Q: Mr Howard; I live in Chiang Mai, Thailand and it's a jungle out there. There are cobras and vipers and scorpions and centepedes and other dangerous things and they all want to get into the house for some reason. This is not to mention the torrential rains that drive at the house. Now, in Thailand, when people have doors, and they don't always have doors, they swing out and there is a step up into the house. This step is to try to prevent storm water from entering. As you are aware, the outward swinging door puts the hinge pins on the outside of the door. Not safe, to say the least. In Thailand, there are no thresholds or door shoes available for purchase. The closest thing is a glue-on plastic sweep, but it does not stop the animals or the water from entering. So, I want to put in inward swinging doors with a threshold and a door shoe. Can you assist me, please? Madera
A: I too have been told "It is a jungle out there" and Frank Sinatra once said of New York City "If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere".
Now - down to business. How thick is your door?
Q: Rich Howard; Sorry Mr. Howard. I found your response. Microsoft had given you a failure for fraud detection and blocked your email on their Outlook. Must be something that you did in a past life. The Pemko 210AV 36" Mill Finish Aluminum Door Shoe with Rain Drip - Vinyl insert should work quite well on my door. I would need two of them and two extra vinyl inserts as I plan to open and close the doors every day for a few years, yet. Now, I have never tried to make it in New York, but I have been to anywhere, and I made it there. So, maybe I could make it in New York. What do you think? By the way, the doors in Thailand average about 35 mm in thickness. They vary because this is a third-world technology and close is good enough over here. Did you know that about half the 65 million people living here have no doors or windows? What information would I need to provide to you if I wanted a threshold? Hope to hear from you soon.
A: Regarding your threshold, what width, length and height do you need? My plan is to get your door properly weather sealed and then hire you as our Thai sales representative and installer. Base don your data, there shuld be several tens of thousands of clients for us to supply with you supplying the installation service.