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I've never seen one installed on the inside.
Think about it... if you need to close the main door quickly, you wouldn't be able to. You would have to open the screen to get to the main door.
Example: a shady person is coming up to the door, I would rather be able to slam and lock the main door rather than open the screen and pull the main shut and then lock.
What's a security screen door? It sounds like an oxymoron - a door with a latch that you can just slit the screen and walk through? All that I've seen are on the outside - and that's how I'd want it so that I have the substantial door closest to me.
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Originally Posted by reneeh63
What's a security screen door? It sounds like an oxymoron - a door with a latch that you can just slit the screen and walk through? All that I've seen are on the outside - and that's how I'd want it so that I have the substantial door closest to me.
The screen is actually a strong steel mesh. I've seen them in Home Depot. They are quite substantial.
I agree though, the usual home door is still more substantial and I would prefer to have that closest to me also.
If you have an exterior door that opens out, you need to know that the hinges are on the outside as well. All a burglar would have to do is remove the hinge pins and the door will all but fall off the opening. You would need to either drill and pin the hinge pins which means the door cannot be removed without a lot of effort. Or you can have the unit made with fixed pin hinges but it can be a headache later on if the door needs to come down. I would not suggest doing this if the door is subject to weather. You're really putting the weatherstrip at risk of failure. An open out door into weather is not something I would do at any of my jobs unless there was no other alternative. It's a wreck waiting to happen.
Let's see if I got this right. A door that swings outward is much harder for a criminal to kick in, but it is easy to remove hinges from? So one is more protected from impulsive or fast intrusions but less so from planned break-ins unless other precautions are added? Wouldn't an inward-swinging, inside-placed steel mesh security door be an additional delay, albeit kickable?
An outside-placed, outside-swinging steel mesh security door would require removing hinges, and then they could next kick in the solid door that would have to swing inward. But the visible security door serves as warning that the job requires more time. Hmmmm. Could be a deterrent OR give a criminal more knowledge for a planned break-in.
Outswing hinges are no big deal. Commercial establishments have to have outswing doors, and not all of them have the regular commercial type doors, they might be a "regular" steel or wood door with outswing hinges. I sold many outswing steel doors in my retail career, and put some on my own storage shed as well.
I'm nit sure where the idea of putting the weatherstrip at risk comes from. On an door, the weatherstrip is between the door and the stop portion of the door jamb. On an inswing door, this is at the outside of the exterior surface of the door. On an outswing door, this is at the inside surface of the door, protected from the weather.
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