A dutch door american english stable door british english or half door hiberno english is a door divided in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens.
Dutch door bottom half.
They were known in early new england as a double hung door.
Simply choose a door design that fits your architecture and your authorized dealer will make sure the dutch cut on your door is the best fit for your application.
This is also great if you have pets that you need to keep in or out of on part of your house.
Rather than adding a baby gate which never works well we decided to build a dutch door and just close the bottom half of it.
And for children the open top of the dutch door can also make a great puppet theater.
Dutch doors also called double hung doors or half doors are divided in half horizontally so the bottom half can remain shut while the top half opens.
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Used in early new england as a way to let light in while keeping children close the style works equally well for a modern day kids room.
Also known as split double hung or half doors or in dutch boerendeur meaning farm door the interesting entrances date back to the 17th century.