On Jun 17, 5:40*pm, keith wrote:
On Jun 17, 2:43*pm, Smitty Two wrote:





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*Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On Jun 17, 11:59 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:

Thanks, I'll try that one. But we mostly use the front door to
accept delivery of a pizza. Otherwise, we use the back door,
which is closer to the detached garage.

And how are the hinges on THAT door configured?

Sliding patio door.

Further, if you only use the front door infrequently, why bother with a
storm door?

To protect the 2-kilobuck fiberglass door that we just bought and
installed. *There's no overhang of any kind.

So you bought a nice expensive designer door (and it does look good, I
agree) and now you're going to hide it behind a storm door. I say you
and your husband are both wrong. I wouldn't put a storm door there at
all.

Another vote for "nix the storm". *Fiberglass doors are *intended* to
be in the weather. *That's why they make them out of fiberglass.- Hide quoted text -

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Are fiberglass doors *intended* to be in the weather or are they able
to *withstand* the weather?

That's 2 very different things.

My car seats are made of a material that dries very quickly. DAMHIKT

They are not *intended* to be left exposed to thunderstorms, but they
can *withstand* the exposure fairly well.

As far as the use of storms doors, I've had them on every hinged door
in every house I've ever lived. Even growing up I remember the entry
doors being open for light, air and that general feeling of "openess".
As I mentioned earlier, I love my new full view, retractable screen
storm door for those very reasons.

There's nothing like the cross ventilation you get with multiple doors
open - without the danger of contracting the West Nile virus in your
own living room.

How many people here think that the only reason for a storm door is to
protect the entry door?