We've recently installed (about 2 months ago) all the exterior doors for our new home. Four of these doors are double hung outswing doors. Three of these doors (actually 3 times 2 as they are double doors) have had water leak at the edges (hinge sides). The fourth door is under a deck and would be virtually impossible to see rain. The water damage (staining) is visible at the sill and up the jamb a bit, some more than others. I believe this happened during a fairly windy, rainy day. We do get a fair bit of wind in our location, so I anticipate these conditions being duplicated on a regualr basis.
My question is, are outswing doors more prone to this kind of leakage than inswing doors (never had outswings before)? I would really like to nip this in the bud and not have to deal with repairs every few months due to water damage (and early replacement of doors).
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