Sliding doors and folding doors are both popular patio door options. When you’re planning a patio door upgrade project, you may want to seek professional advice from an architect or glazing installation specialist.
At WindowWorx, we have extensive experience installing high-performing sliding doors and folding doors for both residential and commercial projects. Both options have their own specific benefits and the best product for you will depend on your expectations and personal preference.
Which is better sliding door or folding door?
To help you to make a fully informed decision, we’ve compiled this handy comparison article to highlight the features and benefits of both sliding doors and folding doors.
Aesthetics
Both sliding doors and bifold doors can help to create an attractive connection between your interior and exterior living space. Suitable for both modern and traditional properties, sliding and folding doors help to enhance your exterior views and bring an abundance of natural light into your home interior.
Sliding doors are the best choice when you want completely uninterrupted views of your garden or exterior area. With the slimmest sightlines and the largest expanses of glass, sliding doors create a wall of glass effect, maximizing natural light intake for a bright and airy home interior.
Bifold doors have more panels than sliding doors and therefore more areas of frame. Although this may have a negative impact on your exterior views when the doors are closed, when opened wide, bifold doors create a far wider opening than sliding doors, seamlessly connecting interior and exterior living space.
Security and functionality
In terms of security, both sliding doors and bifold doors provide outstanding levels of protection. Featuring multi-point locking systems as standard, both models will help to protect your home from any break-in attempts giving you peace of mind that your family and belongings are safe.
When it comes to functionality, both sliding doors and bifold doors feature a durable smooth sliding track system. With sliding doors, one panel glides horizontally, neatly sliding behind the other fixed panel. With bifold doors, the multiple door panels also slide horizontally, stacking concertina style to create an extra-large aperture.
Bifold doors also have the option of selecting one of the panels as a traffic door. This door panel functions exactly like a standard door without affecting the other door panels, providing easy access between inside and outside.
Features and benefits of sliding doors
- Super-slim sightlines
- Lightweight aluminium for easy opening
- Large glass panels for uninterrupted views whether open or closed
- Smooth sliding action
- Available in a range of sizes and configurations
- High security multi-point locking systems as standard
- Polyamide thermal break technology for enhanced thermal performance
Features and benefits of bifold doors
- Extra wide opening capacity to connect interior and exterior
- Available with traffic door panel
- Extensive range of configurations
- Lightweight aluminium for easy opening
- High security multi-point locking systems as standard
- Polyamide thermal break technology for enhanced thermal performance
- Low threshold option for easy access
Origin and Sunflex doors from WindowWorx
At WindowWorx, we install premium sliding and bifold doors from industry-renowned manufacturers Sunflex and Origin. Both manufacturers are recognised for their superior quality products which are a popular choice for architectural applications.
If you’d like to find out more about Sunflex and Origin patio doors installed by WindowWorx, get in touch today. You can call us on 0118 957 6888 or contact us online and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
