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Aluminium folding door opening onto a terrace

Sliding or Folding Aluminium Doors? Choosing for Terraces and Gardens

Comparing aluminium sliding and folding doors by opening width, space and use, to choose the right door for a terrace, pool or living room.

· 4 min read · Renaissance Sign team

Connecting indoors and outdoors is one of the most requested features in villas today. The two most popular ways to do it are sliding doors and folding doors.

Sliding doors

  • Panels slide on a track; usually one part stays fixed.
  • No space needed in front of or behind the door for stacked leaves.
  • Ideal for wide views kept closed most of the time with a large glass area.

Folding doors

  • Leaves fold onto each other to open almost the entire width.
  • Need a small space at one side for the stacked leaves.
  • Ideal for terraces, pools and garden seating opened often.

How to decide

Start with the opening width and how you will use it: if you open it daily to sit outside, folding gives a fully open experience; if the view matters most, a sliding door gives more glass and simpler movement.

Send us the opening width, height and a photo, and we will suggest the best system with the number of leaves and colours.

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