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The only disadvantage, as far as I can see, is that you might knock your caller over when answering the bell at your front door.
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1) the top of the door will get wet when opened (OK not really a problem for upvc)
2) the hinges will likely be exposed on the outside, making it a lot easier to break in by removing/breaking the hinges
3) if you ever answered the door to somebody who tried to force their way in it would be a lot easier for them to pull a door open out of your grip than it would be to push a door open with a person standing behind it.
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My only thought is that you may have to open it wider to see who's at the door. You could put one of those peep hole things on to be a bit safer.
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I agree with Chuck. That said outwards does seem to be very common in Sweden so it must work for some people.
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What do you plan to do with the 'extra' space in the hall?
I can't see that you actually gain any useful space.
Future purchasers of the flat may even be put off, particularly if they are concerned about the safety issues already mentioned.
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On the plus side, fire exits always open outwards.
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The inside of the door will get wet when you open it in the rain.
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And of course you'd need to make sure the space the door opens into is your space, you couldn't have it opening out onto a pavement or a communal area because you'd risk smacking passer bys (is that the plural of passer by?) when you opened the door.
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I live in a sheltered scheme and a great deal of money has recently been spent refurbishing the common room. On completion we found that an outward opening door had been fitted and many people are complaining about the difficulty of use. I realise that you'd not have the same problems but simple thing like carrying a heavy bag and being able to nudge your way through etc - comes to mind.
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Have you thought about a cavity sliding door? It slides into the wall cavity to open.
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Maybe Allen lives in a block so the front door to their flat is inside the block so all the 'outside' issues such as weather do not appy. Can you enlighten us Allen?
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Question Author
Just to paint a fuller picture.
We live in a downstairs maisonette, in an estate of maisonettes, all 30s built, so basically they are 'ordinary' 30s houses with 2 front doors.
The door opens onto our front garden path, so no passers-by...
No space for cavity wall/sliding door gear, I'm afraid.
Yes, there would be useful space in the hall - I put my bike there overnight, and a few extra feet would help.
We would have (very) small clear glass windows in the door - well below the entry size of a very small thief - so could see the cut of anyone's jib who was at the door. As it happens, we get very few visitors, which suits us!
I don't think getting the door wet would be a problem, but I'll bear it in mind.
I am certainly interested in the outside hinges aspect, and will check with local police for an opinion on that. We would be paying top dollar for the door, so would expect (famous last words) that such things would be considered at manufacture.
Thanks for the suggestions, which certainly give us some idea of possible problems.
Allen.
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I like the cut of your jib, allen!
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It shouldn't cost any extra to open out Cecil. These days, uPVC doors and windows are routinely made to order............ size, hand (L or R), etc....
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As a plus to an opening out door; our UPVC door opens inwards and when it opens the water runs along the bottom and drips onto the hall floor and has rotted my wooden floor! At least you wouldn't have THAT problem.
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Who's Cecil?
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Hi Allen ................. yes,...... er ............... apologies Allen. Cecil was a different Q that I was on ............ :o(
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That's alright Builder, I was just curious!
Anyway, I think Mrs.Allen has now exercised her Power of Veto over the outward-opening door. She says that if she opened the door and some dodgy herbert was standing in the doorway, she'd rather take her chances on being able to push the door shut than ask the dodgy herbert to move out of the way while she PULLED the door shut, thus agreeing with chuck and his fickens.
Never mind.
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