Dear marcus and pamela:
From practical point of view, increasing the size of door can cause
serious problems, due to wind force in particular.
Under strong wind, in order not the door to slam shut, you have to adopt a
door closing mechanism, but the force you have to cope with will be greater
for a larger door. Or are you willing to ask automatic system for all doors?
Satoshi Kose
Shizuoka Univ of Art and Culture, Hamamatsu, Japan
At 16:43 05/06/20, you wrote:
>I know several tall people who have this problem with doors. It may be
>slightly easier getting higher doors and ceilings than getting something
>that involves more floor space. In order for homes to have more space we are
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