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4.4k points
3 months ago
Just for shits and giggles, you should staple a welcome mat to the ceiling above the door.
1.1k points
3 months ago
Dude get your homies wasted. Haul them inside and watch for their reactions the next morning lol
196 points
3 months ago
🤨
133 points
3 months ago
Yeah, it should be something like this. Lol
103 points
3 months ago
🙃
43 points
3 months ago
Is your username Morse? All I get from it is IZZZZ
37 points
3 months ago
Nope but in hindsight I should've
2 points
3 months ago
I thought it was sos.
7 points
3 months ago
SOS is …- - - …
36 points
3 months ago
I'd tell them to get off the ceiling
11 points
3 months ago
Suddenly with a scream: "Dude get down from the ceiling!"
34 points
3 months ago
Be ready for pictures when they wake up on the floor looking up..
6 points
3 months ago
This needs to be done!
4 points
3 months ago
Hahaha 😂
6 points
3 months ago
I am now imagining this. I hate my brain.
2 points
3 months ago
Read this as hang them inside and I was about to say that I don't think their reactions would be as surprising
48 points
3 months ago
With an upside down sign saying "Mind the drop".
34 points
3 months ago
Ok now this just jumped from "aww hell yeah let the dogs see outside" to "ok I need to do this."
20 points
3 months ago
That would be fkin hilarious. It would then be 100% clear that the decision about the upside down door was intentional
13 points
3 months ago
I think extra large googly eyes are in order
4 points
3 months ago
"noʎ ʞuɐɥʇ 'sɹǝʇᴉɔᴉlos oN"
5 points
3 months ago
And invite your Aussie mates over
2 points
3 months ago
lmao yesssss
2 points
3 months ago
OP please do this and update us :D
1.4k points
3 months ago
This is what properly placed priorities look like
266 points
3 months ago
Honestly this is a brilliant idea lol
158 points
3 months ago
Brilliant for the dogs, not for the life of the door. The bottom rail is taller on a door for a reason, and when this door fails it because it now has a 4-6 “ bottom rail instead of the proper one. But if the dogs enjoy it, it’s worth it IMO.
80 points
3 months ago
What if the door was custom designed to have the window to the ground while the door rails were proper? Would that generally be okay?
138 points
3 months ago
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40 points
3 months ago
New life goal!
10 points
3 months ago
This is the way.
17 points
3 months ago
Yeah, you can just get a door with windows at the top and bottom, like a normal person.
2 points
3 months ago
What is "normal"?
0 points
3 months ago
When you put your socks on before you put your shoes on. It's not normal to put your shoes on and then your socks.
2 points
3 months ago
I didn't ask what is 'not' "normal" (and maybe some don't have socks so, 'normal' for Them). I asked what is "normal"?
0 points
3 months ago
I asked what is "normal"?
Someone who puts their socks on before they put on their shoes. Semantics are so much fun! Let's keep this going.
6 points
3 months ago
Hire this person.
2 points
3 months ago
What a great design 💙
-4 points
3 months ago
why not just add a window in the wall beside the door
or move
2 points
3 months ago
Structurally I believe so, but the glass would absolutely need to be tempered.
7 points
3 months ago
nobody like emotional glass
10 points
3 months ago
I’m not sure I buy that, most doors will be replaced before that’s a huge concern. My fear would be the dog saw a squirrel and busted through the window that only has a thin trim piece between sections. Guess depends size of dog but I have a few that would make quick work of that ‘barrier’
16 points
3 months ago
How often do you think people replace their front doors? Ours is 20 years old currently, the one on my father's house is 90 years old.
So long as it keeps being a door, there's little reason to change it, right?
1 points
3 months ago
My guess is maybe every other time the house is sold? But the ‘top of the door’ looks to be a solid piece minus the cut out section for the window, so wouldn’t that make it thicker and stronger then the original? Either way, I expect the glass to be the doors failure not the wood joins or any structure damage due to upside down mounting.
44 points
3 months ago
The Burglars liked that
23 points
3 months ago
This whole time I'm thinking this dude just made it easier to rob him.
5 points
3 months ago
Wait what? How???
17 points
3 months ago
I'm thinking it's easier to kick out the glass and wood parts then crawl through?
31 points
3 months ago
Wouldn't going through a full sized window be like 1000 times easier lol?
19 points
3 months ago
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29 points
3 months ago
Gonna depend on what kind of dogs are looking out the window.
17 points
3 months ago
Agree to disagree I suppose but I fail to see how crawling thought a broken and splintered door is in any way less suspicious then climbing in a broke and splintered window, especially since the door faces the street and windows are typically on any side of the house that's not facing a road
9 points
3 months ago
It's not. If you're buying a new door and want your dog to have an outside views, just buy the right door for that.
8 points
3 months ago
Really? Cause I saw it and immediately unlocked a new fear of looking and just seeing someones face looking at you from below.
2 points
3 months ago
I absolutely love this idea!
17 points
3 months ago
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13 points
3 months ago
or just install a storm door?
15 points
3 months ago
When we installed frosted film our sidelight windows (the skinny windows beside the door) we left the bottom 6 inches clear because our dog LOVES propping up on the little window sill and watching people walk by. Couldn’t take it away from him!
3 points
3 months ago
And warns potential burglars of your security system. Win win
11 points
3 months ago
Agreed
11 points
3 months ago
I think it's probably closer to "I couldn't be bothered to find a door with a window on the actual bottom".
2 points
3 months ago
Yes, but were you otherwise able to find a door with a pull on the correct side.
2 points
3 months ago
I thought the lamp was a pet door for exercise/cat escapement 😂
513 points
3 months ago
It's all fun and games until your stoned friend who is missing an eye accidentally kicks in the pane of glass.
This happened to me in college, lol. The door wasn't like this, but it was glass, and we did have a dog. It was winter, the wooden door was swollen a bit so he tried to kick the frame, missed, and kicked the glass. D'oh!
105 points
3 months ago
Some plexiglass would do wonders here
27 points
3 months ago
Ha! Jokes on you. As a redditor I have no friends.
5 points
3 months ago
Just replace the glass with a flap, boom doggy door.
6 points
3 months ago
"Unfortunately" the glass pane was like the size of a brick and Socrates (Sake for short) was a big boi at about 100lbs. He sure did enjoy his temporary lil' 24/7 open window though. The mailman got a kick outta it too, I think they snuck him treats xD Good times.
86 points
3 months ago
My dog would love the opportunity to bark at every single person she sees through that window walking past the house.
27 points
3 months ago
Two of my dogs are blind now and things are SO much quieter these days! A silver lining, at least.
8 points
3 months ago
right?! This would be a nightmare for me
3 points
3 months ago
Yes, I believe the technical term for this is "barkitecture"
186 points
3 months ago
Very cool! But not for me! I’m lazy and that window gets dirty!
75 points
3 months ago
It's easier to clean for the majority of people due to height limitations to reach the window when it's right side up, but as a tall guy, I would just let it get dirty instead of bending over to clean it...
67 points
3 months ago
Except it’s not getting “normal” dirty… you have dogs noses and tongues all over that window…
34 points
3 months ago
It adds character
3 points
3 months ago
Yeah, no thanks :-)
8 points
3 months ago
If you have dogs, you're used to it. Either: cleaning up the nose/tongue prints constantly, or just leaving them there.
7 points
3 months ago
I’ve accepted I’ll never have clean front windows ever again with3 dogs, hah!
15 points
3 months ago
I can just imagine kicking it accidentally and shattering the glass. It’s a great thing to do for your dogs but the way it looks is kind of unsettling
7 points
3 months ago
It would get mighty dirty with dogs faces all over it… I’m just too lazy of a person for that…
3 points
3 months ago
So, they make "doggie doors" that read the RFID chip they implant in pets and the door only unlocks for dogs you have programmed the door to let in. These doors are also clear, so they can look through, or go through if it's during the times you have set the door to allow them out.
Then of course, you'll need a fenced yard, but you have dogs, you wanted that anyway, didn't you?
3 points
3 months ago
Yep. We have floor to ceiling windows, 2 cats, 1 dog, and 3 kids (1, 3, & 5). I am squeegeeing them thungs daily.
132 points
3 months ago
Honest question, wouldn't this make home intrusion much easier?
131 points
3 months ago
Not really. Doors are surprisingly easy to kick in, breaking and crawling through a small glass window would not be worth it in comparison.
128 points
3 months ago
PSA: you can add immense door strength and security by simply installing longer 3 inch screws in to the strike plate. Best $2 spent for security.
71 points
3 months ago
This is very true and it is kind of baffling to me that this is not standard
25 points
3 months ago
The hinges come with long screws in the box. For some reason the door installer tosses those screws aside and uses whatever screws he has in his truck. You would be be amazed how often this happens with different products.
4 points
3 months ago
In 99.999% of cases that is totally fine and it's better than screws just getting thrown away.
6 points
3 months ago
They are standard for a lot of outdoor locks. Source I am a door and hardware installer.
Pretty much every outdoor lock I have put in long screws unless it either wouldn't work or they didn't provide any.
6 points
3 months ago
Good on you. I have seen a lot of doors with like 1/2 screws, so I guess there are a lot of guys not doing their job right. Although most of the doors I’ve worked on were shitty apartments. So might just be I’m used to low standards.
3 points
3 months ago
You are right there are a lot of shitty installers. I have had to come and fix their shit.
It boggles my mind when a lock or hinge box or whatever comes with all the screws you need but some dumbass uses drywall screws or whatever other than the screws provided.
-11 points
3 months ago
That won't make any difference really. It's defeated by the glass windows all around your home.
43 points
3 months ago
Bro if someone tries to kick in your door and $2 screws prevent them from doing that and you receive valuable time inside the house to react. that’s a damn good win. It’s called a deterrent, not an absolute.
-3 points
3 months ago
His point is: anyone who wants in can just break a window, even easier than kicking in a door. Of course, if the thieves come prepared they can just swing a 6lb sledge at that door and shear off your $2 screws (shoulda bought the $3 screws...) but anyone with a rock or a brick or a good kick can break a window, climb in, then unlock the door from the inside. Unless you have window bars, which is getting to be pretty rare these days.
7 points
3 months ago
Great common sense. If you’re choosing this hill to die on, then why even lock your doors? Go for it 😂
3 points
3 months ago
You're joking, but this basically is the logic for 'securing' a cloth top convertible. You leave the convertible unlocked and you don't keep anything valuable in it, because thieves will just slit the cloth top to get in.
Replacing or repairing the cloth top can be $500-$1000. However, if you leave the convertible unlocked, any would-be thieves can just open the door, see there's nothing of value inside, and hopefully leave it alone.
3 points
3 months ago
Whooosh Im not sure you’re following the comments above me lol. I can’t believe folks are somehow getting their wires crossed about a simple home upgrade by installing longer screws in the door frame strike plate that otherwise does nothing else but give added peace of mind and security. Baffles me the contrarian nature of some peoples thinking…
Moral of the story- install 3 inch screws in your strike plates people:
1 points
3 months ago
What? I freely admit that adding longer screws to your door frame is an excellent idea.
My comment is pointing out that securing a convertible is basically pointless because thieves will do far more damage in trying to get into the car than they can steal from the car.
2 points
3 months ago
40 years lived in a place on the third floor with barred windows overlooking the porch. We took the bars down, got robbed two weeks later. They broke a window.
0 points
3 months ago
Do you just live in a doorless, windowless, solid cement home? At some point you need food/water and all that paranoid defence you've put up will be defeated when a sniper can take you out from over 100 yard away and get inside to see your degenerate browsing history.
5 points
3 months ago
Well that’s clearly not true.
It would be really easy to kick out those panes and the thin frame wood and crawl through. Way easier than trying to batter down an outward opening door with a thick frame and half decent lock.
9 points
3 months ago
Glass
6 points
3 months ago
easy enough to kick out and throw a towel over it
7 points
3 months ago
Install a guillotine on the inside portion
6 points
3 months ago*
You want to crawl through broken glass?
Lock isn’t the issue. Most doors are held shut by 1/2in of wood and the tiny screws attaching the strike plate. One good kick breaks a chunk of wood about a foot long out of the doorframe. In college I used to work as a gopher (low skill handyman) for a property management company that owned a lot of shitty apartments and we saw this fairly frequently. You can mitigate it by using extra long screws to attach the strike plate, particularly the one for the deadbolt, but that is not commonly done afaik.
If this door opens outward, then I would be more worried about the hinges being a point of attack although I am not familiar with outward opening exterior doors and maybe there are ways to make those more secure than I’m imagining.
So yeah you can reenforce doors to the point where the window is the weak link, but most homes are not built that way. This door is at least as secure as 90% of home’s exterior doors.
2 points
3 months ago
Thats also “clearly not true”.
If there is any other window in any exterior wall of the home, breaking in using a door window is immediately more difficult.
Break a less visible window on the back of the house. Crawl in at a more comfortable height.
2 points
3 months ago
Yeah…dog might have something to say about that lol
2 points
3 months ago
as a door and window fitter is this some kind of American cardboard house joke im too professional to understand?
4 points
3 months ago
Like a window?
3 points
3 months ago
Have you heard of, you know, windows
3 points
3 months ago
wait how
3 points
3 months ago
I guess they mean break the glass and crawl in as opposed to having to climb up and in 6 feet high.
23 points
3 months ago
Even the door seems happy about it
28 points
3 months ago
Dude is gunna learn why some doors have foot plates there.
11 points
3 months ago
I always wondered what it would be like to see a door do an impression of the Cat Bus from My Neighbour Totoro…
12 points
3 months ago
Tarantino's house
2 points
3 months ago
Clever
5 points
3 months ago
IQ > 2000
3 points
3 months ago
Lol yeah you can barely see through the door anyhow through that window. Makes sense😅
2 points
3 months ago
The house I just bought has a spy hole thing - but it's so high that I can't use it even if I jump. I'm an average height person.
2 points
3 months ago
It's just to let light in. Kinda silly when you think about it tho
11 points
3 months ago
yeah... as a person who did doors and windows for years. whole thing is designed around dripping water down and out this compromises all that i mean no one would be just this stupid to simply flip it up side down. . . right?
7 points
3 months ago
On my house it wouldn't matter - we have a long enclosed entry that never gets any water (and we live in a dry climate anyway. Dessication is an issue here, not condensation).
-3 points
3 months ago
cool?
2 points
3 months ago
I'm saying it can work. We don't know what's on the other side of the door!
1 points
3 months ago
we do know. the outside
5 points
3 months ago
Ooooh. I don't like the outside.
1 points
3 months ago
same bro, same
6 points
3 months ago
But Adam, you dont own any dogs....
Adam: In case I get some dogs...
3 points
3 months ago
Great idea
3 points
3 months ago
I for one want to party with you
3 points
3 months ago
You are a fine hooman!
3 points
3 months ago
My mother's little poodle/mix dog could jump very high. So funny to come to the door and every few seconds see a brief doggy face, and the ears would be the last to go down, over and over.
5 points
3 months ago
This is great until it gets kicked one too many times.
2 points
3 months ago
Could make a cat flap too
2 points
3 months ago
R/paradoilia
2 points
3 months ago
Our path back to the true timeline.
2 points
3 months ago
I had the installers cut off 4 brand-new vertical blind slats so my dogs can use the dog door at night. (I have a special panel with a dog door that is permanently installed in the sliding door track.) When blinds are closed, there are full length slats on either side of the cutout. I couldn't care less what it looks like.
2 points
3 months ago
They'll have a perfect view of all the people laughing at your house.
2 points
3 months ago
Puppos come first, king.
2 points
3 months ago
This design is very canine.
2 points
3 months ago
Doggy window.
2 points
3 months ago
Well the door looks happy :D
2 points
3 months ago
I left the bottom of my glass door unfrosted for the same reason. They love it!
2 points
3 months ago
He hung that door upside down, did anyone tell them that?
2 points
3 months ago
And to make it easier for anyone to break in as it’s at the bottom rather then the top
2 points
3 months ago
I’m going to need to see a photo with the dogs looking out the window door
2 points
3 months ago
4 points
3 months ago
Stupid AF
2 points
3 months ago
This is the way.
1 points
3 months ago
oh nice so now they can bark even more
1 points
3 months ago
This is the way!
0 points
3 months ago
Get bigger dogs
0 points
3 months ago
So you took Stranger Things verrrrrry literally. Now my dogs want one like this. Thanks 😐. /Toddles off to find tools
0 points
3 months ago
Plot twists he has no door
-10 points
3 months ago
And now burglars can get in easily. Hope those are big dogs.
9 points
3 months ago
...How?
-4 points
3 months ago
Break window, reach up.
If it was mounted correctly, to break glass and reach down to the lock you need a ladder or to be 7 feet tall.
Ill take the downvotes trying to keep people safe, thats fine. Theres a reason doors arent made/ mounted like this, and the readon is security.
5 points
3 months ago
You realize that by that logic that the only thing you would need to break through a properly mounted door is a step stool. Breaking down/through a wooden door is going to be relatively easy no matter how you mount it. This is why you shouldn't be relying on it as your main security measure in the first place.
-12 points
3 months ago
Maybe get bigger dogs.
12 points
3 months ago
lmao what dog would be able to see through it if it were right side up? clifford?
1 points
3 months ago
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1 points
3 months ago
That pretty cool! Great idea.
1 points
3 months ago
It's the upside down show, with Shane and dave
1 points
3 months ago
Could have just bought a door rectangular long glass or bottom half glass. That’s what I did, they are not even expensive
1 points
3 months ago
Dammit! Now I need new doors!!
1 points
3 months ago
Angles dont work, this is photoshopped
1 points
3 months ago
Grinning door lol
1 points
3 months ago
This makes me dizzy, I don't like.
1 points
3 months ago
One of the townhomes I lived in had a utility closet and there was a vent at the top of the door so I turned it upside down and took the vent cover off so my cat use it as a cat door and kept his litter box inside there
1 points
3 months ago
Respect 👊🏽
1 points
3 months ago
Chaotic good.
1 points
3 months ago
I want to fuck with my HOA.
1 points
3 months ago
Why would you do that? So that they can bark more?
1 points
3 months ago
have none of you people ever heard of storm doors
1 points
3 months ago
Good hooman!!
1 points
3 months ago
It’s cool until you want to see who’s at the door without them knowing you’re home
1 points
3 months ago
Genius!
1 points
3 months ago
So you can see what uber eats arrives.
1 points
3 months ago
Uhhh, those people weren’t wrong. Doesn’t matter WHY you did it.
1 points
3 months ago
brilliant and love the dog support
1 points
3 months ago
I actually love this.
1 points
3 months ago
😍😍😍
1 points
3 months ago
A real one
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