I'm not quite sure I understand your problem. The threshold plates on my doors are about six inches wide with a rubber gasket in the middle. Regardless of how you install the door, part of that plate will show inside the house. Look at your other doors. You can certainly reverse the door if you want but the swing will also be backwards. When we had and area around the door to our patio tiled they tiled up to the threshold plate not under it. The plate needs to be level to provide proper sealing.

The door was a good value, but you can't use it. It's not field reversible once it's handed (bored for handset) and hinged to the jamb. Besides, an outswing and inswing is a major difference in build.

You'll need to resell and invest in a properly handed, outswing door.

Viewed from the outside, if you want the handle on your left(door swings right), it's a left handed outswing, if you want the handle on your right(door swings left), it's a right handed outswing.

Michael

You will have to build a new frame for the door in order to reverse the swing. It may be possible to take off the old threshhold, depending on how it is attached to the old frame. Then possibly reverse the frame on the threshhold.

You will not be able to install a storm door with the outswing kitchen door, however.

If you read the post, the question is what about the threshhold if the door is installed backwards----it will extend into the room---and the poster does not it showing. That means simply reversing the whole assembly is not an option.

You are going to have to purchase an outswing door. I put one from the house to the attached garage. The gasket for the door is different than an in swing door the hinges are different, they are made that the pins are not removable. The gasket is made so the door compresses against it to seal tightly when the wind blows against the door.

I agree 100% with the advice you've been given.

Have you thought about a slider? Maybe that would work for you.

Installing a door with the hinges to the outside makes it easy to remove the hinge pins and therefore gain entry to your home. Outswing doors are manufactured with special non-removable hinge pins for security reasons.

I too have an exterior door that opens out instead of in. The only issue was when I wanted to add a screen door. I put a retractable screen door inside but it's a bit of a nuisance to use more than once or twice a day. But a beaded curtain took care of flies, and at the mosquito hour, I use the screen. Probably in Alabama you're on AC all the time anyhow.

Those other guys have some good points, but I think you could "peen" the hinges, and I'll bet once the door's installed there's a way to cut out all or part of the threshold and install what you want. Where exactly is this thrift store anyhow!

Remove the threshold and replace it with a out swing threshold or with a wooden one. remove the hinges and replace with fixed pin hinges. Tada door is now an out swing.

So, here's a question, what do I do to reverse an out swinging door. I want to hang a screen on the outside swinging out, but want to move the door inside so it will swing inwards. We live in Colorado so in the winter we will probably take off the screen door so we can scrape the deck off (snow removal. What needs to be done for the threshold and also the door has an inside cut to fit into, would I cut the threshold as well? the inbetween left over wood would only be about 1/4 inch wide then - doesn't make sense to me - that's why i am asking

thanks

L