Got glass? The slider saga continues

After almost two months of cave dwelling, we got to see the lake from the great room when the wrong four-panel sliders were temporarily installed on Monday, November 24.

Wind-driven rain hit the house throughout the night. I noticed it coming in at 10 p.m. and put down a towel to try to blot up the water. By morning, the towel was saturated and surrounded by water.

I sent iPhone photos to Alex and Steve and learned that, since the sliders were going to be replaced, the crew didn’t caulk around the unit. As a temporary measure, Joe, the leader of Alex’s crew, used a piece of roofing as a gutter to direct water away from the house.

On Tuesday, Joe and his team installed the correct sliders in the dining/screen porch area. There are three glass panels; the one on the left moves while the other two remain fixed.


Stepping back to look at the two styles in the same room, we congratulated ourselves for standing our ground and insisting on the Therma-Tru Slim-Line™ Sliding Patio Door System.