Doors to swing by...Do I renovate to all 96" height interior doors?
archkeystone
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tozmo1
7 months agoI made an assumption that there will be the same number of doors in the same location. I did a rough mockup. Looks nice. Without knowing the cost, you'll have to decide if it's worth it.
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Comments (13)With the multi-point locking systems, you have the bolt that extends out into the secondary door (or door frame if you only have 1 door) at the level of the handle, you have a smaller "bolt" that extends out of the top of the door into the upper door frame and one that extends out the bottom of the door into the sill. When the lock is engaged, all these bolts are sticking out. If someone engages the locks with the door open then tries to shut it, the bolts slam into the surrounding frame and damage it. Walk into just about any showroom with French doors on display and take a look at the frames (especially the upper frame). That was one of Pella's selling points was that their mechanism was made to push back into the door if the lock was engaged with the door open and you then tried to shut it. After it was shut, the locks slid back out of the door and into place within the frame & the door is locked with no damage to the surrounding frame, sill or adjacent door. If you're worried about not having a multi point system for security reasons, you can always do a regular deadbolt and slide bolts at the top & bottom. Typically the slide bolts will be much longer than the short little bolts on the integrated multi-point system for a higher level of security IMO. My thoughts on this is that its overkill--if an intruder wants in, he's going to find a way--odds are he will just break the glass and turn the locks whether multi-point or deadbolt. Plus deadbolts & slide bolts are easier to remember how to operate--there is usually a trick to engaging the multi-point lock system. I think with my Mom's doors you have to turn the lock a couple times then flip the lever up to engage the lock. Your secondary swing door of the French door set should bolt in place. That's the biggest part of how the primary swing door is secured when locked. Hope this helps!...See MoreGlass swinging door in a bungalow?
Comments (6)Thanks! Let's see: 1) I think it would be okay for this---we plan to have a push plate on one side and handle on the other, and the frame around the glass is 5.5" wide so there's some good space there. 2) Not yet, but we will likely have young children around it (which is actually one of the reasons for wanting the glass, though I know it's also a concern---we decided not to open the kitchen to the dining room, but would like visibility between them). 3) The current door hinge stops the door itself, so it "clicks" into place when you push it open---I think it would do this no matter how hard you pushed it. There is a wall behind it, though, so we could potentially put a stop there as well. Post-renovation we will only open it into the kitchen (vs. into the dining room). We rarely if ever use it as a true swinging door (coming through and letting it close behind you)---it's typically either open or shut (when it's shut, it's either to contain kitchen smells and steam/smoke or to contain a dog) 4) I *think* it is tempered safety glass---the salvage yard wasn't sure, however. The door is new, though, and safety glass would be common for a glass door, from the people we've talked to about getting one made. Still, it would be an unknown!...See Moreusing glass gliding patio doors as interior doors
Comments (8)You can look at a company by the name of Panda. They make a Lift-n-Slide system with a track with a single post that sticks up 5/16" of an inch. There is really no other sill or threshold as the rest of it mounts below the floor. Granted you may not want the expense of a L&S system but this would allow you to use your original sliding door panel idea for light and should also help with sound to some extent...See MoreAdvantium speed oven + Bosch Benchmark swing door wall oven?
Comments (12)The received advice on the Advantium drawer was to make it as convenient as possible, though it probably is less important with the separate microwave. The glass tray for microwaving should not be stored high, and it does better flat than vertical, but since I'm pretty sure it's only for microwaving, you could put it in a less accessible place. Make sure you measure the trays. I think mine are 16" in diameter. They're definitely wider than my cookie sheets. Re flush integration, it's not that it's not functional when done that way. It's that it's really annoying. Because, definitionally, the door is stopped at 90°, or maybe as much as 100° if there's a big enough gap. If you're used to Euro cabinets that have that kind of limitation in the hinge, and are used to it, it might not bother you. I paid up big time to have step hinges so my cabinet doors would open fully. I don't often open my oven door (Gaggenau, side opening) more than about 135°, but when there's a big, heavy roaster or something, where one wants the strength of rigid bent elbows, it's a breeze with the door out of the way. Rolling racks were invented to rectify some of the looks issues that come with drop doors that cover the whole oven, or side doors that don't open the whole way, but there's nothing more convenient than just being able to reach into the oven and lift out your pot. Having one oven flush and the other proud, in a stack, will look weird. Different handles, colors of stainless and control panels, especially when there's at least an inch of trim between, looks fine. Different ovens of different sizes and different functions. But one innie and one outie will push it over the top, in my opinion. You might want to post another thread for info about the Bosch. Does the broiling element get used during speed cook? It may only have 9 pre-sets, but I can't imagine that it'll only do nine combinations. With the Advantium, if it's at all like mine, there are a handful of presets, but you can customize them, and you can also input your own. There's a steep learning curve, so modifying is worthwhile. Find something that sounds similar to what you want to do and change the time, or the amount of convection heat or whatever, and keep experimenting until you get just what you want....See More
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