The moment of truth arrived today. Would the salvaged entry we purchased actually fit in the house?
The salvaged door cost around $1,500 (thanks to the salvage yard closing down), a brand new one would have cost over $6,000, and was way out of our price range. The entry is actually about 30mm wider than the hallway. An added complication is that the hallway walls are not plumb (out by about 30mm top to bottom...
Here is the door when we purchased it last year (note my assistant measuring it):
Here is the house with no door:
And here it is tonight!:
Here is a very similar door we happened to walk past last week. We plan on borrowing the colour scheme:
