. All the doors in the farmhouse project got spec’d at 3-0/6-8. With the exception of the front door with is a double glass door and thus 6-0/6-8.
forgot to add that currently the project is looking more and more “industrial”. I can’t wait to start making it more inviting.
Man doors, garage door, front door….all good. But how big is the dog door? (BTW I am twenty one inches tall and don’t bend as well as I used to.)
No “dog’s only” doors but part of that is because my dad doesn’t like me to go out alone. The world is a great place to explore but there are some unsafe things out there. Besides, I like going for walks with my dad and even in the foulest weather, he still go out with me when I need to do my business.
Funny A dog door would be histerical certainle at this point Cool today the water garden froze over last night Enjoy Taffy
PS cant find spell check this AM
Hi Taffy – I suggested to my dad that he put a “paw pad” in the big door so I could just bat at it and the door would open.
Cordy – since the “big door” is 44′x16′, would that be big enough for you and Dawson ?
I think the big door would be fine for us, thanks. It ought to have a power saver setting so it only has to open 21 inches on occasion. I like the paw pad idea for you – and Taffy. I can use my nose or paw to open the power door in our mini van. Last spring, I let all 8 dogs out and we all went into the Safeway to find Tamara. LIbby the Labrador ate $35.20 worth of cheese…but that’s another story.
When you are old, you may want a dog door into your own small pugyard so you can go out more frequently to find your spot. (more and more frequently every year….sigh…)