Alternatives of Patio Door Replacement

Sliding glass doors are a common feature in homes of many styles. For a patio door, it's probably a sliding door. Sliding doors make excellent use of available space. The doors open in sliding frame allowing you to position decor, furniture in front of the mal-performing panel. They also don't take up a lot of wall room, making them suitable for various types of homes.

Many homeowners stick with what they know when it is about door replacement. However, there are a variety of alternative patio door designs and combinations to choose from.

Sliding Glass Doors with 3 and 4 Panels

There's a reason why 2 panels are the most common size for sliding doors: they take the least possible area. However, you'd be astonished at how much of a difference a few extra panels can make. Your natural light will be increased by 50% when you upgrade to a 3-panel sliding door. A four-panel sliding glass door opens out the space even more.

The functionality of a 3-panel sliding patio door is the same – one slide panel opens and the other remains fixed. To best fit the layout of your area, you can control any panel you like — left, right or middle. The middle two panels of 4-panel doors are movable and glide open over the outer panels, providing twice the area for foot movement or simply enjoying the fresh air.

For homes that lack the wall space for wider openings on a tiny patio, replacing an old sliding door with a new 3-panel or 4-panel one can be a fantastic solution. By picking narrow glass panels, you can upgrade to several panels without pulling out the entire wall.

Pocket Doors for the Outside

For generations, pocket doors are used for home interiors. They open up and tuck neatly into the wall. Pocket sliding doors work in the same way on the patio. As an alternative of a closed door, you get a lovely glass to connect your house to the outside. Each panel of doors opens, stacking up to create a large opening, allowing you to merge your inside and outdoor environments smoothly. External pocket doors can be customized with four to ten panels to meet the patio and wall size. If you don't have enough place inside the wall to keep the panels, multi-slide door panels can be piled at the track's edge outside the wall.

Exterior French Double Doors

French doors, like pocket doors, are a decorative feature found in traditional architecture on the inside of a home.

Both in terms of aesthetic and practicality, exterior French doors are timeless. They can increase the beauty in the same amount of area as a present door, resulting in a far more cost-effective patio door replacement.

You also have more flexibility in how you build up your patio door with double hinged French doors. For compact locations, pick narrow doors, inswing doors to retain patio space, or outswing doors to minimize room on the inside. You can also choose from a variety of functionalities. Both French doors can be opened and closed, or one panel can be fixed like a standard sliding glass door.

Although sliding glass doors are frequently included as standard features, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach to house design. By looking at all of the many patio door options and layouts, you can get ideas for creating the indoor/outdoor entertaining space of your dreams.

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