Exterior Door Swing Direction. Any GA Regulations?

[crazynip]

Originally Posted by Ga Jerk

I do not concur. As an Atlanta Firefighter I was trained in forceable entry. An outswing door is MUCH more difficult to force open than an inswing door.
I have forced open more than 100 doors, and that is my experience.

And in the ATL where you have "the amish" busting into your house and robbing you blind, that extra measure can be the difference between life and death.

[K'ledgeBldr]

Originally Posted by Ga Jerk

I do not concur. As an Atlanta Firefighter I was trained in forceable entry. An outswing door is MUCH more difficult to force open than an inswing door.
I have forced open more than 100 doors, and that is my experience.

And as a firefighter- you have several "master keys" at your disposal, and you don't even have to be quiet about it. As far as the "MUCH" in difficult- either, you were referring to commerical bulkhead doors (which obviously wasn't the door in question from the OP) or AZD and fork mean nothing to you.

[Ga Jerk]

Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr

And as a firefighter- you have several "master keys" at your disposal, and you don't even have to be quiet about it. As far as the "MUCH" in difficult- either, you were referring to commerical bulkhead doors (which obviously wasn't the door in question from the OP) or AZD and fork mean nothing to you.

I don't know how many doors you have forced, but I have forced many outswing residential doors and they are much more difficult to force than in swing doors. Period.
I have used flat head axes, pick head axes, Haligan tools, K tools, Hurst tools, rams, sledge hammers, ect. I'd rather force an inswing door any day.

[crazynip]

Originally Posted by Ga Jerk

I don't know how many doors you have forced, but I have forced many outswing residential doors and they are much more difficult to force than in swing doors. Period.
I have used flat head axes, pick head axes, Haligan tools, K tools, Hurst tools, rams, sledge hammers, ect. I'd rather force an inswing door any day.

And so would criminals/thieves, that's what the OP is getting at...

[Ga Jerk]

Originally Posted by crazynip

And so would criminals/thieves, that's what the OP is getting at...

I understand. I was commenting on the post I quoted.

I don't come down to Tampa and post in your...nevermind, I guess I do.

[sware2cod]

in very high winds, such as a tornado, an outswing door would be better.

[Lourdes Esquivel]

I am just done with my very painful condo remodel. My Contractor not only suggested and sold me a door that has a 32" door however it only has 30.5 clearance due to the flanges sticking out.
It also open to the outside and since this made my hallway a way nicer and I know nothing about regulation. I liked it !!
Now the city ordinances wants me to change my $3,000 door. When I am already under.

So I suggested to cut off the flanges. The city inspector tell me the if I cut the flanges, it will not meet the energy code requirements.
If this is so, I am wondering if adding a water strip made of a flexible material after I cut off the flanges would do the trick.
Please help