Welcome to bi-fold doors, where functionality meets beautiful design! If you’re looking at improving your space with a bi-fold or patio door and want to know more about the options you’ve got, then you’re in the right place. There are loads of ways that they can create the space you’ve always wanted!
Why Bi-Fold Doors?
Bi-fold doors consist of a glass design that opens up to give you full and free-flowing access to the outdoors! With easy sliding hinges, anyone can open the doors to create a seamless indoor-outdoor space to enjoy the summer weather.
They’re a great addition to the rear of any home that wants to add more natural light to the space, improve the design and feel of the room, and gain easier access to the garden. There’s simply no better way to open up a living room or kitchen area!
Design Options
The possibilities are endless with bi-fold door designs, giving you a finished product that matches your space and your favourite look perfectly. High quality stainless steel frames and tracks can be coloured to give you a style that fits the rest of your room, with a number of frame designs that provide you with a truly unique door.
Regardless of the size of your space or how wide you’d like your doors to be, bi-folds can be designed with your home in mind – from just two doors, all the way to a 6 or 7 metre-wide concertina!
Maintaining Energy Efficiency
A common misconception when it comes to large bi-fold and patio doors is that it’s going to ruin your insulation and massively increase heating costs during colder months. Whilst this may be true for older doors that have lost their seals or have weaker frames, today’s bi-fold doors utilise modern technology to give you fantastic insulation values.
Using chambered frames, double-glazed bi-fold doors achieve U-Values of 1.4 W/m2K whilst triple-glazed doors achieve U-Values of 1 W/m2K – exceeding building regulations for an energy efficient home! This allows you to keep your home warm even throughout the winter months where you can benefit from the beautiful design and natural light that a bi-fold door provides.
Keeping Your Home Secure
76% of burglaries occur through doors, usually because they are unlocked or because the locking systems in place aren’t strong enough. When looking into bi-fold doors, it’s important that you factor in security, as the right door will have measures in place to help keep your home safe.
For example, our Prestige Range of bi-fold doors come with concealed shootbolt locks and a clever security inter-locking system between each door. This allows your doors to remain strong so that you don’t have to worry about your new home improvement impacting the security of your house.
Bi-fold doors are a fantastic way to improve your home, giving you more natural light, opening up the space with beautiful minimal design, and perfectly seamless access to your garden and outdoor areas! If you’d like to discuss design ideas or have any questions regarding bi-fold doors, feel free to have a chat with us.
