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On 7/14/10 3:27 PM, Harold wrote:
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On 7/14/10 3:15 PM, Harold wrote:
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I know I am going to regret this, but.

I've decided to rip out the last sliding patio door in our house and
replace it with inward opening double French doors and double screen
doors. The part I think I will regret is that I'm convincing myself
that
I ought be the one who removes the old door and installs the new
doors.
I
think it is just a hair beyond my carpentry capabilities, so it
would be
a
good learning experience for me. If I do that right, why, maybe
I'll
start building rowboats in my spare time!

Anyway, I ordered the doors and trimmings and I'll have about four
weeks
to make up my mind before they arrive. Choice was between wood
doors,
clad
wood doors, or fiberglass doors. I ordered the latter.

If you're a believer, pray for me. :)

Check your building codes re inward opening doors.



Are you alluding to some...secret? Most of the front doors I've seen
around here open inward. In fact, most hinged doors, except for screen
doors, open inward.

Codes may have changed. They did in Florida. Ask Eisboch what failed
and
cost him over 100k in damages.




In all the houses I've lived in, I've never had an exterior door that
opened outward, except for screen doors or storm doors. I think "crank"
windows, though, have to open outward.

Good grief... why would anyone have an outward opening door, except for a
screen door? Even trailer homes open inward. I don't think I've ever see
one that opened outward on a residential home. They only have them on
commercial property for safety issues, e.g., quick exit.


They might be of some advantage if you lived in a very cold... windy
area.... or in a high crime area.
A metal outward opening door would be much harder to 'kick in'.

Wouldn't a door that's harder to kick in, be harder to blow in? Places where
it snows might find an outward opening door inconvenient though. Also inward
opening doors use up some of the valuable interior square footage that's
worth what? $200 per.
All my exterior doors are steel. Only the front door opens inward. I put a
good quality storm door on it. Of course it gets a bit windier here, at
times, than most other areas.

I spent a couple of minutes looking for codes that applied to innies and
outies and came up short. So I guess that it's left up to individuals to
decide what they want.