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Subject: Replacing Exterior Doors

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A few years ago we bought and fixed up a house (our first). One of the things we replaced was the namesake of this thread: exterior doors.

We tried to do everything with energy efficiently in mind and when it came time to exterior doors I took a peice of bad advice.

"Buy an out-swing door," one of the many strangers with personal opinions about how to renovate OUR house said. "In the winter storms it'll blow itself tight and keep the heat in, and blow itself shut if you forget to close it."

I thought this was the BEST advice at the time.

I did not fact check.

I did not ask about the other seasons.

Now it is summer and I would like to open the door casually so the breeze will flow in.

Problem: a door that supposedly wants to close on its own in a blustery winter wind (never seen it happen) just swings around and bangs itself up in the lightest of summer breezes.

That is why we mostly keep our out-swing doors closed.

That is why you should buy an in-swing door.

Lastly, dogs are more suspicious of an out-swing door (one of these gals thinks you're coming after her when you open it, the other's afraid the door is going to close on her).

It's just not as welcoming as an inswing.