I just had Pella outswing French doors installed last year. Going with outswing doors was a great decision. The doors in both rooms swing out onto a large cedar deck so it gives me complete freedom in how I arrange furniture in the rooms. It has also been amazingly handy during our kitchen reno as all deliveries were easily made. You can just mount regular French doors with the hinges on the outside but you can also order a true outswing door.

I'd love to see a picture of this done. Our sliders are 6 ft, I can't figure out how you would have both a slider and a french in a smaller space???? And why? We are about to replace our sliders with French doors and are looking at any options.

(any hinges on the outside wouldn't be secure....)

ML

I found this on out swing door security. We have one too and never thought about security until today.

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Security ��" The first red flag most people throw out when I recommend an outswing door is the security risk. They feel the exposed hinge pins are a weak spot thieves can exploit. That may have been the case many years ago but security style hinges are common and standard on outswing and many inswing doors. Tabs or studs on the hinges prevent the door panel from being removed even when the pins are popped out. The tabs and studs are either integrated into the hinge leaves or can be retrofitted to old hinge models. And some hinges also have special threaded pins that resist extraction without a special tool. So with the hinge issue off the table, an outswing door is actually more secure than an inswing door.
Inswing doors are a cinch to kick in even when deadbolts and deep-screwed strike plates are used. Outswing doors on the other hand are next to impossible to kick-in and unlikely to be yanked out on the strike side (unless a thief chains the door handle the bumper of a waiting car).
The main downside to outswing doors is availability. None of my local lumberyards stock outswing frames so they need to be ordered. One practical downside I can see is when there is an insufficiently sized exterior landing to permit someone to stand while opening or closing the door. But aside from the landing problem, why mess with a door design that has an inherent flaw when an outswing door threshold design is superior?

Here is a link that might be useful: Inswing or Outswing doors

My outswing French doors are doubles. I have a three door slider that I will be replacing ASAP. I am thinking that one panel on an end would be fixed and the middle and other end panel would be outswing. I have just finished a complete kitchen reno and I am working on a living room remodel but as soon as those projects are completed I will be ready to move on to the door issue.

I am honestly perplexed as to why more people don't use an outward swing door? After reading the explanation as to why outswing is an even safer option than inward swing it is doubly puzzling.

I think one reason that more people do not do this is because if you live where you get a lot of snow it can be dangerous.

We did Jen-weld out swing french doors in our kitchen. I LOVE them. Our main reason was space. There was nowhere for them to open against if they swung inward. We live in a house built in 1797 and you work with what you have. My husband was at first against the French door for "authenticity" reasons. I said my kitchen my doors! It blends beautifully.

We live in the northeast and get snow, never had a issue.