Our neighbor Stephan needed a new door — the old one was in terrible condition (and it was a terrible door). Like many, we replaced more than just the door. The post needed to be resecured and there was a good bit of adjacent refining. The best part was the color... Check it out.
When looking at the Norcalmod / Redneckmodern / Cyanovox / MicroEichler / EichlerStencil world, I either need another world... or I need to keep more of the renovaiton stuff over here (and the work on my house at Redneckmodern). In lieu of creating yet another universe, I'll keep the Eichler door stuff over here especially since they've become so prevalent — but they'll get their own category.
Sadly, like many of these, I forgot to get the "before" and jumped right in on the project — it was a terrible lime green paneled door that didn't close properly. This is a definite upgrade.
[Like many original doors, the post had come unsecured. However, because of a later concrete pour, we needed to create our own mounting bracket seen here.]
[In many of my installations, the original mounting locations and lock morticing needed to be completely rebuilt. Redwood is great, but it gets very brittle — almost crumbly — over the years.]
[Lock locations get the same fill/re-drill treatment which makes for a better-fitting door.]
This comes up a lot in the Eichler DIY community*: After a few dozen replacements, I've found what works — and doesn't... and it took a lot of time, trial, and error. I've not found an off-the-shelf "kit" that works well, so I assembled my own. I work with a locksmith to assemble commercial-grade parts that match (i.e.: locks keyed the same) and orient the lock on-site so that the keyway faces the right direction — as-is, you've only a 50% chance that you lock will be correct. I promised my locksmith that I'd not give out his name — he'd prefer to deal with one person than dozens. Instead, I have assembled a ready-to-purchase kit of my own — if you'd like to purchase, hit me up. There's no profit here (maybe there should be), but these parts are already bonkers-expensive — the proper backset adapter alone is nearly $100.
(*There are lots of folks that have advice. Only a few of these folks have replaced dozens of Eichler doors... take the advice of whomever you trust.)
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