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S/O: Another Q about French doors

eleena
11 years ago

I did not want to hijack the other thread but I have related questions.

WOW,

What do you mean by "true French door"?

Is it the one without a bar in the middle?

Does having the middle bar help?

I have 4 French doors in the house and they all leak air (one even leaked water).

I am replacing two 36" (3-0) ones (each comprised of two narrow doors, no bar in the middle) with single doors.
It will result in sacrificing space in the living room but I don't know what else to do.

I want to replace (double?) French doors (6-8, with a middle bar) in a different room (but on the same patio wall as the other two) with a sliding door. The patio has a large overhead.

I am wondering if it is a "no-no" from the design POV?

The bigger problem is the breakfast room patio door (5-0 x 6-8) which opens to a small front courtyard). It has a middle bar and transom (5-0 x 1-0). There is an overhead above but not a very large one and the door leaked water before the contractor did something to the bottom frame. It still leaks air terribly.

Can it be converted into a sliding door? What happens to the transom?

I know that with a slider, I'd only have an opening as wide as a single door but I don't know it is truly important.

Thanks!

This post was edited by eleena on Tue, Jan 22, 13 at 17:21

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