Tips for choosing between bi-fold and sliding door
Bi-fold doors and sliding doors are popular types of modern glazed doors homeowners choose to install in their property, to maximize natural light. However, it can be challenging to select the most suitable door for your home as both types of doors offer different features, practical uses and aesthetics.
To ensure you have made the right decision, read our guide on choosing the perfect glazed doors for your home.
Design Option
- Bi-fold doors
Bi-fold doors usually have six panels that fold neatly together, which slide open inwards or outwards. It allows you to fully open the door and connect the inside with the exterior space. Most people favour outwards opening bi-fold doors as you can open the doors without dripping rainwater inside your property. You also don’t need to be concerned about the furniture inside the room or leaves getting in the way while opening outward bi-fold doors.
- Sliding doors
Sliding doors – usually providing a half, two-thirds and three-quarters opening configurations – open out to the side, with panes located behind one another. In comparison with bi-fold doors which open up about 90% of the entire frame, sliding doors are more limited to 50-65%. When closed, the sliding doors consist of slim frames, bigger panes of glass and wide apertures which offers uninterrupted views of the outside. People generally go for two large glass panels which slide over the other to create two wide apertures. However, if you want to create a complete open wall, hidden pocket versions are available whereby sliding doors are inserted into the wall.
Benefits of Bi-fold door
- Aesthetically pleasing
- Connect outdoor and indoor space
- Increase levels of natural light
- Flexible opening options
- Flexible living spaces
- Low maintenance
- High security
Benefits of sliding door
- Maximize Natural Light
- Appearance
- Improve Energy Efficiency
- Visibility of the Outdoors
- Enhances the Interior Design
- Durability
- Safety
Overall review of folding door work
- Folding doors are used as room dividers in home as well as in industrial and agricultural environments. In these spaces folding doors are mainly used in bedrooms, dining rooms, warehouses, storages, garages and for example cow sheds. The door leaves can be folded either with end-, center- or side folding systems.
- The folding door installations door material depends mostly on the assembly. Wooden framed glass doors are usually used in apartments and square-type steel tubing covered with steel sheets or cladding is often used in agricultural and industrial buildings. Folding doors can also be automatic, soundproof and weatherproof which requires more from the door material and systems.
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