Hi.
We’re looking to install bi-fold doors at the back of our house and have a what I think is a reasonable requirement, but been told by a supplier that it would not be possible.
As much as we’d like the doors to go across the whole of the back wall, size constraints mean that our kitchen will have to get in the way. So what I've come up with is a 3 panel door opening to the left (A, B, C) and a 2 panel bi-fold window sliding to the right (D, E). ‘F’ represents the wall where the kitchen will be.
So the supplier that I spoke to said that the only way of doing this would be to have a frame to hold both units individually. The thick red line on the diagram shows where the frame of the two units would be. My problem with this is that when both are open, I’d rather not have my view obstructed by the joining door frames.
Effectively, if we were to have a full 5 unit door spanning the wall (with three doors one way and two the other), there wouldn't be a problem. So my question is why would this be such a problem if the wall (F) was to contain half of the door frame and the closed window (D) formed the rest?
Was the supplier correct in saying it isn't possible, should I try my luck elsewhere or is it just a bad idea?
Thanks for reading this.
Dave.
We’re looking to install bi-fold doors at the back of our house and have a what I think is a reasonable requirement, but been told by a supplier that it would not be possible.
As much as we’d like the doors to go across the whole of the back wall, size constraints mean that our kitchen will have to get in the way. So what I've come up with is a 3 panel door opening to the left (A, B, C) and a 2 panel bi-fold window sliding to the right (D, E). ‘F’ represents the wall where the kitchen will be.
So the supplier that I spoke to said that the only way of doing this would be to have a frame to hold both units individually. The thick red line on the diagram shows where the frame of the two units would be. My problem with this is that when both are open, I’d rather not have my view obstructed by the joining door frames.
Effectively, if we were to have a full 5 unit door spanning the wall (with three doors one way and two the other), there wouldn't be a problem. So my question is why would this be such a problem if the wall (F) was to contain half of the door frame and the closed window (D) formed the rest?
Was the supplier correct in saying it isn't possible, should I try my luck elsewhere or is it just a bad idea?
Thanks for reading this.
Dave.
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