So far we love our Marvin slider. As spring progresses we've found we can't open it as much - too many bugs! It needed some adjustment at the beginning. A rep came out and adjusted it no problem. Marvin has been fabulous! We have a set of two very tall French doors in another room. After they were installed last fall they were fine. Then we got a lot of rain. Slowly the bottom of one swelled and started hitting the bottom of the other and eventually we couldn't open the door. The Marvin person came, saw the problem, and ordered us a whole new set of doors about 1/8" narrower (these are very expensive doors). When he came back to install them (a few months later due mostly to us) the original doors were fine. He said he thought that might happen (companies use very green wood to make doors so they may take some time to get to their proper size). He left the new doors with us - so we have a spare in case something happens to the others. So far the same person has come back to do all the servicing. He's from Marvin itself. (The contractor also has the store that sold us the windows as a back-up but so far we haven't needed them). He's great - fixed a couple of other small problems. I really feel like they stand behind their products. We're having a lot of problems with our Miele appliances - their service is supposedly great but there's no comparison. Miele is a total pain, Marvin is a total pleasure.

"The association does not allow storm doors at all". Just wondering why that may be? Perhaps a screen door just will not fit without some modifications to the jamb or it is an inside hallway door. If you have a screen door at least when you open the door there is still a barrier between you and who ever may be there. Suppose you jerk that door open and there stands the bad guy eye to eye, now what do you do? I consider the added safety value of a storm door to be as important as the the original intent. Maybe you should consider approaching the HOA with some questions and suggestions about you and others safety. Perhaps they have a very sound reason for the rule. if not they may be willing to change.

I am Doug the Screen guy the owner of Screen Solutions Inc the maker of the Plisse screen. While we can never guarantee a pet will not find a way to get under our screens we have had good results lots of customers. Some customers have contacted us after the purchase having problems with their cats and we have been able to help them figure a way to make the Plisse secure. If judander contacts us we may be able to help. Here is a link that might be useful: Plissescreen

We have one on our French door going out to the patio in the backyard. We talked about adding one to the front door but it is not as private as the back yard. We got ours from Phantom Screens. Remember when you have a screened area you cannot use it when the pollen is falling since it blows into the house. I don't know if that is even an issue where you live. Trees. We also have a screened porch off the master bedroom which we love.