Therma-Tru Chooses Ugliest Doors

Therma-Tru has chosen its winners in the popular “Ugliest Door in America” contest. Scott and Cat Eidness of Auburn, Wash., won in the essay category for their home’s disgustingly decrepit entry door, and Gina Nelson of Burleson, Ill., won in the video category for her pathetically poor patio door. Both will receive Therma-Tru door makeovers from the Maumee, Ohio-based company.

Therma-Tru invited homeowners to submit their entries for “America’s Ugliest Door” in a choice of two formats—either a written essay with door photos or a one-minute video describing why they deserved to win a new entry or patio door system from the company.  Visitors were then offered the opportunity to view the 10 contest finalists online at myuglydoor.com, post their comments and vote for their top picks in each category.  Winners were determined from more than 200 entries, 4,100 votes and 809 comments.

In her video entry, Gina Nelson provided a point-by-point demonstration of each malfunctioning aspect of her ugly patio door. In addition to showing how she has to use vice grips to open the door (because the latch fell off) she showed its cloudy, damaged glass and the holes below where ants came into her home.

The Eidnesses provided a written plea along with photos of their door, the top of which is so cracked that they said they can see light and feel a draft, even when the door is closed. They had started to refinish the door in 2004 (when one window broke) but Scott developed Leukemia mid-project. Meanwhile, the door’s broken windows caused incidents of flying keys and shoes, plus a broken screen, according to the couple.

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