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To have french doors but no window in a kitchen

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73Sunglasslover · 17/10/2019 20:19

We are planning an extension in an awkward space which will double the size of our kitchen.

Would it be silly to have french doors from the kitchen into the garden but no window to the outside? Would this bother you if it were the only ventilation (other than extractor) in the room?

YABU - it's a bad idea
YANBU - it's an OK compromise

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Cyw2018 · 17/10/2019 21:46

It's what I have planned for my 10ft x 10ft kitchen.

Original poster
73Sunglasslover · 17/10/2019 21:51

Thank you all for your responses. It's really helpful to get a range of views. You're all lovely mumsnetters!

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ColdRainAgain · 17/10/2019 21:52

We have this in the kitchen - and similar in the living room, with side windows.
We just open the doors - I cant remember when I last opened the windows in the sitting room rather than just opening the doors.
In the kitchen, if it's raining, I open both, then shut them in the opposite order. So there is about a cm crack where you cant shut the second door, but very little rain gets in, and the wind rarely catches it.
Both rooms are really light because of all the glass. I love it.

All the frames have trickle vents.

HeyNotInMyName · 17/10/2019 21:56

@73Sunglasslover no no overhang at all. It’s just really not an issue we’ve ever had.

Suze1621 · 17/10/2019 21:58

We have French doors from the kitchen and n o other window (new build). We have a good cooker hood/extractor and have not had any issues with condensation, lingerie h cooking smells in 3 years.

Suze1621 · 17/10/2019 21:59

Lingering smells not lingerie!!

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73Sunglasslover · 17/10/2019 22:07

Lingering smells not lingerie!!

I was starting to wonder what you got up to in you kitchen!

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SandraOhshair · 17/10/2019 22:26

I have this and dont find it an issue. I personally prefer a window above a sink too, but if theres no window, theres no window! Apart from the sink, it's never really crossed my mind and have lived here over 10 years.

SandraOhshair · 17/10/2019 22:27

From March to Sept our french doors are always open. Rats have never crossed my mind!!!!

AllTheNameAreTakenEvenThisOne · 17/10/2019 22:30

I grew up in a house with French doors in the kitchen and no window. It never even occurred to me this might be a issue. I loved the French doors!

My parents have moved since - to another house with huge French doors and no window.

Seems totally normal to me! And so can't remember it ever bring an issue of any kind.

I find the windows in my kitchen irritating, would much rathef french doors!

Hecateh · 17/10/2019 22:32

these?

To have french doors but no window in a kitchen
Purplejay · 17/10/2019 22:35

I have french doors and a window in my kitchen. I never open the window. I love my french doors.

At a previous house I had patio doors and no window, it was great and let a lovely amount of light into what was not a very big room.

Paraballa · 17/10/2019 22:39

I used to have a galley kitchen that just had the back door and no window. I changed the door for a stable door, so top half was glazed and opened separately to bottom, and it was just like having a window.

ChevalierTialys · 17/10/2019 23:16

Diagram?

LionelRitchieStoleMyNotebook · 17/10/2019 23:25

We have a huge tilt and turn window 7ftx8ft it's nice as a huge plain glass panel and lets in loads of light, can be opened wide which we do all summer and can be tilted to only open at the top which is good for cooking steam and smells

LionelRitchieStoleMyNotebook · 17/10/2019 23:30

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CurlyhairedAssassin · 17/10/2019 23:36

Lionel: they look a bit awkward to use on that setting if you have curtains?

Ginkypig · 17/10/2019 23:52

I don't know if such a thing exists what about a door like a caravan (but a real door) where the bottom and top open individually

Ginkypig · 17/10/2019 23:57

I think they are called Dutch doors but I don't know if a patio door version exists

To have french doors but no window in a kitchen
HeyNotInMyName · 18/10/2019 18:57

@73Sunglasslover no no overhang at all. It’s just really not an issue we’ve ever had.

Laiste · 18/10/2019 19:27

I'm just thinking through the various kitchens which i've lived with and none of them had a window which i'd be flinging open every time i cooked. And there's a lot of us - i cook a lot.

OP we've just done the exact same thing that you describe. Extended the kitchen to double the size, bricked up the old back door and and put in wide double french doors on a different side. We plan to brick up the existing window and have tall cupboards and eye level ovens on that wall instead.

LionelRitchieStoleMyNotebook · 18/10/2019 19:36

@CurlyhairedAssassin that's not my house, we just have one large one on a flat wall, with curtains, the curtain pole is wider than the window so I just open the curtains then either tilt open, or turn and open like a huge door onto the patio. It's not a problem at all

LionelRitchieStoleMyNotebook · 18/10/2019 19:38

(my one window is about the size of each of the pairs in the photo I uploaded)

Decadoma · 18/10/2019 19:44

@73sunglasslover , occasionally i think id like to be able to just have a wee bit open but tbh the joy of being able to fling them open and havevthe space more than makes up for it. Ours doesn't seem to bang at all. Ours is a very old house so having the light you get from them is amazing.

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