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French Doors Query

  • 03-05-2021 5:25pm
    #1
    Kildaremagnet
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    Is it possible to get French doors that are designed to open more than 90. Degrees, i.e. the doors open outwards and when fully open are flat against the outside wall.
    Most French Doors I have seen only open to 90 degrees and have check-straps to stop them opening further


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  • #2
    Lumen
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    Yes.


  • #3
    Kildaremagnet
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    Hi Lumen, Thank you for your response, Who should I contact for more information on doors which open fully against the outside wall. Is there any online information ..


  • #4
    Lumen
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    Sorry, I don't know which manufacturers do them.

    I've stayed in portacabins with PVC French doors which open fully and clip to the wall, and I've built my own timber doors with externally mounted security butt hinges which do the same.

    I don't know why anyone would buy a door that didn't open fully. Maybe to prevent them slamming in the wind against the wall?

    edit: maybe because the doors are recessed back from the outer edge of the wall, so that they can't open fully and if the wind caught then they would slam against the opening (reveal?) and break through leverage. So it could just be an installation issue.


  • #5
    policarp
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    Kildaremagnet wrote: »
    Is it possible to get French doors that are designed to open more than 90. Degrees, i.e. the doors open outwards and when fully open are flat against the outside wall.
    Most French Doors I have seen only open to 90 degrees and have check-straps to stop them opening further

    Can be done using parliament hinges.


  • #6
    Flinty997
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    policarp wrote: »
    Can be done using parliament hinges.

    I'm guessing the problem usually is a deep reveal.
    You'd need some thing that pivots out then around the reveal.

    I have a set of doors with this problem and the strap stopping them fooling back, eventually wore out. Door swung back in wind and sprung and broke the door. I fixed up the door but no idea what to replace them with.


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