I'm not really clear on whether you have to replace your front door or not. Can you continue to use your current door or is it necessary to put in a new one? If it's just the storm door your husband wants, can you find a skilled carpenter to build you one to go one your current door? Then stain it to match, so it disappears. Alternatively, tell your husband you don't want to compromise with "good enough" and will keeping searching until you find "perfect." He may come to love your current door before you track down something you like better. If you must replace your door, there is a lot of choice out there. We used "Rogue Valley" door and it's beautiful and well-made. Although we could not see that exact door, we could see samples of that manufacturer and others at a local millwork supplier. I suggest contacting the manufacturers to find out who within 100 miles or so has samples of their doors. It will be worth your time to make sure you have chosen the right door. Is your NE Nebraska or New England?

I bought a very expensive Therna Tru front door with frosted side windows and the finish started to disintegrate on the door. That is because the sun hits it in the mornings and the finish just did not hold up and began to disintegrate and come off. First contacted Lowe's who I bought the door through and Lowe's passed me off to Therma Tru. Contacted Therma Tru and it started to weasel out of any responsibility on its 10 year warranty and gave me a hard time. I assume Therma Tru has had other problems with its wood look finish disintegrating. i am going to keep posting wherever and whenever I can about how Therma Tru does not honor its 10-year warranty on its expensive front doors. I am a service-connected totally disabled homebound Marine Corps veteran who paid over $5,000 for the Therma Tru front door. Bought it along with Pella windows through Lowe's on North Shådeland Avenue In Indianapolis Indiana, Richard Bovey Indianapolis Indiana

Whew. Where to start. Prefinishing is not something that is always done by the factory. Many times it's just a off-the-shelf product applied in a controlled environment, nothing more. Easily something you or any painter could do almost as well, if not better [i.e. no thinning] I work for a distributor and a local painter does our prefinishing, something we charge a handsome fee for. If I was finishing a steel door and trying to do the best job possible, it would go to a body shop, and I'm fairly sure they could do a good job on fiberglass too. Harvey should be able to provide some information on what the door was finished with, so that someone can help you re=coat it, or strip and start over. The pinkish color may simply be due to colorants that were used to arrive at the finish color, just like your local paint store uses. These come in different grades and cheaper ones, combined with the thinning may have brought you to where you are now. They may not want to tell you, as you might discover what I just said, that it's just house paint? And power washing a house with a 25% bleach solution ALONE is like buying bias ply tires. We don't do that anymore, unless you want a bad job and trouble down the line. Ask your local paint store for a good quality house wash that will do much better, be safer to use, and not risk the growth of mildew and other un-wanted results in the long term. The proof may be in what it did to your door, if that is the reason.

I answered you again lisa_a in the remodeling forum.