I asked my wife’s cousins if they had any work for me while we were visiting their area; they had a patio door that had been waiting awhile to be installed. So I removed their old one and replaced it. The new one was smaller so there was a little bit of extra framing involved.
I wasn’t able to remove the main glass panel from the new frame – I thought it would be easy but it seemed quite secure. It was manageable though. The sliding one definitely had to come out to make the frame lighter!
New, wider mouldings had to be installed inside and out. This tends to happen when a bigger framing gap is created! However it worked out nicely because they are already framing their outdoor doors and windows with wider mouldings anyway.
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