The Hallway Door

Anybody who has been in our house knows that we have a random door in the upstairs hallway that used to go out to a second floor greenhouse. However, the previous owners didn't like the greenhouse and tore it off, leaving this door there. If you were to open it and walk out, you would fall 2 stories to the concrete driveway below....
And while we would love to rebuild that second floor addition at some point, since it was not in our near financial future, we needed to do something about the door before one of our curious kids figured out how to open it!


Step one was tearing out all of the hallway plaster (which we had to do anyway to rewire the second floor!). Step two was to insulte the exterior wall (since no walls in our house were insulated, and last winter's $800/month heating bills killed us!! Step 3 was to lock all of the children downstairs so they didn't come up while we were working...

Step 4 was to remove the door and trim pieces, and build in the framing for the new window...

The framing was built, and then the exterior had to be covered with pressure treated plywood. We still need to bend metal to cover up the board so it matches the house.

And finally, we have a new window! Special order to match the style of the rest of the upstairs windows, it is a huge improvement (and MUCH safer!) over the door!