Dutch Door Bottom Half

9 lite unfinished wood prehung right hand inswing dutch back door w primed auralast jamb and brickmold model o11105 1 521 00 1 521 00.

Dutch door bottom half.

Dutch doors also called double hung doors or half doors are divided in half horizontally so the bottom half can remain shut while the top half opens. And for children the open top of the dutch door can also make a great puppet theater. This is also great if you have pets that you need to keep in or out of on part of your house. A dutch door american english stable door british english or half door hiberno english is a door divided in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens.

Used in early new england as a way to let light in while keeping children close the style works equally well for a modern day kids room. Rather than adding a baby gate which never works well we decided to build a dutch door and just close the bottom half of it. Simply choose a door design that fits your architecture and your authorized dealer will make sure the dutch cut on your door is the best fit for your application. Also known as split double hung or half doors or in dutch boerendeur meaning farm door the interesting entrances date back to the 17th century.

Turn doors dutch with simpson simpson can turn almost any door into a dutch door as long as it has solid wood across the area to be dutched like a flush door or an intermediate rail.