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Nice Ty… good werk..

Meh, the front door my wife wanted fiberglass 36” with 2 side lights was $3500 20 years ago… nobody uses it… we go in through garage, kids friends go in through garage….pizza delivery, amazon and ups/fedex see it more than we do…i remember the plumber brought the mb jacuzzi tub in through it and one of the feet on the tub grabbed the edge of the fiberglass and ripped it… he claimed it wasn’t him but he was the only one wrking that day….dealer replaced the slab under warranty anyway but man there was some cursing going on there for a few hours…

For the slider wall i believe 2x6 with a triple lvl header should hold up fine…i have no lolly columns in my garage and a few triple lvls holding everything up just fine.. youll be good
Thank you Pete!

Our front door will not get much use either, nor will be seen much. The house is parallel with the driveway, so not exactly a "wow" factor on the garage side. This door is $4k I think, plus accessories. My builder does a mahogany door on every build he does, so why change it. It'll be a nice break from the black and white theme. Also, the t&g porch ceilings and posts will be stained the same or similar colors.

I'm not worried about the support side of the slider, it's the width. 7.5 or 7.75" track width. They will have to do something or the door frame will be protruding on the 2x6 wall. Maybe they just add fur strips? It's not a super long wall, so I'd rather them just upsize the studs along the entire wall instead of adding material, or doing some weird bump out.
 

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I had some scrap osb so I made our "temporary address" sign. We have to have that and permit box before they do the footers.

Most people just rattle can the numbers on it and hang it up. I didn't like that look, so I cut a stencil. After that, I put a few coats of polyurethane on it so it will hold up in the weather.

I wanted satin but they were out. Semi gloss it is. I just did the last coat, so hopefully it cools off in the shine department.

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That signs really gonna tie your “Great Wall” together
 
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That signs really gonna tie your “Great Wall” together
I've spent so much money trying to make the place pretty, I couldn't have a shit sign to go along with the dead grass and washed out driveway....

Premium signage will cancel the rest.

Honestly tho, dude sent pictures after the grass cutting and it's not as bad as thought. Driveway will be fixed next week, even if have to take a tractor out there and do it myself

Pictures from mowing company...

All that was weeds. You can also see my money washed out in the road. Just noticed the canyon along the wall, washed out to the geofabric level. Nice...:emotions133:

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I had some scrap osb so I made our "temporary address" sign. We have to have that and permit box before they do the footers.

Most people just rattle can the numbers on it and hang it up. I didn't like that look, so I cut a stencil. After that, I put a few coats of polyurethane on it so it will hold up in the weather.

I wanted satin but they were out. Semi gloss it is. I just did the last coat, so hopefully it cools off in the shine department.

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Give it time in the Sunshine……. Soon to be a satin…..
 

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Thank you Pete!

Our front door will not get much use either, nor will be seen much. The house is parallel with the driveway, so not exactly a "wow" factor on the garage side. This door is $4k I think, plus accessories. My builder does a mahogany door on every build he does, so why change it. It'll be a nice break from the black and white theme. Also, the t&g porch ceilings and posts will be stained the same or similar colors.

I'm not worried about the support side of the slider, it's the width. 7.5 or 7.75" track width. They will have to do something or the door frame will be protruding on the 2x6 wall. Maybe they just add fur strips? It's not a super long wall, so I'd rather them just upsize the studs along the entire wall instead of adding material, or doing some weird bump out.
( stain )…… oil base “ Cabot Stain "
 

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Thank you Pete!

Our front door will not get much use either, nor will be seen much. The house is parallel with the driveway, so not exactly a "wow" factor on the garage side. This door is $4k I think, plus accessories. My builder does a mahogany door on every build he does, so why change it. It'll be a nice break from the black and white theme. Also, the t&g porch ceilings and posts will be stained the same or similar colors.

I'm not worried about the support side of the slider, it's the width. 7.5 or 7.75" track width. They will have to do something or the door frame will be protruding on the 2x6 wall. Maybe they just add fur strips? It's not a super long wall, so I'd rather them just upsize the studs along the entire wall instead of adding material, or doing some weird bump out.
Oh just reread your post my post then this post…. Disregard my post because im a momo and thats that…;)
 

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