Aluminium or UPVC bi folding doors
Carley Merritt
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Tani H-S
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Bi-Fold or Sliding Doors on our extension - advice please??
Comments (15)There is no right or wrong answer - and as suppliers and installers of award winning versions of both bifold AND sliding door systems we have no bias towards one or the other. Our teams install nationally, from Shetland to the Channel Islands...and everywhere in between. When we get asked this question by customers there are a number of initial things we would ask to try and make some recommendations - and we have written a blog all about these. Probably the most valuable question is realistically how often are you likely to have the doors fully open. Our SF55 aluminium bifold doors can be manufactured up to 1.1m wide and have an industry leading narrow sightline of 115mm (the amount of frame visible when closed) and over a 29' 6" run of 9x1m panels you will have 8 intermediate frames totalling 920mm of aluminium. We do two aluminium sliding door systems the Grand Slider (83mm sightlines) or our award winning theEDGE (narrow 24mm sightline) - both can take glass sizes of up to 3m wide so over a 9m run of 3x3m panels you will have 166mm of intermediate aluminium visible with the Grand Slider and just 48mm visible with theEDGE. So if your doors are closed more often than open there is significantly less frame than glass in sliding doors - maximising your views - however the trade off is that unless you opt for a pocket slider you are not able to open a sliding door completely to create a total 9m opening like you are with bifold doors - you would only open 6m of the 7m (or 6.75m if you went for four sliding door panels). In terms of thermal performance both SF55 and the sliding door systems can be double or triple glazed and achieve pretty similar U-Values and in terms of price the SF55 and Grand Slider systems work out to be almost identical - although theEDGE is a bit more because of the advanced engineering required to create such a narrow profile. There is also the option of the SF75 bifold door which has a U-Value of 0.9W/m2K which is the lowest of any aluminium system on the market. Given your location and your views, my personal recommendation would be sliding doors, because you maximise your views even when closed - but it is whatever is best for you and it may well be a combination of sliding doors and fixed frames provide the perfect and cost effective solution. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask and good luck with your project!...See MoreKitchen/family room extension - bi fold doors & windows
Comments (4)Hi We did a project very similar in November if you are still looking for someone to do the work. This project also had a balcony added to the upper floor french doors when the clients had finished and the bifold doors opened up to allow full access to the garden. We made the framework from Accoya timber which is highly resilient to moisture....See MoreFloating corner- bi folds or sliding doors or French?
Comments (4)Beautiful space. It would be a big waste imo not to make use of your cantilevered steel work and not have a feature of the floating corner. If sliding doors will leave a big enough opening go for them , but as tamp 75 said try to keep panes as uniform in size as possible. Much less window frame when all closed which with our weather would be 9 months of the year....See MoreSliding, Bi-Fold or Patio doors?
Comments (6)I had hardwood bi-folds fitted last year and it took me ages to decide what to get. The reason I finally chose bi-folds was I use all my garden doors several times a day even in the winter and just opening the one section is easy and folds back neatly and doesn’t catch the wind as easily. There also have magnetic catches. And opening three sections is very neat and gives the biggest opening. However these openings are only two metres wide. Where I have a 2.4 opening I’ve got French windows and the 60cm doors fold back and hook onto the side windows well. Tbh bi-folds aren’t my favourite but they best suited the openings....See More
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Christine Jackson
5 years agoWe had exactly the same dilema as you 3 months ago. We have white UPVC windows , Velux and dark thin frame Aluminium Bifolds and I love them! I hunted around for ages and then one of my clients recommended this company and I can’t fault them. They are cost effective too! ;)
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