Hi Scott---  

  I always hated the door trying to close on me as I navigated through---no
more! I took the closer off the screen door. Never missed it.
  I do have the spring-and-chain thing that catches the door if it blows open;
that's become important now that the the door is otherwise swinging free.

                                 all the best to all galoots everywhere; gam in
OlyWA
  





 

    On Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 10:18:01 AM PDT, scottg 
wrote:
 
 I assume its regional choices of lumber

  Sugar pine is what I have made many screen doors from here. Light, 
strong, holds up to weather.
  People were known to split out shake roofs from sugar pine once, and 
it lasts for generations.

   Slightly weird. Ponderosa pine (grows right next to sugar)
wouldn't last 2 years.

  1 1/8" is standard classy screen door from my shop.
Commercial doors were often 7/8 or 1"

An old school door spring can be set to about any tension you want.
  I never needed a door spring that could cut off a finger.
  yours scott



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