Sunday, June 24, 2007

$67.00 Cheaper

Saturday I loaded the van with the 70+ lbs of electrical wire we pulled from the house as well as a couple of iron pipes and a section of aluminum gutter and soffit pieces. I took the whole pile to the local metal recycler and netted $67.00 for the effort. Now, it was satisfying enough to know that this stuff wouldn't end up in a landfill, but I'm not above smiling at a small financial bonus. Heck, it'll buy a light fixture for the new place.





Otherwise I spent time inventorying our old door stock. We have some really nice options, but then my mind starts to dwell on door-opening direction. Do you know which way most doors open? Is the knob on the right and you push or on the left and you pull (which is left/pull or right pull the other direction)? Does it matter? Do they open into rooms or out? And is there a different rule for different rooms? You down with OCD? Yeah, you know me (yes, I know, the joke dates me).
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Unknown said...

Doors typically open into a room knobs on the right, but it's not Gospel. We reversed the door to our closet and switched a few others. No one will ever notice.


Glad to see the project is moving along. Best of luck.

June 25, 2007 at 6:16 PM
The Martineaus said...

Thanks, John. Yes, I'd come to the same conclusion by paying attention to the doors in our "old" house. I appreciate the tip that if we reverse some, nobody will notice, as it seems we will reverse some.

Thanks again.
Eric.

June 27, 2007 at 7:48 AM

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