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"...and then the evil sorcerer said 'Your fence is the wrong shade of brown!'" (lemmy.world)
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[–] 37 points 1 month ago (11 children)

the house had an extra set of door hinges on the inside, and we had an extra door we put up behind the regular door in winter to kep the heat in.

it used to be more common but i don't think i've seen it on a house built after the 1920s.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Many homes have storm doors, usually on the outside. But, if the door swings out, instead of in, then the only place for a storm door is on the inside. Most front doors swing in, but not all.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    only place i've ever seen doors that swing inwards is north america. it's such a weird setup; the wind pushes through but inside air gets trapped.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (6 children)

    I think doors that swing inwards are more common in most countries I've been. I think the reason is mostly security: if the hinges are on the outside it's very easy to remove the door...

    Although it's probably still less effort for a robber to just break a window in most cases, so probably not always for security but rather started as a security measure and then people just got used to it...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    here hinges are usually embedded in the frame, and we tend to use security doors with multiple locking pins so you can't remove them when locked. it's also safer in that if there's a fire or something you don't want to step back closer to danger to open the door.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Florida requires that home doors open outward to help prevent them blowing open in a hurricane. For the same reason, new windows are sturdier than the walls. The only way someone was breaking into our house was with a shovel.

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