Need to replace the sliding patio door. Recommendations?

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Old Aug 4, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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So what's the equivalent door without the built in blinds cost?
It's about $2400 for next line down. But the designer series has triple pane glass, auto retract screen, triple locking points... It's not just the blinds I'm paying for.
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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So it's $4079 for the designer and $2613 for the Proline.

So here's the rub. We have white doors and trim throughout the house. Maple cabinets in the kitchen.

Would it look gay to have a stained maple finish door with white trim? Would it look gay to have a maple door, with maple trim around the door and the baseboards are white?

I was thinking we could just replace the baseboard as well, but the right side would look sort of odd as you'll see.

Thoughts? Would you stain? Or just go all white and be done?

An afterthought is maybe put some sort of a cornerblock that may separate the maple finish from white baseboard on the right? Like this:





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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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I think it will look tacky if you do that.
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Old Aug 6, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Scrib
Would it look gay to have a stained maple finish door with white trim? Would it look gay to have a maple door, with maple trim around the door and the baseboards are white?
My brother has maple finish doors with white trim all over his house. It's very odd looking. I wouldn't do it. Damn maybe it was the other way around, maple trim with white doors. Ugh I don't get out there much.
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 10:37 AM
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Please don't mix the stained woodwork with the white unless you do this throughout the house. It would look best if you paint the new door white since the trim is already white too.
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SaraWI
It would look best if you paint the new door white since the trim is already white too.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:14 AM
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My parents went with pella for all their windows and doors when we built their cottage. They have been great. We love their sliders. We also like the auto retract on the screen door so you dont have to close it behind you when you walk out. Sarawi pointed out that the door and screen are reversed as opposed to most. We havent had a problem or issue with it being that way in almost 10 years. Im replacing my patio door with a pella after seeing how much i like theirs. My friend just went with pella after seeing how well theirs have held up and how nice they are. Especially with the cold winters and how well they seal.

These face Due west and get bombarded by all the elements.


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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
My parents went with pella for all their windows and doors when we built their cottage. They have been great.
We have all Pella windows and doors - granted, we've only been in our new place for about 10 months, but we love'm so far.
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