I proceeded with the clear coat that gives the rippled glass look. You can see the effect on the half-round picture more clearly. I also sanded the excess off half-round to fit the door frame. The edges on the round are for glue and will not be visible once installed.
Since I felt they turned out well, I had no excuse not to proceed with cutting opening on the house. Hang on this is going to get a little scary.
I drew the outline.
Next, drilled several leader holes to make sawing easier.
I thought about backing out and fixing this
with spackle and paint, but only briefly.
There was no turning back at this point.
(don't worry about that tapewire, I pulled most of that last year and upgraded to round wire)
Oh dear, I lost a few small bits of siding.
I kind of expected more to go honestly and those are easily replaced.
Looks just like any real size renovation mess.
1/4 inch rotary sanding band made quick work of cleaning up the edges and getting the opening size right.
| exterior |
| interior |
TA DAH - Dry fit perfection!
I didn't even hurt myself! That's the really impressive part in my opinion.












