Bi Fold Doors for Versatility and a Quality Look
Substitute doors and windows used to only be available in grey aluminium if you didnt want wood and the styles rarely improved the aesthetics of the buildings they adorned. Accordingly, we are left with a legacy of spoiled period homes which in some cases are a fire hazard because windows were fashioned without large enough opening sashes to escape through.
Then they became available in white PVCu which were initially cheap and of poor quality and bad design but which went on to become the excellent quality they are today and designed to suit the house ” not the pocket.
Home owners now have a much better selection of door and window materials and fashions to choose from.
The patio door market has been very big for many years because they offer an very good and convenient solution to let light and air in a house. They also provide an excellent thermal barrier when closed. Patio doors have recently made way for the Rolls Royce in this market which is now the hugely variable bifolding door. If you are looking at purchasing patio doors you should consider investing in a bifold door.
Bifold patio doors can be configured to span a very wide aperture or smaller spaces, behaving when closed as a glass wall to allow in enhanced light and to allow sweeping views over the outside vista or garden. The whole wall can be in effect removed by opening the complete doors seamlessly incorporating the room into the external space. Instead, they can act to extend available space in limited areas, such as providing inclusion of a balcony to form part of a small flat on a clement day or lightening up an otherwise dark nook.
Fully opened, the doors concertina and store compactly to left, right or both sides to limit their intrusion. They can be organized to allow french style doors when full opening is not required and a single opening door for pedestrian access in the normal way.
Available in most modern materials, including wood, aluminium, PVCu and aluminium clad timber, this product is available in a wide range of colours and finishes from specialist window companies. Although pricey, aluminium clad timber, gives you the quality finish inside and the selection of colours and low maintenance options that aluminium cladding offers.
