Introducing our next renovation project: closing in this ugly and useless garage door.
If it were functional, this door would open up directly into our basement. That is, if you were to you walk down the basement steps, boom: you see where the car would be parked. Even if we wanted to use this space to park a car, I don’t think it would be safe or up to modern code (i.e. exhaust could get into the living areas too easily).
We actually had a pair of these metal doors when we moved in, but we replaced the left one (that opens into the actual garage) with a modern thermal door and opener. But back to the door on the right…
It’s old and thin aluminum. Somewhere along the line, someone tried to seal up the door on the inside to shut out the cold, but did a crap job of it all.
A couple of sheets of insulation board and a can of spray foam insulation isn’t enough to keep anything warm. Not only is it not airtight, it is so thin, you can easily talk with someone outside through the door.
So after four and a half years of living with this makeshift scenario, we’re finally going to replace the door with a real wall. A radical idea, I know! More details to come as we figure this whole thing out.
Ugh. Sometimes I feel like all we do around here is fix the weird and poor choices made by previous owners of our house. Anyone else in the same boat?
Update: Project complete! See the new wall here >>
