Sliding patio doors
Architecture,  Lifestyle

What you need to know about the sliding patio doors?

Sliding patio doors history

Sliding patio doors were first inspired by their predecessor, Shoji and Fusuma panel doors in traditional Japanese architecture.

They become standard elements in the post-war modern and midcentury building styles in many countries’ residential and hospitality building construction.

Its design started as simple as two sliding panels for a door used as a window and an egress to the patio and balconies. Today, it can be up to 6 pans. They can stack, slide, go into pockets, or fold. 

Sliding patio doors technical challenges

The uniqueness of the exterior glass sliding door comes from its high technical challenge. As external building facade elements, windows are usually made to survive rain, wind, and extremely hot or cold conditions. 

Exterior glass and sliding doors must, in addition to that, also encounter potential rusted, dirty, or damaged floor rollers and wheels. 

It is an external mechanism that must be heavy-duty. 

Seamless tracks movement

Manufacturers have gone a long way with their details and inventions to overcome many challenges. Some of them didn’t only achieve a sliding panel movement that is as smooth as air breath but has also added many other visional and functional advanced qualities and technologies.

Today you can find electrical and remote doors, hidden seamless tracks, thin wall-embedded frames, and specifications for better energy efficiency, privacy, and security. Even inclined and curved sliding doors!

Sliding patio doors frame

Patio door frames are often made of wood, aluminum, fiberglass, or vinyl. They can also be made of composite frames, a combination of materials such as wood and vinyl, or be just frameless! meaning no visible frame at all.

Sliding patio doors size

While a standard sliding door height ranges between 7′ to 8′, bigger sizes are also available, and a jumbo panel size in some luxury residential projects can go up to 16′.

A huge open sliding door that looks out into a swimming pool and the surrounding landscape.
The sleek look

Large patio sliding doors offer great benefits, such as enhancing your home’s natural light and luxury style. The fewer impermeable walls, the stronger the indoor/outdoor relationship is, and the easier you can get the fantastic modern, contemporary, luxurious, exceptionally sleek look!

Sliding patio doors manufacturers

There are many types and styles of sliding doors to choose from, depending on your needs, preferences, and budget; here are some companies that make and install them in the United States. you can also contact us if you ever got overwhelmed and wanted an assistance in choosing the right patio door for your home.

https://www.milgard.com/windows/A250/picture

https://www.pellabranch.com/

https://www.cascadewindows.com/products/patio-doors.php

https://www.marvin.com/products/collections/signature/modern/multi-slide-door

https://www.sky-frame.com/en/

https://www.kolbewindows.com/doors

LuxView Sliding Glass Doors and Windows | Handcrafted in the USA (luxviewsystems.com)

Sliding patio door blinds

You can enjoy the openness the sliding patio doors provide without sacrificing the privacy when needed, especially if the sliding patio door was in one of the bedrooms. One way of doing that, is by installing elegant blinds that can complement the sliding patio door instead of traditional curtain Extendable Sliding Patio Door Blinds