Ben Abate
06-26-2017, 3:25 PM
Hello All,
I thought I might ask here to see if anyone has a preference when it comes to Large Door Bi Fold Hardware. The reason I say large doors is, I want to build doors for an opening between my house and a sun room I added on a few years back. The opening has been there where a once previous 6' sliding door was. Just today I removed the original door frame and now my thoughts are to build bi fold doors with glass in them to fold to the walls. The reason normal doors would not work is because if they swing in they would take up too much room in the dining area and if they swing out there is a door they would cover. Bi Folds are really my best choice here, the walls are about 12" inches thick because of the brick and insulation and framing. I then only protrude into each room approximately 3-4 inches if I'm calculating correctly. Even if I have to cheat towards the sun room a bit that would still be better than a normal two swinging doors.
I've not searched yet online because I thought I'd ask here for opinions on manufactures of heavy duty bi fold hardware. I'm thinking I would like to build them about 1.375 to 1.50" thick. They can be up to 1.75" also if that is what works. Cherry with a semi frosted or water fall glass in them. They will mostly be open but it will be nice to close off the sun room if someone wants to read while everyone else is in the living/kitchen area.
I did not know if hardware that heavy would need a bottom track as well as the upper track? It would be ok if I had to install a lower track. i can bury it in the floor while I have the opening not finished.
thank you for reading and hopefully one of you can direct me to a product that you have used and liked.
take care
Ben
I thought I might ask here to see if anyone has a preference when it comes to Large Door Bi Fold Hardware. The reason I say large doors is, I want to build doors for an opening between my house and a sun room I added on a few years back. The opening has been there where a once previous 6' sliding door was. Just today I removed the original door frame and now my thoughts are to build bi fold doors with glass in them to fold to the walls. The reason normal doors would not work is because if they swing in they would take up too much room in the dining area and if they swing out there is a door they would cover. Bi Folds are really my best choice here, the walls are about 12" inches thick because of the brick and insulation and framing. I then only protrude into each room approximately 3-4 inches if I'm calculating correctly. Even if I have to cheat towards the sun room a bit that would still be better than a normal two swinging doors.
I've not searched yet online because I thought I'd ask here for opinions on manufactures of heavy duty bi fold hardware. I'm thinking I would like to build them about 1.375 to 1.50" thick. They can be up to 1.75" also if that is what works. Cherry with a semi frosted or water fall glass in them. They will mostly be open but it will be nice to close off the sun room if someone wants to read while everyone else is in the living/kitchen area.
I did not know if hardware that heavy would need a bottom track as well as the upper track? It would be ok if I had to install a lower track. i can bury it in the floor while I have the opening not finished.
thank you for reading and hopefully one of you can direct me to a product that you have used and liked.
take care
Ben