Pivot Entry Door- Andersen?
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Comments (14)I have to jump in this conversation! I just ran across a gorgeous pivot door while hunting at the salvage yard, and even though we aren't working on the kitchen, and I was hunting for a bathroom pocket door, and it's much newer than my original doors (single panel art deco vs 4 panel victorian), I couldn't resist buying it!!! We know our house originally had a pivot door at the kitchen, and had been debating adding one again, but the debate was swinging against it because we can't seem to work out a kitchen/dining room layout that doesn't have the door swinging into open space on one side, and although I happen to think one of the advantages of a door on the kitchen is no one can see if you've forgotten to do the dishes (since we don't have an "Alice"), I was also thinking about the safety issue and hadn't seen a door with a window in it that didn't look like it belonged in a restaurant. But this door won me over, totally original pivot, no window, wood is lovely, very heavy and has the rounded back edge already and a piece of hardware at the base, but I haven't looked to see if it's just the pivot pin. I've already changed other doors on the main floor (well there were only 2, one between the LR and the front hall, and one on the room I made the library) , swapping two of the 4 panel hinged doors for 15 light glass because its nice to be able to close them to zone the heat, but still feel open and let light flow in the house, and we added/plan to add matching pairs of 10 light pocket doors (replacing a missing pocket door some evil previous home owner ripped out and destroyed the pocket, but the evidence was there (darned "Modernizers aka remuddlers) plus add a matching set to finish & separate the dining room from the entry hall. So I can justify the shift in door style at the kitchen, besides, I think most of kitchen doors looked a bit different/simpler. (In case you wondered, the removed 4 panels were used elsewhere in the house where we added a closet and a bathroom. I'm excited about it. Of course it means I still need to go back to the salvage yards and find the doors I was supposed to find for the bathroom in the basement!! ;-) Oh and hello, I'm Hunzi, and I am the caretaker/obsessed owner of a 1884 Victorian brick vernacular farmhouse. We call it the wealthy farmer's house but it's now smack in the middle of the city. Always ;-) Hunzi...See Moreandersen storm door freezing
Comments (10)hello again & thank you for the replies - the storm is always closed - i keep the dead bolt on all the time & w/ our northeast ohio winters i know to make sure it is closed - the entry door is closed also - it never stands open during the winter - i called andersen today & they win - i was given a "technical specialist" who told me that it is a moisture problem & i could look it up on the internet to find out what causes it - good thing he was not a heart surgeon - he might have told me to look it up on the internet & do it myself - even before the conversation started he bluntly told me "you are NOT getting a new door" - i have never asked for one only to fix the problem - after i got upset w/ him i told him to send me some proof that this was the problem - he told me that they were not about to send me anything & i could do whatever i needed to do the matter was closed - i wish i could find the direct address to the andersen ceo so that i could inform him about his so-called "technical specialist" - just a company lackey who read me a form letter - oh well live & learn - i will never buy another andersen product ever nor will i suggest anyone else do so - i am a reasonable person - i just wanted some help from what i thought was a good company whom i have spent good money on a number of times w/ no problems - thank you again...See Morereplacing patio doors, HMI versus Pella Designer versus Andersen
Comments (4)Sorry, maybe my initial message wasn't clear enough. We are putting in an HMI front entry door, but the question is on patio doors. 3 patio door choices (outswing, hinged double doors): HMI Doors patio doors Andersen A-Series doors Pella Designer Series doors Pros/cons of each? experience with these doors? recommendations? Thanks...See MoreAndersen A Series vs E Series french doors
Comments (12)A series doors - the frames are fiberglass-clad wood and the door panels are LVL wood coated, and, it would appear from the literature, not fiberglass-clad, but directly finished with Flexacron. The A series windows are Fibrex (composite) frames with a wood-interior and fiberglass sash exteriors with a wood interior. The picture windows are fiberglass for both frame and sash. I would hesitate to call them clad, as it they are not full-dimensional wood wrapped with a form-fitting fiberglass "skin" like aluminum-clad windows are. The exterior fiberglass/fibrex components are quite distinct from the wood structural/aesthetic components and no part of the wood sits outside of the exterior sheathing of the wall. The E-series has more customization - you can specify the stile and rail sizes to get either a more contemporary or traditional appearance. You can have paneling added. There are many more colors available. You can get a flush-sill, venting sidelights and shades between the glass. A series does not offer these things. The A-series definitely has a more "traditional" appearance....See Moredoc5md
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