Hi I hope that someone can confirm one way or other which way round my patio doors should be. I have just brought a new to me house and the patio doors open inwards with the hinges on the inside. I think the doors have been fitted the wrong way round by the builder.
I would be grateful if someone could confirm this is the case from the pictures.
The doors open inwards with the hinges on the inside. The exterior trickle vents are on the inside and the interior vents are on the outside.
The doors only open 45 degrees as they catch on the little walls either side of the doors.
the jointing strip inbetween the 2 doors is on the inside. so the doors can be forced inwards. if the strip is outside it offers more resilience to being forced inward
All the glazing strips are external on all the windows in the house and the windows either side of the doors but the glazing strips are on the inside on the patio doors.
the overlap of the doors is on the inside i would have thought the overlap should be outside so that the water flows down over the door frame
would appreciate peoples thoughts. The windows are correct and open outwards but i think when its been assembled by the builders the door frame has been installed the wrong way round.
I am intending to remove the door frame and reverse it so the doors open outwards, but before i do this i want to confirm that in fact that they have been fitted wrong and i won't do any damage by reversing them.
I would be grateful if someone could confirm this is the case from the pictures.
The doors open inwards with the hinges on the inside. The exterior trickle vents are on the inside and the interior vents are on the outside.
The doors only open 45 degrees as they catch on the little walls either side of the doors.
the jointing strip inbetween the 2 doors is on the inside. so the doors can be forced inwards. if the strip is outside it offers more resilience to being forced inward
All the glazing strips are external on all the windows in the house and the windows either side of the doors but the glazing strips are on the inside on the patio doors.
the overlap of the doors is on the inside i would have thought the overlap should be outside so that the water flows down over the door frame
would appreciate peoples thoughts. The windows are correct and open outwards but i think when its been assembled by the builders the door frame has been installed the wrong way round.
I am intending to remove the door frame and reverse it so the doors open outwards, but before i do this i want to confirm that in fact that they have been fitted wrong and i won't do any damage by reversing them.