Front Door No Storm Door

B switches glass to screen in summer when porch prevents direct light and allows the breezes in.

Front door no storm door.

The interior door is mounted to an inset 36 wide. Warmer climates don t need storm doors to protect the door from winter weather but the screen would allow air to circulate during nice weather. But there s no inset on the outside of the door frame meaning there s nowhere wide enough to attach the storm door. The problem is the lack of inset on the outside of the door frame.

If you have a newer energy efficient well sealed front door and your main concern is reducing energy loss you may not need a storm door. I also removed the railing and extended the step. I stripped and scraped and re stained my front door and i am pleased with the result. I love the protection it gives.

Additionally if your front entry is well protected by a large overhang or covered porch you might not need a storm door. But my last decision is about a storm door. The only thing that makes sense is to create an inset somehow. My husband and in laws believe since there is a storm door on the door they don t need to close the main door allowing easy access for small people to escape and although they haven t this mommy will go into a tail spin when they don t close the door.

We have storm doors on all of our doors and we also live in an area where they just aren t practical hot and humid and freezing cold. My south facing storm door in san pedro ca a has low e uv film to protect my beautiful 1917 craftsman oak door from low angle winter sun. The 1 is a fallacious argument for not taking action.