Hello, I just moved into this house and it’s a pretty major work in progress. One thing that’s perplexed me though is the front door.

We have a light switch inside that no one knows what it actually does. It’s right inside the door but it doesn’t turn on the porch light. That one is on the other side of the room.

We had a contractor over giving us quotes to install stairs and I asked his opinion. He pointed out the white around the door is not wood but a barely transparent plastic. He’s pretty sure it’s supposed to light up and the reason the switch doesn’t work is because the bulbs are probably burnt.

Issue with that is that I can’t find a way in to check that. It definitely is a very fragile plastic. Wouldn’t take much to break. But I’d like to not break it so I can replace the lights and put it back together. But I don’t see screws or anything. Anyone have any advice?

  • @Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works
    6•9 months ago

    From the pic it looks poorly caulked along the edge of the plastic. I’d take a razor and remove the caulk to see if that would allow the plastic to be removed. The caulk may be the only thing holding the plastic in place. Does the plastic slide at all? It may just be a matter if sliding it in ine direction to remove it from the frame.

    • Uprise42OP
      2•9 months ago

      That’s just really poorly applied paint. I could try that though.

      The plastic slides a little but more so because it’s probably a tiny bit small that it has wiggle room