Sliding Glass Doors

Find sliding glass doors for a variety of construction projects

Sliding glass door options for your new construction projects encompass more than exterior sliding glass doors. Traditionally, a single-family residential patio glass sliding door is an external door with separate pieces that glide past each other allowing passage to the outside. An evolution of sliding glass doors exist as folding glass doors and individual panel systems that fold open upon themselves connecting rooms to each other or the outside.

The most important characteristics for glass sliding doors involve durability, longevity, function and style. Steel endures as the best sliding glass door hardware. Overall, the best sliding glass doors provide aesthetic beauty, a sound barrier, room division, energy conservation and protection from the elements. When purchasing sliding glass doors consider the following:

1. Pick a sliding glass door that fits the building’s purpose—residential or commercial.

2. Consider options with interior sliding glass doors for added value.

3. Buy based on level of functionality the door provides.

 

Find exterior sliding glass doors for multiple uses

Exterior sliding glass doors are common on residential homes; both single family dwellings and multi-family complexes. Commercial sliding glass doors are also useful in retail shops, office buildings and restaurants.
Try: Select Integrity Ultrex sliding glass patio doors with Energy Star qualifications, made with patented durable and less corrosive Ultrex material. Doors are standard eight foot, resistant to cracks and scratches, top hung and available in panel configurations or French door styles. Contact NanaWall Systems for floor to ceiling multi-paneled sliding glass doors pricing for multi-family residential and commercial use. Top hung and floor mounted options are both available depending upon whether the construction’s header can support the door’s weight.

Locate interior sliding glass doors for unique uses

Interior sliding glass doors offer an alternative to drywall and wood frame solid doors. Interior doors double as office walls and entrances.
Try: Consult the Sliding Door Company for three- to seven-millimeter thick sliding doors made of recycled materials. Customize sliding room dividers, sliding closet doors and sliding glass walls using a choice of glasses—clear, linen, milky, frosted, laminated and mirrored. The best sliding glass doors include wheel locks, push locks, a latch, speed reducer and a mechanism to keep the door on the track. Contact Avanti Systems USA for section glass mounted track or single glazed vertical section detail sliding glass doors. Stainless steel track components provide and an 18-millimeter gap between the door and adjacent wall provide sliding glass door security.

Purchase folding glass doors or individual panel systems as specialized sliding glass doors

These companies offer high levels of customization. Folding glass door options and individual panel doors provide the flexibility of both a single panel door and a sliding glass door.
Try: Design folding glass doors to meet your exact project needs and La Cantina Doors provides a no obligation quote as well as shipping worldwide and complete installation instructions. Browse Leatherneck Hardware, Inc. for a great selection of steel sliding glass door hardware with lifetime lubrication to customize your folding glass doors. Accessorize folding glass walls/doors with screens and panels available from Solar Innovations.

 

• For best performance from sliding glass doors, look for doors tested for air and water penetration resistance.

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