r/doors

My storm door shattered so I had to remove it, and I finally decided to replace the old lead painted exterior door too. It has an awkward clearance over a stair landing on the inside, and is only a 34x82RO... pretty challenging to get bulky things in and out of the basement to outside. Located in the Midwest with hot summers and cold winters. Also, we rarely used the storm door.

Am I crazy to install a new left-hinge OUT swing exterior door (probably steel) without a storm door?

Anyone, especially in colder areas, have success with only a newer insulated exterior door without a storm door?

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I have a set of beautiful outwards opening Pella French doors from my dining room to my back yard. They are aluminum on the outside but wood construction. I want to be able to latch the door in the open position without it being an eyesore. The easiest thing to do would be to install a latch on the house and an eye hook on the door and latch the door when it’s open. I had also thought about installing some kind of step-on Spring mounted piston that could eject from the floor of the porch and prevent the door from closing. However, I couldn’t find one that did what I wanted. Before I drill an eye-hook into my door. Can anyone think of more creative ideas for latching the door open my situation?

Experiment gone right

Is my sliding glass door installed upside down? Whenever there is rain we get pools of water on the bottom by the metal rod.

If so, how the hell do we fix this?!

Hi everyone,

I have an exterior/security door with a multi-point locking system. The problem is that when I close the door, I can still push it open from the outside.

I’ve attached photos of the door and the locking mechanism.

A few things I noticed:

• The door has multiple locking bolts.
• The top piece in the frame appears to be related to an electric opener and is just a plastic cap, so I don't think that's the main issue.
• The side of the frame is covered when the door is closed, so I can't see exactly how deeply the bolts are entering the strike openings.
• I'm wondering whether the door has dropped/sagged slightly and is now vertically misaligned, causing the bolts not to engage deeply enough.
• I'm also wondering whether I should adjust the strike plate, the hinges, or the locking mechanism itself.

What would you recommend checking first?

Is there a way to determine whether the door is too high/low or whether the strike plate needs adjustment without removing the frame cover?

I'd appreciate any advice on what to adjust and, ideally, which screws/parts I should be looking at.

Thanks!

Looking to replace upvc front door. Ive got a quote for composite solidor with nuki smart lock for £2200 supply and fit. Thoughts on this and any other companies to consider? I do like the door to be heavy and the smart lock features certainly is appealing.

Trying to fix up my house to sell but I don’t know where to begin to get this door fixed. My cat somehow ran straight through it.

Recommendations for someone to install new front doors. Just outside Knightdale toward Clayton.