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    Entrance Door

    It took me 3-months to finish but was a very satisfying project. The web & forums are great a professional door maker weened me through the process. Best of all the wife loves it.

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    Mike

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    I'm thinking you did a very nice job on that door!!
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    Very nice!!

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    Nice work indeed!

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    It looks great!

    Looks like you dont need an alarm system with that pooch peeking out the window!

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    Great upgrade to your home Mike.
    We have a real estate company up here and curb appeal means a lot.

    Nice work on the doors. Your curb appeal just went up...

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    Beautiful!! Pictures of construction?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Dunn View Post
    Beautiful!! Pictures of construction?
    Thanks for all the compliments. It sure was different working with large and heavy lumber.

    Jim - as a favor I documented most of the work here: DOOR

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    Good work, Mike. And, you are right - working with larger dimension lumber raises the bar considerably. Turned out great, though, and a marked improvement over the previous door.

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    Very nice work Mike. That New Orleans look of the first door somehow just doesn't fit your local. That is a major improvement indeed.
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    Beautiful door Mike. Definitely an improvement. I also found the use of LVL's interesting. I would have never thought of that.
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    Real nice job. I particularly like the way the curve of the door top rail flows into the sidelight window top rails.
    Rob.

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    Mike,

    Nice job.

    I'm going to make a new door for my house. I'm curious about what glue you used. Did I mis that when I read through your description of the work?
    Last edited by lowell holmes; 12-31-2009 at 8:16 AM.

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    Nice job! But it is not done..........
    You need to do something with that RB&B over the door. Can't see the rest of the house so I can't make any suggestions, but that detracts from all of your hard work. Maybe a sunburst?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry Edgerton View Post
    Nice job! But it is not done..........
    You need to do something with that RB&B over the door. Can't see the rest of the house so I can't make any suggestions, but that detracts from all of your hard work. Maybe a sunburst?
    Ha - you must be the 10th person to say that. Right now the ceiling is right above the door, but, this door was the beginning of a living rm. - dining rm. - kitchen remodel so I may have some freedom to open that area up.

    Mike

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