Thanks to Tom Olmstead, Dave DeWolf, Jim Jahnke, John Shaw, Scott Gerhold, and Greg Young for putting in two beautiful new and secure doorways at the Gilpins! The crew headed up by Big Tom (the hardest working person with the biggest heart I've ever met) worked for 5 hours to hang a beautiful new entryway on the front of the house which was purchased by the church, and move an existing storm door to the back of the house.
The Gilpins recently graduated Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University Class, which says the most important part of real estate is a good first impression. A good looking front door will do just that. Hopefully when the Gilpins are ready to move into a new house someday due to their wisdom gained from FPU and to meet the needs of their growing young family, a buyer will say, "Wow, what a great entryway," and buy the place.
After hanging the doors, the volunteers put up new brick mold trim which really cleaned up the appearance and added lower trim aluminum at bottom of door plus seals. The front door was tricky because the old door was slightly wider than the replacement and the opening was not plumb. They were able to reinstall the nice historic interior trim and John made a couple of small trim filler blanks because the new door was slightly taller than the old. They also filled the nail holes for now so it will be okay for winter.
