bifold doors

Bi-fold (Bifold) doors have become increasingly popular in recent years. Whether we have Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs to thank in part for this trend we don’t know... As usual they will be Ellwood bespoke double glazed constructions.

One leaf usually acts as a master door and the door leaves can fold or concertina up to the inside or the outside and go to the left or right of the opening. Various configurations are possible. For example you can have six leaves all going to one side or split this layout as say, two bifold sets of 3 leaves going to left and to right.

The bifold doors system is unfortunately not a low cost option as the door set is quite involved in terms of manufacture and the door hardware involved. Proper structural support above is also required via a steel lintel or glulam beam. Any roof structure above or other weight bearing down has to be properly supported as otherwise structural problems will be evident and doors can end up jamming.

Overall the effect is opening the garden into the house and vice versa and provides quite a modern, crisp and practical living area.

Bifold door sets easily install into conservatories, orangeries, new room extensions or into existing room or house wall layouts.