Back in the mid 1960s there were a few housing developments built here where I live. My best guess is these were mostly starter homes for folks on tight budgets and built by local contractors who owned the land and did the subdivisions.
I do a lot of repair and replacement work in both of these developments and keep running in to size issues where entrance doors and sliding glass doors are concerned.
For instance, a customer wants a new slider right now and I am baffled. A standard slider is 72" X 80" and available just about anywhere. I just measured the one needing replacing and it is 71" X 80 with absolutely no wiggle room at all. Can anyone explain this issue?
I also run into issues with replacement entrance doors that are 78 inches high and must have been special orders back then or just a cheaper way around for the original contractors. Installing a new casement door becomes quite a difficult task at either opening the hole to accept a standard door or trimming the doors and the casement down to fit.
I was around 14 back then and just don't get why contractors cut corners like this and sure would love to hear how others here deal with such issues if you ever run in to them.
I know I can special order the slider I need but the one place I deal with can only get a 71" wide slider in white and I need it to be brown to match others in the home.
ANy ideas or can anyone shed some light on these issues?
Gary L
I do a lot of repair and replacement work in both of these developments and keep running in to size issues where entrance doors and sliding glass doors are concerned.
For instance, a customer wants a new slider right now and I am baffled. A standard slider is 72" X 80" and available just about anywhere. I just measured the one needing replacing and it is 71" X 80 with absolutely no wiggle room at all. Can anyone explain this issue?
I also run into issues with replacement entrance doors that are 78 inches high and must have been special orders back then or just a cheaper way around for the original contractors. Installing a new casement door becomes quite a difficult task at either opening the hole to accept a standard door or trimming the doors and the casement down to fit.
I was around 14 back then and just don't get why contractors cut corners like this and sure would love to hear how others here deal with such issues if you ever run in to them.
I know I can special order the slider I need but the one place I deal with can only get a 71" wide slider in white and I need it to be brown to match others in the home.
ANy ideas or can anyone shed some light on these issues?
Gary L