folding sliding doors Lee Green, technical director, Kloeber UK Ltd.
With the ever growing popularity of folding sliding doors, or bi-fold doors as they are also known, there are myriad of choices to consider before making this all important decision for your build. Folding sliding doors can be used externally
to give flexible living space between the house and garden or internally to divide living space into different configurations. Folding sliding doors can also be manufactured with lighter hinge options to create folding sliding windows and have also been successfully used as garage doors. It is worth checking out the gallery on the company’s website for images of previous instal- lations, which may give you futher ideas and inspiration for your project. The options available are dependent on
personal choice, functionality and durability. It is advisable to brief the companies that you speak to with details of what you are trying to achieve, so that they can give you sound, prac- tical advice on the best solution available. During the initial planning stages of your build
it would also be sensible to consider what the floor levels will be when the project is finished.
If you have different levels inside and out, this will require a normal threshold. If the levels are to be the same inside and out then you may require a flush threshold. In each case, sufficient drainage must be considered and it is wise to check the design of the threshold to see if it is suitable for your requirements and has the cor- rect weather rating.
Folding sliding doors can be used externally to give flexible living space
The configuration of the doors will be dependent on how you wish to use them. Outward opening doors tend to be more popu- lar as they do not take up valuable inside space, but inward opening doors may be
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