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    Dallas
    Member

    Some of those new roll screen doors are pretty cool. They collapse in to the side of the door, no swinging at all, would save a lot of space. Like this one: http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=974388&Ntt=974388&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&recN=112206&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber

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    Posted 7 months ago #
12. 

    MikeOnBike
    Member

    With kids, grandkids and great-grandkids on the mountain we will probably need a traditional swinging, spring closing screen door.

    Posted 7 months ago #
13. 

    msoddgers
    Member

    In my tiny house, the inward-opening door actually makes it harder to get outside. Without a doubt, an outward-opening door would be less of a fire hazard. I recommend thinking carefully about where the hinges are placed, and about how the door swings. I did it mentally, and ordered the door without testing my ideas in the real house. I would have done better to play around with a cardboard dummy before deciding on the details.

    I don't have a separate screen door, but a metal door with a window that opens with a screen. That was a good decision, as I think a separate door and screen door combo would be too fussy, and hard to find as the door opening is a non-standard size. The screen window gives plenty of air-flow, and with so many windows elsewhere, the house does not feel close at all.

    When I started the wee house, I was thinking of it as a complete house with kitchen, bath, etc. Due to money constraints I only built the box, planning to install the plumbing and such later. I'm glad I waited. Now I've decided to keep the house itself simple, and this summer will build an outdoor kitchen and shower structure. I like to cook, and occasionally to entertain, so the summer kitchen will allow me to do both on a grander scale than the wee house would ever allow.

    Posted 6 months ago #
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    KimK
    Member

    Thanks for posting about the screen in the regular door. I was thinking about that concept as I kept wondering why people mounted doors to open to the inside of tiny houses. But then, living in mosquito territory, I ran into the problem of the screen door (I'm afraid the cats would figure out how to get outside a roll-up screen.

    Could you post what kind of door you found that has a screen window? Is it insulated?

    Thank you!

    Posted 6 months ago #
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    BillZ
    Member

    Excellent comments about the door. Having lived in many travel trailers in my youth, I've never thought about the door opening out, but they all did that. You comments illustrate why. All where metal doors with insulation and screen windows except the largest mobile homes that already included many other windows so they didn't require the door to have a screened window. However, for security, a window allows you to see who is knocking before you open the door. Thanks for your comments.

    Posted 2 days ago #
16. 

    WyomingEpu
    Member

    Great idea about the outward opening door msoddgers! I think we will try that on the Epu we are building now.

    Posted 2 days ago #
17. 

    Grant Wagner
    Member

    If I had to change one thing, it would be to start earlier. To much time spent dreaming and not enough doing.

    Posted 1 day ago #

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