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wrought iron & glass door

16 years ago

I have a door leading from the kitchen to the family room/bar.

It's going to be a focal point and I wanted it to be a real "wow" factor. We thought about double doors, like french doors, but really didn't want the opening more than 4'. That would leave 2 x 24" doors, which we all thought would be kind of small. After talking to my contractor and designer, we all decided that a 3' door would look best because I really didn't want double doors and we thought a single 4' door would be too heavy to open all the time.

Well, the drywall was put up today and now the opening for the door looks "dinky" to me. I really think I would like the 4' door better.

Do you think a 4' door would be "heavier" to open on a consistent basis?

My DH says a door is on hinges and they are all easy to open, which makes sense to me, but this door will probably be opened at least 10-15 times a day and I don't want it to be a PITA, if you know what I mean.

It will be wood with glass and wrought iron, if this makes any difference. Would this be heavier than a plain wood door?

What do you think?

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Comments (4)

ron6519
16 years ago
I think the addition of the wrought iron will make it heavier. I would go to the showroom and try the door before ordering it. I'm assuming by the post the 4' door is available. That's a big door. Might be a visual lump
Ron
hendricus
16 years ago
You could go to your local hospital and check out the doors in the patients rooms, those are 4 footers or better to get the beds in and out.
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sierraeast
16 years ago
It's all about the install with heavier doors. You dont want to attach the jamb to a typical nailed jack/trimmer stud. You will want the j/t stud to be bolted through the king stud on the hinge side and the king stud supported backside with brackets. The jamb on the hinge side should be attached w/ more reinforcement than usual. You will also want (4)- 4" hinges. You would just have to remove a bit of drywall in order to beef the hinge side framing up but would be well worth the effort.
black327
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks for all your replies! I went and looked at some historical homes over the past couple of days since they seem to have taller/heavier doors. I decided to go with a 42" door. I originally thought 6" wouldn't make much of a difference but it really did.
I think Ron is right that 48" might have been too big and not looked right. I like the size of the 42"; now I'll just have to hope it's not too heavy on a daily basis. If it is, I guess I can always take the iron off.
Sierra, Thanks for the tips. I'll make sure my contractor takes care of it.

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