My front door

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This is what my front door looks like this morning. It is worn, warped and when it rains very heavily, a bit leaky. Today it is being replaced with a new composite front door that will (hopefully!) be none of the above. The workmen are due to arrive in ten minutes at 9.30.

9.45:  Nobody has arrived yet.

10.00:  Still no sign.  Phone at the showroom not being answered - forwarded to mobile that isn't answered either.  Not an auspicious start.

10.15:  45 minutes late now, and no contact...

10.17:  Got through on phone.  They are "definitely on their way" but had to go to the tip first to "get rid of yesterday's work".  They could have rung me to tell me this.  Ho hum.

10.47:  The workmen arrived at.  They're currently removing the old door.

11.45:  Old door and frame are out, new frame is half-way in.

13.08:  It seems they're having a few problems fitting the correctly proportioned door and frame into our ridiculously crooked house!

15.12:  Frame in, door in, filler and trim pretty much done, handle and lock on, now knocker being attached.

16.05:  Finished.  Men paid and departed.  Job very well done!  Pictures to follow soon.