Anderson storm doors, installed my first tonight

[trlcavscout]

Went to home depot to price a storm door and a whole house fan. They had a nice custom glass, hidden screen door on clearance someone special ordered for half price so I bought it. I had never installed one and was surprised how easy it was. Of course its missing the inside handle trim plate and screws and the screws for the pull down screen handle gosh dangit!! But I will call them Monday and get them replaced. But overall for just under $200 with tax and an hour of labor it is pretty dang nice, let's less air in then my front door, and will be nice to have the door open when its warm.

Next project will be the whole house fan in January. Then the natural gas grill in February.

[def90]

Made in Minnesota/Wisconsin good stuff.

sent from a soup can and some string..

[Colorado_Outback]

I'm also interested in installing a whole house fan. Do you know if you can run it with all the doors and windows shut?

[Great-Kazoo]

I'm also interested in installing a whole house fan. Do you know if you can run it with all the doors and windows shut?

You use to need some air flow, for the air to circulate

[Great-Kazoo]

Went to home depot to price a storm door and a whole house fan. They had a nice custom glass, hidden screen door on clearance someone special ordered for half price so I bought it. I had never installed one and was surprised how easy it was. Of course its missing the inside handle trim plate and screws and the screws for the pull down screen handle gosh dangit!! But I will call them Monday and get them replaced. But overall for just under $200 with tax and an hour of labor it is pretty dang nice, let's less air in then my front door, and will be nice to have the door open when its warm.

Next project will be the whole house fan in January. Then the natural gas grill in February.

Why are you waiting till monday? They are open every day.

[wyome]

I'm also interested in installing a whole house fan. Do you know if you can run it with all the doors and windows shut?

Like Jim said you need a door window cracked to ensure fresh air flow. This also helps to keep from having the whose house exhaust fan from putting out the pilot light in your gas fired appliances.

[sniper7]

Front door was one of the best things I installed on the house. Very simple too

[brutal]

Went to home depot to price a storm door and a whole house fan. They had a nice custom glass, hidden screen door on clearance someone special ordered for half price so I bought it. I had never installed one and was surprised how easy it was. Of course its missing the inside handle trim plate and screws and the screws for the pull down screen handle gosh dangit!! But I will call them Monday and get them replaced. But overall for just under $200 with tax and an hour of labor it is pretty dang nice, let's less air in then my front door, and will be nice to have the door open when its warm.

Next project will be the whole house fan in January. Then the natural gas grill in February.

I put one of those on our front door a few months ago. I think they were $299 regular price. Nice door, nice hardware for the price. I still need to cover the lower panel though or put limo tint on it. I don't necessarily want anyone at the front door to see below mid section if you know what I mean.

We looked at security doors, but nothing that isn't special order had an upper screen section and we like to let the fresh air in most times.

We have a whole house fan. Unless the house is super leaky, you do need to crack a window.

[rondog]

Love our whole house fan! But not only do you have to have at least one window open, you have to have enough vents in your attic. For whatever cfm the fan is rated to move, it has to be able to inhale that much, and exhaust that much, without struggling. Otherwise you're just pissing in the wind. Most likely, you'll have to install more vents, large ones. If the fan can't breathe well, you'll be lugging it down and it won't work well, or live very long.

You can "tune" the airflow too, depending on what windows & doors you have open. Like on a hot summer night, close everything up except the bedroom windows, and you'll have a great breeze. When the sun's shining on one side of the house and heating it up, close the windows there and open the ones on the shady side where it's cooler, and pull in cooler air rather than hotter. It works. But it'll pull in dust too, and that damn cottonwood fuzz will cover your screens, gotta brush 'em off occaisionally.

You'll want the large size, 2-speed with wall switch and timer, and belt drive is better than direct drive. Location in the house matters too, for both optimum airflow and noise.

I just hired Colorado Home Cooling to do it, Ryan does the whole thing, no muss no fuss. I just had to show him where the attic entrance was and write a check. WELL worth it! http://www.colohomecool.com/Main%20Pages/About.html

[trlcavscout]

I put one of those on our front door a few months ago. I think they were $299 regular price. Nice door, nice hardware for the price. I still need to cover the lower panel though or put limo tint on it. I don't necessarily want anyone at the front door to see below mid section if you know what I mean.

We looked at security doors, but nothing that isn't special order had an upper screen section and we like to let the fresh air in most times.

We have a whole house fan. Unless the house is super leaky, you do need to crack a window.

I was thinking about tinting the glass also. It is in the shade all day but just to keep the lookyloos from lookin in.