Today we went to visit the windows and door lady, Betty. We had previously decided to keep our existing front door as well as the existing double hung windows. She came over to our house to measure our existing windows to make sure we could reuse them in the bedrooms. There's a new regulation now regarding egress windows in bedrooms - they have to be a minimum dimension to allow to fully-geared firefighters to enter the home through the windows.
One of our windows was in our storage shed, left by the previous owner. (It was supposed to replace our current kitchen window.) Thankfully, the manufacturing information was still on it so Betty was able to get the model number and appropriate stats.
She saw our stuck door in the living room and said that we could reuse it in the garage. And apparently the door, along with the doors, is from a good brand so we would save ~$1000 by keeping it!
We also did a minor tweak of the floor plan to accommodate a wall oven in the kitchen. Also, we moved the entry closet across the hall, using up some office space. It's still a separate closet that's accessible outside the office.
Our homework for next meeting:
- Look at different hardware and finishes for exterior doors, interior doors, and pocket doors.
- Look at different tile for the bathrooms.
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