posted 14 years ago
Temorarily done..will do more next summer.
Today i cut a scrap of old paneling (heavy stuff) and made a door out of it and put it on with hinges and a hook lock, not the best arrangement but it will keep the wind out..I also put a panel beside the door of plexiglass scraps and a cat door at the bottom...first time the kitties have seen a cat door, and so I propped it open to see if they would use it and they did, not sure when I'll feel i can close it and convince them to push it with their noses..but in the meantime only a few gaps that need caulk and an open cat door and the rest of the thing is all closed off.
eventually I'll take the paneling off of the doorway and cut an opening in it and install a plexiglass scrap into it, the door is 6' high and 30 " wide..i have a 13.5 " wide 8' long plexi scrap i can cut to use as a window which will leave around 8 " on both sides of the "window" and probably about the same top and bottom..the panelling is ugly brown but it is way too cold here to prime and paint and caulk, so that will wait until summer..even the cat door was temprarily installed in a thin piece of oak paneling (luan) to get it quickly up before any storms roll in this week.
there was about a 5 to 8 degree improvement inside the porch today, and when it is windy and storm it will be much mroe (this is not in the sun but rather on our north side off the north door, we also have a 8x10enclosure off of our south door that is plexi and glass and it heats up to 80 easily when the sun is out, an warm the entire house with that room when it is nice out.
Brenda
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