[LEAKYSEALS951]

I'm a rebel. I put an outward swinging french door in the master bedroom several years ago. It opens onto a bedroom deck.

The hinges are exposed, but seem to be riveted on both sides, so unlike an interior door, one couldn't just hammer out the pins. First, they would need to drill out the rivets, then push out the pins. 6 of them i think.

As grateful as I would be for a thief to go through so much trouble as to not harm the door, I always assumed they would just smash a brick through it and waltz right in. Checking the door today b/c of this thread, I was happily reminded that a thief wouldn't even need to do that, as my wife had left it completely unlocked. And before I could even think of Grady in the shining stating she needs "correcting", I realized her two dogs were snoozing right at the door, one of which is a flaming pitbull with rabies. So, there, my fortress is protected by several layers of ignorant serendipity.


At any rate I chose the outside swing door for two reasons. First- I wanted to be able to open the doors out so they wouldn't take up space in the room. My wife has a bookshelf next to one door, and they would both hit the bed if they swung inwards. The whole point of the french door is to be able to swing both out to disappear. If they swung inward, there would not be enough room. It would look silly and interrupt flow through the room.

Secondly, from a water standpoint, the outward swinging doors have a baseplate that routes the water out better. Any water that does gets past the door seal, will trickle to the baseplate and flow down under the door and away from the house. I think the inward swinging door completely depends on the seal. Any water that gets past the seal- let's say you open it during a storm for grab something on the deck, will flow inwards.

Those are my reasons and I'm sticking to them. I'd post pics, but my wife's laundry is all over the place.