This was an interesting and a bit unusual project for us in that we usually don’t see rot this bad in an entry way unit. With this owner, challenges over the recent past had prevented them from attending to the door and so rot migrated from the outside of the frame and infected the inside of frame and both sides of the bottom of the door itself.

We performed Door Surgery and cut out the rot on the outside of the frame, removed the rot and epoxied the inside of the frame and sides of the door. We applied our hand-rubbed oil finish to this door and as you can see from the photos at the bottom, the wood grain came through beautifully. This was a custom door and frame from Santa Fe, and in only a few more years it would have been necessary to replace this unit.

To add to its value the husband had personally created stained glass inserts that fit in the sidelight windows. This unique door set is now safe and protected with years to come with only an hour of so of maintenance by the homeowners each year.

The Old Failed Finish Which Almost Destroyed This Custom Entry Way