Like single doors french doors are prone to sticking along the door jambs or to each other if not installed properly.
How to close in a room with french doors.
Fortunately fixing french doors is a relatively simple do it yourself project that doesn t require professional help.
Before we could install them we needed to trim a little off the bottom of the frame.
French doors offer some unique challenges to homeowners as well.
Here are the doors we bought.
Interior french doors are often found in the entryway between a dining room and kitchen or living room the doors allow light to flow between the spaces.
Interior french doors with bore holes.
Patio french doors often open on to a deck or a backyard patio and may be used with a screen door system.
We purchased pre hung french doors to make installing them even easier.
Dining rooms and home dens benefit from this extensively.
The french door also has the ability to close a room off for a more intimate setting.
The door s frosted glass allows for privacy from room to room while still permitting natural light to flow through the rooms.
Also wood expands over time so even french doors that were installed properly can still fail to close.
French doors swing into the room where they are installed so furniture cannot sit next to them.
Small rooms work better with a sliding patio door because it does not require any living space to open and close.
For rooms you would like to be able to lock or just prefer to have a working knob or lever that latches you will want to purchase french doors that are already drilled with a cross bore hole on one side and a latch bore on the other.
We purchased our french doors from our local hardware store.
Frameport doors come unmachined allowing them to be fitted into an opening and with any hardware.
Let s say the cross bore hole is on the right handed door.
French doors act as noise barriers between rooms.
Disadvantages of french doors.
French doors can be inconvenient in smaller spaces where the swing diameter interferes with furniture or going in and out.