/int/ - International

Don't you think the duality of doors is marvelous? In one instance, they are a barrier between one realm and another and in the next instance they are the passage from one realm to another.

I'm told that as a general rule, the US has dry summers and humid winters. In Mexico it's the opposite. And one of the effects of warm humid climate is that sometimes doors gets swollen to the point where it starts scratching against the ground or the frame. When this happened in my house, my dad would unhinge the door and sand down the bottom. I always thought it was stupid because then winter came and the door shrunk back and now there was a big gap at the bottom. Now I think it's doubly stupid because you leave a bunch of exposed wood without any sort of treatment ready to absorb more moisture next year. Anyway, I can't be the only one facing this issue: how have y'all dealt with a swollen door?

How does a door know whether it leads into a room or out of that room? It cannot, yet it always does the right thing. Really makes you appreciate god's plan.

>>9767 Usually a well built door doesn't swell. It should be treated and basically waterproof. What kind of door do you have over there?

Bernd, imagine you hit someone so hard that they turn into a door. You then find out that this is how ALL doors are made, and you get involved in a murder club that makes doors. The harder you hit, the better the door. So there are some super strong murderers who beat people into Venetian doors and shit like that.

>>9777 I liked that quest in Baldur's Gate 3 where the magical door of the hag is one of her enchanted victims

>>9767 Why don't new worlders have this thing? I've noticed it especially in American houses/apartments there's often just a big gap under the door. Is it to invite all the cockroaches into your house?

>>9784 You can't drive over those when you have to use a fat scooter.

>>9784 Haven't seen these on most doors in Europe in decades. Why would people want them, they're a horrible tripping hazard.

>>9787 Don't drag your feet.

>>9784 I believe it's for pressure equalization because they have AC integrated into the house that or it's a cope for really shitty engineering tolerances

>>9799 But it's even dumber if you have AC because the cool air goes down and escapes through the gap under the door.

>>9784 My vacuum robot hates these. Also, I think they were mainly made to cope with uneven floors. Put the door a few cm above the door so it can open and close freely, but then you need a threshold to close the door. Also, they cover joints in the flooring. Tighter tolerances for joints and flat floors made them obsolete.

>>9810 AC is often house wide (at least it was in the trailer I lodged in)

>>9827 A trailer is not a house.

>>9754 >everyone reads books You'd be surprised how few people actually read books.

>>9845 > everyone cooks You'd also be surprised how few people actually cook.

>>9796 Sure, make people adapt to technology instead of the other way around for no reason, good good

>>9827 I don't think you understand what we are talking about. Americans have those gaps in their doors leading outside. >>9848 It's not adapting to technology. Even without them you're supposed to lift your feet when you walk and not drag them. Literally nobody is tripping on a 1-2cm threshold.

>>9853 > Americans have those gaps in their doors leading outside. That's incorrect. You're probably drawing that conclusion from a very small sample size of houses in a specific climate zone. > It's not adapting to technology. Even without them you're supposed to lift your feet when you walk and not drag them. Literally nobody is tripping on a 1-2cm threshold. You do realize we live in aging societies and there are other people who need "barrier-free" access as well, right? > Literally nobody is tripping on a 1-2cm threshold. Please look up what barrier-free means. 2 centimeters is the absolute maximum in most definitions and you're usually only allowed to have that in case of technical necessity. You still completely failed to prove that door thresholds do more good than harm, by the way. Your only pro-argument was "cockroaches".

>>9853 > Americans have those gaps in their doors leading outside I've been to rural murrica and I've never seen those. Inside houses, sure.

Bernd, imagine you hit someone so hard that they turn into a door. You then find out that this is how ALL doors are made, and you get involved in a murder club that makes doors. The harder you hit, the better the door. So there are some super strong murderers who beat people into Venetian doors and shit like that.

>>9878 >>9777

>>9847 True, especially in places like the US and GB it seems like it's completely normal to not even have a kitchen.

>>9866 >That's incorrect. >You're probably drawing that conclusion from a very small sample size of houses How can it be incorrect if you just admitted that there are houses that have them? >2 centimeters is the absolute maximum Which means 1-2 cm isn't a barrier and nobody is tripping on them. I wasn't even aware I was supposed to prove that they do more good than harm but if you want that then you already proved they do no harm as they are not considered barriers by your own definition and they do the good of sealing the doorway from under the door which keeps bugs away and separates indoor air from outdoor air as already pointed out. They do more good than harm as they do no harm at all.

>>9949 Last time I checked, I had all the bugs coming in through windows and zero under doors without thresholds.

>>9776 No idea, this house is close to 50 years old and the door is at least 35, but the first time I remember my dad sanding it down was probably around the 18 year mark. There is a huge problem with humidity in the entire section of the city, with most houses developing saltpeter and needed re-plastering the walls constantly. >>9784 In my experience, cockroaches very rarely travel through the front door, unless you have a real serious infestation problem on the streets like literally just stepping outside and seeing a cockroach scurry off. Or maybe it's just that my house is too uninviting ...too many spiders, ants and geckos behind the furniture that will predate on them before they get close. After I put some of those sleeves and trapdoor valves in my drains I haven't seen a single one inside in years. Some people will have these though, but obviously they look incredibly tacky; while yours seem like a major tripping hazard and a major obstacle for moving large furniture in or out; like, maybe there's perks to being a neighbor of Sweden, but just 20 years ago flatpak furniture was a still a novelty here, mostly relegated to dry, monotone, ugly, and cheap office spaces, not homes.

It's probably simple pine wood planks

>>9811 Vacuumrobotgarch! How are these? Would you recommend? Loud?

>>9978 Yeah, it keeps me company. It's less loud than my normal vacuum cleaner, but that one is 20 years old and wasn't expensive back then, so I can't compare it to modern vacuum cleaners. Also, the old cleaner cleans better despite its age, but for regular vacuuming it's fine. I clean the floors properly every 2 months or so, that would not be possible without the robot.