French Doors Open Up A New Way To Brighten Your Home
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James and Morris Carey
Associated Press
Have you ever thought about installing a French door or a pair of French doors where a window exists? Doing so can make for easy access to your yard, add light to the room and improve ventilation. Best of all, the conversion is easy.
Choose a door or a pair of doors with a width equal to or slightly smaller than the width of the existing window. The structural support member or "header" above the opening thus will not have to be changed.
Due to the popularity of this conversion, most home-improvement centers maintain a supply of French-style ...