I think the door looks very nice.snowjim said:
Perhaps that's the problem, almost a bit too "nice" for a basement door.
We ourselves have three glass doors, with two panes from bottom to top.
They are installed as a patio door, door to the laundry room, and door on the attic to the outdoor stairs.
When I requested quotes on the doors, I thought it would be cheaper with glass only at the top.
But lo and behold, a "half door" with a covered bottom would have been more expensive.
And these fully glazed doors provide wonderful light into the living room, laundry room, and storage attic
I have now ordered SP12 (glass all the way).
The reason we are installing such a door in the basement is that our basement is furnished like the entrance level except for smaller windows. Here's what the floor plan looks like:
You can see that there is a small corridor between rooms 1 and 3, and that's where we want a door. However, we want to maintain an airy feel, so a door with glass seems appropriate.
How is it with sound and glass? Is there any reason to choose sealing strips in the frames? In this case, it wouldn't be bad if it could block out sound a bit.
The reason we are installing such a door in the basement is that our basement is furnished like the entrance level except for smaller windows. Here's what the floor plan looks like:
You can see that there is a small corridor between rooms 1 and 3, and that's where we want a door. However, we want to maintain an airy feel, so a door with glass seems appropriate.
How is it with sound and glass? Is there any reason to choose sealing strips in the frames? In this case, it wouldn't be bad if it could block out sound a bit.
I have taken quotes from 3 different places for these internal doors, and at the place we chose, they were about 400 SEK cheaper with 10 panes and 100 SEK cheaper for 12 panes. At the other places, the difference was about 100-200 SEK between 10 and 12 panes.KnockOnWood said:I think the door looks very nice. That might be the problem, almost a bit too "nice" for a basement door.
We ourselves have three glass doors, with glass from bottom to top. They are placed as a patio door, a door to the laundry room, and a door in the attic to the external staircase.
When I got quotes on doors, I thought it would be cheaper with glass only on the top part. But surprisingly, a "half-door" with a covered lower part turned out to be more expensive.
And these fully glazed doors provide wonderful light into the living room, laundry room, and storage loft
As far as I understand, this is single-pane glass; probably only on front doors do you have triple-pane glass?
I tried to pitch a fully glazed door at home but they thought the door should be of the same character as the other doors, and I have to accept that