On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:56:35 -0800, Paul Drahn
wrote:

Do the German doors open "out", or "in", like American doors do?

While most American doors open in, I wanted a door to open out on my
toolshed, because it's a small shed and the door would waste lots of
space. I would have had to pay more than double to buy a pre-hung door
that opened out, because it was custom made. So, I made my own frame,
and just bought the door. Worked well. I was able to buy a steel door
that was on sale for $10 because it has a very small dent in it. The
wood for the frame, threshold, door sweep, and weather stripping cost me
about $50. So, for $60 and a little extra work I got what I wanted.

A no-frills steel door pre-hung was around $140. They wanted about $330
to custom make one that opens out!