Raising the Floor

 You've heard of raising the roof, but we are raising the floor.  Eliminating the one step out to the laundry room.  We tried to work in a ramp instead of raising the entire floor but we didn't have enough space and the ramp would have been too steep.  

Here's the floor raised and ready for new flooring.

That also included a new insulated back door......

...and a fancy new lock.