How many panels for my bifold doors
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PRO10 years agoI think 4 might work best. I'm trying to guess the size of the frames, Does the 4.5 metres take account of the 'returns' that you have on the walls? ie:- is the 4.5 the actual space, or the whole width of the opening?
You're better off asking the supplier how large the doors would be with four or five plus the frames .
I'm supposing that you don't want to have too much framework on show, five doors might over face the space. Maybe the supplier can do a cad drawing for you, maybe not, but it would help visualise the space.
In the, i've made the whole space 4.5 metres with 1 metre taken away for the wall returns that the doors hang on, thus the door space is 3.5 metres.
You get the idea:-
Each door would roughly at a guess work out to around 30", which is the width of a standard door.
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- 10 years agoJust a thought, but if budget allows? ...
Have you considered all glass? I considered bifold doors but so glad I changed my mind after reading an article on Houzz... 'In this country most of the time the doors will be closed and the frames take up a lot of the view'.
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If not for you, then the fewer bifold doors you have the less frame and more glass there should be, I would assume?
Good luck with your project.
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Hi obviously it is entirely unto you what configurations you would like on your opening size, but with a 5 pane you have a slave door and you can also slide back all doors open to one side. With 4 door you do have the options of one door opening to one side or the two middle doors opening and the doors will be wider.
This is a 6 door which the client wanted with two opening doors in the middle. The ones above that ore odd numbers which open to one side... hope this helps? I have uploaded a gym project which has 3 doors but we did also look at 4 doors but they preferred the odd number...
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