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I hate my screen door and the only reason I still have it is to keep my dog from running out when I open the front door.
I think you are perfectly capable of unscrewing the hinges and any other hardware, fill the holes with wood filler, sand it and paint...piece of cake.
Thank you, I will try.
Thank you to everyone! Just to emphasize, this is not an expensive and luxurious door. It's just attractive to my eyes, old and fitting to the look of the old house. I actually can't even tell if it is solid wood, maybe not.
But even I can tell the screen door is particularly junky! And replacements are pretty expensive.
A beautiful glass door would enhance rather than detract in my opinion. Maybe if I can find one that isn't too expensive.
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I live in an area that gets little rain. We also don't have many bugs. Screen doors are not for any kind of security. Few people even have them in my area. Most people that replace the front door with a new front door don't put them on. They detract from the beauty of the front door.
Saying that. I know of a real nice retractable screen door that disappears when you open it. So lets say that the door is open and you choose to close the screen door. It uses a track system to slide closed and retracts into the frame. You still get the screen door and it doesn't take away from the beauty of your front door.
No one can grab anyone through the main door if it's closed.
Throwing down the gauntlet here with a challenge to post a picture of a security door that is not ugly.
A big problem with doors is that people install ones that don't visually/stylistically/architecturally fit with the house. That includes both storm/screen and main entry.
There's a 100+ year old brick house here (rare enough) that the investor who bought replaced the original wooden door with an oval stained glass light with a steel door with the two 6 inch by 6 inch windows at the top. Looks like crap.
A big problem with doors is that people install ones that don't visually/stylistically/architecturally fit with the house. That includes both storm/screen and main entry.
There's a 100+ year old brick house here (rare enough) that the investor who bought replaced the original wooden door with an oval stained glass light with a steel door with the two 6 inch by 6 inch windows at the top. Looks like crap.
Ugh! Always been a pet peeve of mine. What’s wrong with people? It’s second only to fake, incorrectly sized shutters.
True. So why install such an expensive, ugly thing as a "security door"?
We needed a screen door that would keep out animals (javalinas, coyotes, snakes, goats, humans); we often leave the solid door open at night. The security gate does a good job, and was cheaper than the ugly screen doors.
And it's actually a bit more attractive than my 1970s front door with amber plastic window.
No one can grab anyone through the main door if it's closed.
Throwing down the gauntlet here with a challenge to post a picture of a security door that is not ugly.
So you open the door to the see the person that's there to talk to them and he grabs you. Happens often in nefarious areas.
Screen door beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Your idea of beauty doesn't necessarily jive with others. In our neighborhood 99% of home owners have these type of security doors. Many are similiar to these, though there are hundreds of different designs and patterns: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gatehouse-G...E&gclsrc=aw.ds
So you open the door to the see the person that's there to talk to them and he grabs you. Happens often in nefarious areas.
Screen door beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Your idea of beauty doesn't necessarily jive with others. In our neighborhood 99% of home owners have these type of security doors. Many are similiar to these, though there are hundreds of different designs and patterns: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Gatehouse-G...E&gclsrc=aw.ds
I have never, and would never live someplace where I needed a security door.
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