Patio Door Transformation
We spent a couple of days last winter getting this patio door ready for the outdoor season in Louisville. The original patio door (shown above) was a single door with a window to the side – not exactly a show stopper. With fantastic deck space, the homeowners wanted something more dazzling to transition from indoors to outdoors.
So we helped them design this beauty. Basically, a door with two full-width sidelites, this patio door truly transforms the space between indoors and outdoors and better suits the deck space in scale and size. And when the homeowners saw it for the first time, they fell in love again with their patio space.
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Bifolding doors versus sliding patio doors for new garden room
Comments (7)After going through the same dilemma, we are so happy we went with bifolds. They open out the whole space whereas sliding doors still leave you with some glass (a doors width). Well worth the extra money. Of course if you only have a small opening then perhaps double opening french doors would be better than sliding doors....See Morepatio doors -I really want sliding doors but I'm told it's not an opti
Comments (7)The reason that you're dad is telling you this is because of the sizes of the doors. Each door will be less than 3ft wide, and ordinary sliding doors do not slide back completely behind the other, therefore, the gap that you walk through to get outside will be impeeded, probably by around 10-12 inches. When you take into consideration the width of the frame on both sides, your gap will be tiny, i'm hazzarding a guess at somewhere in the realm of 20-24 inches. Of course it is possible, you can have them whatever size you like. Just ask the window company what gap you'll be left with to walk through ! Other sliding doors ( the expensive ones ) - push out then slide over, making your gap larger. If you can afford it, then bi-folds will work, other than that two lovely large patio doors that open out mounted toward the outer edge of the building so that they fold as flat a possible agains the outside walls. We put these on one of our builds, and it's fabulously light and airy inside and the doors open a long way out and back These are the sort that you mean, and we have put them on builds, but you end up having to turn slightly sideways to go through them because of the diminished gap!...See MoreSliding patio doors
Comments (0)Hi Does anyone have any experience of sliding patio doors where the centre 2 panes slide behind the two outers like in this photo? We have 3.5m opening and think we would very rarely fully open bifold doors, and traditional 2 pane sliding doors would be unwieldy with small children going in and out... any thoughts would be very gratefully received...See MoreHelp with curtains in a patio door recess
Comments (8)By putting the curtains in the recess you will lose a lot of light. I suggest you measure how much space the current curtains take up on the outside and then block out that amount of space with cardboard to see if you are happy to lose that much light. Personally I would go with a more tailored look such as roman blinds above the outside the recess or a pelmet with roller blinds behind which will retain the light but give the cleaner look you want....See More
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