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jbp-ohio
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Why would you want french doors in a bedroom?
jbp-ohio
Posts: 10,942 Senior Member
I was watching HGTV today, and they were renovating an older home. They made a garage into a 'bunkhouse' for visiting grandkids, but they added a set of glass french doors to that room and the master bedroom.
I could never understand why people want glass doors in their bedroom? I don't even like having a window someone can use to look into my bedroom. A burglar could be through that glass and at your bed in less than 1 second.
Besides, it will never keep the Zombies out!
I could never understand why people want glass doors in their bedroom? I don't even like having a window someone can use to look into my bedroom. A burglar could be through that glass and at your bed in less than 1 second.
Besides, it will never keep the Zombies out!
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
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Reinforced doors.
Mine look out on the patio and pool when they are open. Impervious to a baseball bat.
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Well exhibitionists gotta have fun too!:rotflmao::roll2::rotflmao::roll2::rotflmao::roll2::rotflmao:
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Jerry
George Carlin
Lol, read it again with the smiley faces...
George Carlin
I guess it depends on which part of France you're from.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Mebbe I over thought this?
George Carlin
Only thing worse than a French door is a sliding glass door, but for different reasons.
Why? Why do you want to see that from the bedroom?
Everyone says they want their bedroom to be "bright and airy". The sun is up before 6:00am here. The bedroom is where you sleep. How can you sleep in with all of that light?
Plantation shutters.
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Bingo!
Mine are inside a fenced yard.
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Have you ever considered that there might be doors stronger and of higher quality than what you're experienced with? I don't recall you being a contractor so I suspect that there are lots of construction materials out there that you might not be familiar with. Your difficulty in drilling holes in ceramic tile makes me disregard any home repair or construction related advice that you might give. There are lots of high quality french doors and sliding patio doors available that you apparently aren't aware of.
Oh no doubt. Throw enough money at a problem and it goes away, I get that. The neighbor in question was trying to turn a sow's ear (Mobile Home) into a silk purse (A Victorian mansion) and she didn't have any money. I knew she was going to have that problem, and she did. Sliders are noisy, prone to leakage, and are maintenance intensive (seals and rollers). I'm sure if you spend $10,000 on a door, it won't have these problems. But for the "rest of us", the best thing to do is avoid the problems in the first place, then you don't have to spend the money or deal with the issues!
The neighbor on the other side of me in Cali insisted on putting in a slider - also on the windward side of his home. I told him not to. He did anyway. I moved before we had any weather, but it *will* leak sooner or later - probably sooner. The windward side had to be thought of as a roof - because wind blown rain came in horizontally quite frequently. At 30 to 50 knots! I'm sure someone makes a slider that can stand up to that, I'm also sure he didn't use one. I say use a well constructed single door with good gasketing and side light windows to get a similar effect as a slider or French door set - but most importantly said door should open OUT.
As always, Your Mileage May Vary!
I'm with you - I'd rather not have ANY windows in the bedroom. But I'm a "cave dweller", I like my house to be dim inside, and my bedroom to be completely pitch dark.
Ummmm..... No!
In my county, code requires windows and doors to withstand twice that and it's not an issue. Welcome to our planet, will you be staying long?
Better field of fire.
If I can see it from there, I own it.
If a trespasser gets a look at my rosy red bum, its because I am bent over getting the carbine.
I like light. Lived in enough cheap apts and places with dark paneling and no windows.
Ah, you evidently didn't work swing shift for 30+ years and have your sleep cycle permanently screwed up.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
When we remodled this old house and put new screens on all the windows, the guy who custom built the screens offered these black screens. They block out a good bit more light than normal screens. I use lights all day long. But the offset of the cost of cooling in summer using central air (Here in South Texas) is worth it in that they keep the house notably cooler than regular screens. I don't like a room dark unless I'm trying to sleep. When I'm awake I like light. And the latest and greatest LED light bulbs are ultra cheap to run and last a LONG time. Oh and they generate a lot less heat too.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Me too! I'm not a bat with radar eyes!
I think my ex Filipina is though, the woman can literally see in the dark! Never seen anybody like her in that respect.
She's not afraid of the dark because she's never in the dark. The woman's like a damn Cat!
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
That's good - unfortunately in Ca, their only concern is earthquake (and fire). I doubt the local gov't even knows about our windy micro-clime.
Which doesn't invalidate my point: You can do anything if you throw enough money at it. French doors are sub-optimal for external doors in most cases, overcoming their limitations takes money. Just like anything else!
I can only go by what I've seen in my years on this planet this time around. I never tried running my Yugo on nitrous, but it was a very reliable 50K of transportation back in the day. What a Rolls Royce would do I have no idea!
I pretty much am - I can see in the dark very well, only contrasting lights screw with my night vision, especially as I get older.
Winston Churchill
We call that Morris Dancing.
No french drawers in sight though.