Just before the hurricane Mathew came to town. I was helping out a sister in Christ. She asked me to help her put up her hurricane shutters. Which was no problem. I really enjoy helping her out. Well while putting up the shutter on this picture window. I put the screw to close to the edge of the glass. While standing there, we heard a cracking sounds. But I was thinking it was the plastic shutter I was putting up. But as I was driving back home. She called me and said that the picture window is shattered. I went back the next day and sure enough. I broke the window. So we cleaned it all up and put the shutter back up.
Okay meanwhile we both tried to find someone to replace the glass. Well the prices ranged from $400.00 and up. Wow, now what. So we both started looking at different ideas. I was telling her, go ahead and have someone come in and replace it. I will help with the cost. Well she got this idea one day. Why not put a sliding glass door in? She told me that at one of her other places she lived, there was a sliding glass door 96" wide. We looked on line and found them for $400. and up again. She said let us try Habitat, Restore. So w went around to the ones around here. No one had anything that big. She had a class to go to down in Broward County. She she stooped by the one down town. She found three of them. So on Thursday, last week,we drove down south. Stopped at a couple of Habitat, Restores on the way down. They didn't have any that wide. So got to Fort Lauderdale and found four of them. Checked them all out and found the one she wanted for $30.00. Now we knew the window size was 48 3/4" This door is 49" She bought and we got it back to her place, safe and sound.
Okay now how do we get it smaller? Thinking of taking the one sides off. Tried to and found out is is all one piece. Okay let us try to see how far off it is? Had to take out a couple of round headed medal screws.Okay the moment of true? It sled right in with no problem at all.Had to push it, BUT IT FIT.
Okay what happen? How did this door shrink down 3/4" ? We both believe God made it happen. That right, what else could have happen? This is all medal and it doesn't bend. The frame it is going into a medal one too. Well folks we just praised Him and thanked Him right there on the spot.
Now there is some opening on the sides still. The door is 80" wide for this window area. The opening is 84" So we built up the side with pieces of lumber, plus even used the weather stripping.
It fits perfecting.
As I left on Friday night, thinking wow, this is so very good to say He made it happen. I was telling my neighbor Roy about, how it fits. He said I just don't know how to measure? I would debate him, but why? It really was His doing.
So as we finished putting up the last trim. I just am blown away how good it looks.
Before I got there on Saturday morning she already had the trim up on the inside.
The total she spent was around $80.00. I was willing to have them put a new one in and the cost would have been $400. plus. WOW PRAISE HIM.
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