According to this blog, the French doors at the back of the house were removed by Paul on 25 June 2014, almost 10 months ago. I then removed all of the glass panes then handed the doors to Paul and his father, who re glued the major joints with epoxy and did various repairs.
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Two months later the doors were returned to my veranda where I had the task of sanding and varnishing them, and replacing all of the glass.
The wood beading holding in the glass panes were too brittle for salvage so Paul took some Jarrah pieces lying around the house and milled a set of beading.
Then the fun really began. After varnishing the doors I had to fit in 40 panes of glass, each with 4 pieces of beading, mitered at each end for tight fit. That adds up to 160 pieces of beading and 320 miter cuts. Along the way I ran out of beading and milled pieces for 15 panes.
Fixing the beading turned out to be a problem. A nail short enough for the task was so thin that it would bend every time I tried to hammer it into the pre drilled hole. Paul came to the rescue by delivering his small compressor and nail gun. After a quick lesson from him I got on with it and fixed the panes with remarkable ease. I had broken two of the panes and ordered 3 new ones (one spare) which are laminated and almost 7 mm thick.
The doors are now ready for fitting, as shown in the photo.
The renovation work took a lot of time and effort but it was all worth it. I shudder at the thought of what a new set of solid Jarrah French doors would cost today. $1,000 per door would not surprise me because remember, we're talking Jarrah hardwood and not some Micky Mouse soft wood.
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