not long before dropping out in the 90s in a conservative, backwards, rural area – the need to cite sources and do extensive research, and have a willingness to have my ideas challenged, was something I grokked from high school. i don’t expect much from from West Virginia, but I didn’t then either.

you know what, for all builders and contractors: please build things in a way that people don’t die. forgot about that part.

I’m on your side friend. Your goals are true. Sorry I still don’t know the answer.

i’m sorry that I was too aggressive. I still feel that a lot of commenters were throwing shade where it didn’t belong.

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Nope, that’s on you. Go ahead, cyberpunk007, and explain how to survive.

I’m not endorsing it, but it definitely happens. It’s like this: measure twice. cut once, or more than once. Put door in hole. Fill gaps with whatever caulk gun or whatever. …

Collect rent.

Again, I am not against building to code. “Code” doesn’t exist in much of the world, and sometimes the materials aren’t available to make it possible.

sounds like a door on the side of a trailer or some such. people live and raise kids in a wide variety of environments.

Au contrere. one can simply ignore municipal code. happens often and everywhere, not to mention evrerwhere it doesn’t exist. unless it’s enforced, and that’s the key. also, i’m not against building to code. just realistic.

they asked for advice on a door to protect a child, not a lesson on municipal code. go out there and fix it yourself.

better to ask, what can the average family afford now, but it won’t be so accessible in the future?

water.

(where i am now, water costs money but is still doable)