A repeat customer asked me to rebuild this pair of french doors for them. After some discussion they decided to change it to a single door instead of a pair of doors, but they wanted to maintain the look of the original doors as much as possible.

My solution was to create a large single door that would have all the same trim details making it look like a pair of doors from outside. Built from solid white oak, the door was painted with several layers of oil-based primer and then several coats of exterior grade paint.

The original doors had thin, single-pane glass which provided little to no insulation and were notoriously leaky in the winter. I upgraded the glass in the new door by using these custom made glass inserts that are filled with argon gas.

After painting the door I delivered it for installation. A few years earlier I had bought a pair of door dollies, seen here, which make installation of large heavy doors a breeze.

The installed door provides a larger opening than the original pair of doors, making the space more usable for the client.

The location of the new knob and deadbolt are the only thing that gives away that this is now a single door.