How to Choose a Suitable Door for Your Balcony
When you're looking for a balcony door style, there are a lot of beautiful options to choose from. Depending on the space you have available, the look you want, and the functional details, you may have specific preferences that lean toward a certain type of door.
To make the question of 'which style of balcony door to choose' as simple and straightforward as possible, let's start with the basics. So, first up - what exactly is a balcony doors? Technically, a balcony door traditionally refers to a large sliding doors that leads to a balcony or deck area. Dictionary definitions aside, today's balcony doors refer to doors with large glass panes. So, we've narrowed our options down to sliding and folding doors.
Sliding Doors
Sliding doors are a classic architectural feature, combining with practical functionality. Unlike lift-and-slide systems, they operate on a simple horizontal track mechanism, offering reliable performance for both residential and commercial applications.
Their space-saving design is a standout advantage—by gliding along a track instead of swinging open, they're ideal for compact areas like small rooms, closets, or tight layouts. Does not occupy indoor or outdoor space when opened (saves about 1㎡ of activity area compared to swing doors)
When opened, they create seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor spaces, maximizing natural light and ventilation. ROPO also can make low-threshold aluminium sliding doors, allowing you to come and go freely at patio.
Lift & Sliding Doors
Lift and sliding doors is more like an advanced version of sliding door, it can be made wider panel.
The specials of a door that slides and seals itself tightly when closed –With a simple turn of the handle, the door panel lifts off its seals, allowing to slide it open or closed with ease. When the handle is turned back, the door settles onto its seals, providing an airtight and watertight closure. This nifty mechanism is what sets lift and slide doors apart from your average sliders.
But the most important point about the balcony door is that the single panel of the lifting sliding door is wider (up to even 3 meters), which greatly increases the field of vision and allows you to see the distant scenery more clearly. ROPO can manufacture both aluminium lift and sliding doors and uPVC lift and sliding doors.
Folding Door
Folding doors, also known as bi-folding or concertina doors, are composed of multiple panels that fold neatly against each other in a concertina-like fashion. These doors are designed to open up almost an entire wall, offering a significantly larger opening compared to traditional sliding doors. This type of door seamlessly transitions the indoors and outdoors.
Whilst there are a range of differences between the sliding and folding, the main thing to remember is that Sliding doors consist of glass panels which slide horizontally, creating a sleek, space-saving design. Folding doors however, feature glass panels connected with hinges which allows them to fold and stack against one another, a bit like an accordion. So also called them accordion doors, are essentially a removable glass wall set up as a series of glass panels. The only thing ROPO wants to remind is that we recommend that large-sized folding doors be made of aluminium folding doors, which will be smoother and more convenient to open.
Conclusion
If you host lots of gatherings and love to entertain in your home or enjoy the outdoors, folding doors might be the ideal choice for you. This type of gathering door seamlessly transitions the indoors and outdoors. Also called accordion doors, these balcony doors are essentially a removable glass wall set up as a series of glass panels. Folding doors are perfect to open up to a large balcony or deck and allow for free movement between indoors and outdoors during large gatherings. This type of door can often be found in pubs, night clubs and restaurants with large outdoor balcony areas. If your backyard has a larger balcony with sitting areas, a barbecue pit, or an outdoor bar area, folding doors can help you recreate a pub-like feel. Other advantages include bringing in more natural light and ventilation into the interior.
But if just want to enjoy the unobstructed view outside from your bedroom, a sliding door or a larger lifting sliding door is enough.
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Finding the right balcony door requires a combination of a lot of things. You need to do your research and prepare financially. You should also find a provider who can translate your ideas into their output.
We invite you to check our ROPO comprehensive products of quality balcony doors. We offer doors from different materials, colors, and textures.
Shoot us a message if you have any questions. Request a free estimate and let us know what you need. Let's give your balcony the door it deserves today!
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