Door off parlor (high second) floor rear deck?

I’m interested in suggestions for door combinations off our parlor floor kitchen in the rear of our old brownstone, that allow sufficient light to the kitchen but also protection against weather, and bugs, and provide decent security.  (although our yard is fenced in, so security issues aren’t tops on the list)  We’re converting a window to a door and adding a small/medium sized steel deck off the kitchen/dining room, and the door will be the only source of natural light to the kitchen (with 2 picture windows off the adjoining dining room providing less direct natural light). Do people usually have an inward-swinging wood door on the inside and outward-swinging door on the outside for example, with a lot of glass?  Is there a way to incorporate a screen into the mix for summertime, by having a  glass pane or two that are convertible to screen for the warmer months? On our ground floor kitchen/dining room deck (soon to be a rental), we have an inswinging wood door off the dining room (next to 2 windows, so light is less of an issue) and an outswinging screen door to the deck.  This protects against bugs when the inside door is open, but we get some real drafts in the winter and some real heat in the summer.  I’d love to see pictures if anyone has them.  Thanks for any suggestions.

jeanmarine2

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chinch | 11 years and 11 months ago

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Our door swings out so that we can keep it open without taking up kitchen space. We have a hanging screen curtain that works well keeping the bugs out, and it also allows the dog to go in and out without our help.

Putnamdenizen | 11 years and 11 months ago

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hanging screen curtain.  easily ordered online

jeanmarine2 | 11 years and 11 months ago

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(OP here) I probably should have mentioned that this is the door off the kitchen with a stove basically right next to the door, so it has since occurred to me that one solid mostly glass door that swings OUT might make the most sense, to avoid issues with the kitchen flow.  I just saw some neighbors’ deck/kitchen/dining room layouts in similar row houses (brownstone rowhouses, there are probably 15-20 on my block), and they are mostly off the dining room, so they can more easily swing in.  I think if we go wtih the outswinging door, then the issue of a screen-door concept for warmer weather becomes the biggest questno left.

anotherposter | 11 years and 11 months ago

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We have a mostly glass door only that swings in, and will probably put in a phantom screen door soon (I think there are multiple brands of these retractable screen doors).