The screen door is a reclaimed part of my childhood. No longer used in the family home it made its way here. The screen door was used on the first “house” I built. It made the journey to this house, albeit with a few dodgy repairs, and was on the front door until it started to show signs of wear.
Relegated to a shed and neglected. I was always going to fix that screen door up one day. Years passed and the lack of a good work space where things could get started and a place where the job could sit if it needed time for repairs to set.
The screen door made its way to the shed in a very sorry state
Some of the timber surrounds that held the screen wire in place were missing
and some were broken and all of them were unusable. The hinges were quite rusty
I remember the oval enamel house number in the centre of the door. I don’t know where that went unfortunately. The handle is beyond repair too as I like that one. I think my Dad made it.
Into the shed and onto the trestles. Time to take off the timber surrounds, hinges, handle and remnants of the old screen wire
A good sanding but not back to the original wood. I left a lot of the old paint and roughness as I didn’t want to erase all of the doors history. And a re-glue of the frame and clamping to make it sturdy once more.
All tidied up and a few coats of paint. 
Now to attach the screen wire. Just used staples as the new timber surrounds will hold the wire in place.
What I didn’t do was to take photos of the cutting of the timber surrounds and that part of the process to hold the wire in place.
Here is the door put installed this morning after a bit of getting everything ready yesterday afternoon
The door behind the screen door was the front door of my childhood home as well.
How talented you are Brian! What a wonderful door and with such a rich history. Looks beautiful
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Thank you Lisa 🙂 I believe it is in my genes as Dad and Grandfather fixed things all the time.
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Looks good, well done.
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Thank you Stuart 🙂
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Looks fabulous. I love not only that you’ve refurbished an old screen door, but that it’s your childhood screen door. Beyond cool!!!
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Thank you Su 🙂 it does feel rather special
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I’m always blown away by great DIY largely because I’m married to a man who’s hopeless at it.
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It’s a bit of work but hey anyone can do stuff
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You have *not* met my husband.
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I hope is good for somethings at least 😀
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He’s Officer in Charge of Drinks. He’s good at opening wine bottles and makes a mean Aperol Spritz!
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That is a good person to have around 😀
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He must be we’ve been married for 42 years!
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Well done 🙂
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oh my goodness did you do a fine job! I am amazed that the original still had such good bones! Things seem to rot more here in VA – maybe all the humidity – spiders and bugs and whatnot (less rotting in Denver) either way – enjoyed seeing the prices and now you have a piece of your childhood
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There was a bit of rotten wood especially on the bits of timber that was holding the screen in place.. It is quite humid here as well. The main frame was good though 🙂
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Got it
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It looks fabulous Brian and it’s so lovely to breathe new life into these family doors 🤗👏
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Thank you Xenia 🙂 it was a pleasing project
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Wow! What a fantastic job – I love what you’ve done with it.
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Thank you Sue 🙂
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Simply wonderful. 🙂
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Thank you Manja 🙂
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