Patio doors and roof shingles
All 13 windows are in place. I really like the Andersen windows — they all installed easily and appear to be well made. Even the window screens were a snap to put in. Unfortunately, Andersen patio doors are another story. I bought two patio doors for the house; they open onto the porches. I thought that Andersen’s sliding patio doors would come preassembled and go in easy. No such luck.
Andersen patio doors arrive in multiple boxes and many many parts. That’s okay; I’m a big boy and can put things together. What’s not okay is that the instructions are extremely poorly written and the illustrations stink. The parts don’t fit together well, and you have to drill a lot of the holes yourself. It really annoys me that these expensive units are so low quality. Read my full Andersen patio doors review.
On a happier note, some of the shingles are actually on the roof. Being tough guys, we were waiting for the hottest days of the year to put them up there. Ignore all the rigging on the scaffold; I have no idea what all that was about.
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