subject: Saloon Doors [print this page] In America in the wild western days many shops and saloon bars had saloon doors as their enterence into the building. These were easy to fix on and were able to swing both ways with the special bidirectional hinges that were and still are used.Nowadays these doors also known and cafe doors and also batwing doors are very easy to find and buy for your home and business. there are many ways to find these kinds of doors, all you have to do is check to see if the measurments are correct before you buy and check that your wall is straight and at a right angle to the floor because you may find that the swing doors will knock eachother when they close.If you buy the cafe doors without the hinges then thats fine, just remember that you have to buy the hinges that are called bidirectional and that they are strong enough to hold the doors. In this case take note of the weight of each door the get the right size hinge.Measurements and equipment are vital to good work so before you buy make sure you have all of this in place so that you can get on with the job and do it right.You'll find that there are many different sizes and colours that you can purchase or you can get doors that have not been treated so that you can paint them in the colours that you want. the choice is yours. Get it done right from the start so there are no mistakes.If your not good at diy then get a profesional to do it for you. This will cost you more money in the long run but at leat you'll have the job done right. Just calculate the cost of the profisional to do the job and the cost of the doors which can start anything from about $120 and up, it depends on the wood that is used.
