Unexpected Advantages

The new front door has finally been fitted at home. A nice simple blue on the outside and white on the inside composite door. It looks so much better then the old tired wooden front door as you walk up to the house but also has come with an unexpected advantage.

Well we think it is a combination of the new door and the new flooring and sealing off a few draughty gaps on the hallway flooring, but the hallway downstairs and the kitchen are feeling much warmer. 

The hallway and kitchen, which leads straight off the hallway with no door between, have always been a tad on the cold side. Now they are not as hot as the rest of the house by any means but there is a noticeable temperature increase which also means that the heating is not working as hard as the thermostat is in the hallway. 

We didn't expect quite so much of a difference from just a door and a bit of flooring and now we have left ourselves wondering why exactly we left these changes quite so long. We should have done this years ago!