Hi all i lived in arizona with a metal front door that faced the hot afternoon heat and let me tell you even the door handle got too hot to touch.
Front door hot sun.
Homes with entries that face the south can expect the front door to be in the sun all day unless the yard is bountifully landscaped or the home faces an.
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I sanded the door with 150 grit wiped off the dust with a damp rag let dry applied a thin coat of kilz2 let dry then painted with water based paint.
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Hi i have a new oregon white oak door that faces south and is protected from the weather.
Not knowing what your front yard looks like this is just a generic suggestion you may not have the space in front for a tree.
Now the glass in my storm door is acting like a magnifying glass and making the surface of the regular door too hot to touch.
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Choose from fiberglass wood iron and steel.
I previously had a door on another house that i applied marine varnish on and after time it.
Is your black front wood door rotted damaged faded cracked or splintered due to sun exposure.
This door gets the afternoon sun but i live in a townhouse community that doesn t allow sunshades over doors.
Fiberglass doors can be painted any color or finish in faux wood and are.
The sun wind rain and snow can dish out a beating to a front door so a good paint job is essential to protecting the door from the elements.
Just another couple of ideas hope they help.
Another idea though more on the long term type is to plant a shade tree in the front of your house to protect the front door from the sun.
Recently put a storm door on my front door which faces directly south.
After 2 years of burning our hands i finally found this and put it on our storm door and also bought the one for our front door.
How to paint a front door that gets a lot of sun.
We get full afternoon sun on our house and it makes the storm door and front door knob so hot you literally burn your hand while turning them in the summer months.