If I understand this and you have not fixed it yet it there could be a few problems. Firstly, on the T-astrigal there should have been a weatherstrip applied onto the t-astrigal where the active door comes into contact when the door closes. Unfortunatly as time passes the weatherstrip retains a memory and doesnt have a bounce back to keep contact with the active door. This is taken care of by replacing the weatherstrip with a new one. This will Usually take care of 90% of any problems you might have with gaps and air leaks. If this is indeed the problem you should replace all the surrounding weatherstrip as well. Your local Home Depot or Lowes keeps it in stock.

You'll want to have the door milled to the exact size of your existing slab. One question: is the door thickness the same? That's a must or you'll need to refit the stops and threshold. A millwork or lumber yard may have the ability to plane the door to fit and they may even mortise out the hinges for you while it's there. Of course, you'll need to carry along your other door with it. The hinges and handset/deadbolt must be set to the same tolerances as the existing door or you'll need to rework the strike jamb and that can be a tedious job. My favorite white in Behr is Cottage White. I've duplicated that color in many other brands, including for use in my own house. Get a chip and bring it home. I believe it will create a very nice creamy white for your current colors. My other favorite is Classic Cream by Ellen Kennon. I always paint the trim first. It's so much easier to cut in to the trim than to paint the trim along the wall. Paint the trim, overlap a bit onto wall surface to provide a smooth cut in area for your wall paint. When cutting in the wall to the trim, push the paint up toward the trim,(like a fish hook) then brush it out evenly and slowly along the edge. If you must use painter's tape, use a clean, smooth putty knife to push the edge firmly against the masked surface. The green tape will release w/o destroying your trim paint. Michael P.S. I still have a good supply of the microfiber towels. They're great!

Provia is one of my choices. In my area protection from the winters' cold, winds, and banking snow is the first concern. The only Provia dealer I can find is in Minneapolis, MN; that's about a 7 hour drive from me. I tried sending an email to the company yesterday, and it was returned as "not a valid address". I am going to call them tomorrow. I hoping they can make a storm door with the white outer frame, to match the windows, but have the cross piece for the removeable glass/screen parts painted in the dark brown so it won't appear as a white bar across my wood tone/textured steel door. If not I'll see what they think about a dark brown storm door over my dark brown door. The door faces due east, and it very hot on the exterior until after noon. Once the sun moves over the house it cools off. The screen would be in the upper section from Spring until freezing weather.

Thanks to one and all; I appreciate all the ideas. We are going with a retractable screen, which ever door we choose. I really like, and need, the PetScreen option, especially for the screens for the front two casement side windows. Lukkiirish - Can you tell me why your are only "fairly happy" with your retractable screen storm door? I'm hoping for "ecstatically happy!" LOL VicsGirl, You too sweet with your comments on my Little House of Horrors on the Prairie. The gardens are still "in progress, and the right-hand part won't be planted this year. DH just dumped a trailer load of horse stable compost and freshly cut grass all over it. I'm smoothing it out, watering, and letting it settle before putting some of my perennials in this fall. PammyFay, the glass in this door has five (or seven?) different textures and patterns of 'clear' glass. The metal is a dark grey, and the three "tulip blossoms" are the most beautiful, dark red with a wavy, watery texture. If the sections of glass under the tulips had been dark green it would be beyond perfect! The glass is 90-95% opaque, but the sunlight coming through it is so fractured and intense it's nearly impossible to photograph. The window is very sparkly! The siding is steel, and bomb proof. Ugly, but strong. It's too sturdy to consider replacing with something that wouldn't be as tough. We have toyed with the idea of painting it. IF we do paint, or re-side, the house would be a pale sage green, or a rich tan. We picked the roof and door to go with either color if we stay here long enough to change it. DH built the deck when we needed to replace the front steps. He chose everything and especially wanted the floor boards set at the 45-degree angles and the black railings. I wanted it 8' wide. These photos makes the door and red glass look darker than they are, but you get the idea of the glass textures. This particular glass style has been discontinued. Garden in progress, the borders are subject to rearrangement, again, maybe. The raised garden on the south (left) side of the house is 8' wide and 23" long.