On Jun 17, 1:46*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , Cindy Hamilton wrote:

We've got a left-hinge door, and my husband wants to install the storm
door right-hinge.

For heaven's sake, WHY??
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It seems really inconvenient to me, and I'm trying to talk him out of it
(although I expect to lose, as I have lost every damned point on our
current project.)

Does anybody have anything that I could use to persuade him?

Don't do it. It's a pain in the ass. It's a *major* nuisance if you have
anything in your hands as you're coming in the door -- either you switch
hands, or you have to make an awkward reach for the inside doorknob.

It makes it *very* awkward to carry anything big enough to require two
people through the door, and definitely limits the size of things that can be
carried.

And it's just "wrong". Doors aren't normally set up that way. It's unusual.
It's clumsy and awkward. *Nobody* likes it.

*Nobody* likes it.

Not true. As I described in my reply about my shop door, it would be
more inconvenient if the doors were hinged on the same side.

Either the interior door would open into the shop (and right into the
traffic path) instead of against the wall, or the storm door would
open into the yard (and right into the traffic path).

Comparing the overall convenience based on the actual usage of the
doors, this set-up outweighs the bad things that you mentioned in your
post.

I don't disagree with the bad things you mentioned, I just disagree
with the "*Nobody* likes it" part. I'm quite happy with my set-up.

P.S. My front door and garage entrance are both set up the "right
way". ;-)