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   JohnWW | Aug 03, 2007 04:39pm | #1

   Interior or exterior door?  If exterior does it need to be weathertight, or is it going into something like a garden shed that isn't heated or air conditioned.

   John W.

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   motormag | Aug 03, 2007 04:56pm | #2

   It is exterior ands needs to be watertight

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   JohnWW | Aug 03, 2007 05:29pm | #3

   The posting with the picture shows the classic way that exterior dutch doors are built.  The step allows you to install weatherstripping on two surfaces to create a tight seal.

   John W.

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   BruceT999 | Aug 03, 2007 05:47pm | #4

   I Googled "dutch door" and found this: http://www.dutchdoorstore.com/images/DD_Photo-Web2.jpg

   You could also try web sites and/or showrooms of door manufacturers for views of how they do it.

   BTW, when you come to hanging that door, be sure that you have your jambs plumb and parallel on both sides of the opening and when you mortise the hinges, use a 6' level to verify that the hinge barrels are all four in alignment both in the plane parallel to the wall and to the jamb. If you don't, the two halves of the door will not swing together properly.

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   BruceT
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   motormag | Aug 03, 2007 06:10pm | #5

   thanks so much for the help

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   doorboy | Aug 03, 2007 06:38pm | #6

   The rabbeted dutch door is the way to go. However, if security is an issue, then you need to consider a deadbolt. Schlage and a few others offer a rabbeted lock face along with a rabbeted strike for just such purposes.
   Where you cut the door depends on you, but it should be comfortably above the knob, yet in between the 2nd and 3rd hinge preps. Obviously, there needs to be at least 4 hinge preps, or a continuous hinge.

   "She wrote a long letter, on a short piece of paper." Traveling Wilburys
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   chairmannz | Aug 04, 2007 12:59pm | #7

   Hello Motormag,

   Strange that they name this type of door Dutch Door in the USA.
   I am from Holland and when we visited family on the farm that they have these type of doors on the all barns and also the back door in the kitchen. and never knew that they are typical for Dutch farms.
   Nice to learn something new, thanks.
   Cheerio Berhard.