When creating your ideal bi-fold door, it’s best to think about the opening configuration that you would like. Bi-fold doors opening options include how many sashes, which direction the doors slide and how they open and work. Taking all these factors into consideration will ensure that you have the best bi-folding doors to suit your preferred functionality and style so that you can make the most of your space and use them daily with ease.
The abundance of design options for bi-fold doors allows complete configuration flexibility so that they can suit your family’s living space, making outdoor to indoor living seamless and easy. No matter what project you’re working on, we have a bi-fold door option for your space.
Benefits of bifold doors
Choosing to install bifold doors will prove to be a superb addition to any home, providing a stunning and contemporary environment. They are the most effective way of opening up your home without compromising on the amount of open space that you can bring in, as well as being the focal point of your kitchen, dining extension or living room.
Whether they’re open or closed, bifold doors allow endless amounts of natural light into your home, turning a usually dark room into a bright space where you can spend your time. You can also experience the comfort of being indoors and cosy whilst being able to enjoy your garden.
Bifold door choices
We offer aluminium and uPVC bifold doors, giving you full flexibility when it comes to choice.
uPVC bifold doors come double glazed as standard and are available in white, cream, grey, black and timber effect frames so that you can match or complement the rest of your home perfectly. There are also beautiful bespoke hardware options to choose from to add a finishing touch.
Aluminium bifold doors are available in an abundance of colours including Royal Blue, Brilliant White and Ebony Black, giving you the option to be bold or make a subtle statement. Aluminium is extremely durable, secure and finished with a precision powder coating.
Panel sizes
With both our uPVC and aluminium bi-fold doors, you can choose from a range of configurations to suit your living space, to make life easier for the whole family as well as create a stunning, open plan living area. You can opt for either large panels or smaller panels depending on how many you choose you have, so the less panels you have, the bigger they will be.
The size of your bi-fold door opening options depends on the size of your wall. So, the larger your external wall is, the larger your bi-fold door can be to make the most of the space. There’s also the option to choose how many panels there are. The more panels you choose, the more open space you will add into your home, giving you the opportunity to create an impressive feature wall of glass that perfectly frames the view of your garden.
Internal and external folding
The biggest indication of whether you opt for internal or external folding bifold doors is the amount of space you have. An internal stack takes up a reasonable amount of space behind the doors, so you need to make sure that you have enough room to allow the doors to open and close properly. In a small space, you may find this restricting, so having the option to have your panes fold externally will give you lots more indoor space.
Bifold door opening options
Bi-fold doors are designed to completely open up your living space. You can choose to have the panels stacked on the inside of your home or on the outside and have them either completely fold away to open in one direction, or split in the middle to fold on both sides of the opening. Based on what will suit your living space best and how you’d like the layout of your room to be, you can choose whether your doors open from the left or right.
Having a wall of glass that completely unfolds to reveal your garden space is the perfect way to open up your home, but having the option of a smaller opening too can be handy for everyday use. This is when a traffic door can be included, and built into the bi-fold door system. It separately opens so that it can be used as a single door, allowing quick and easy access – ideal for nipping out to the bins!
Choose bi-fold doors from Falcon Installations
If you’re interested in enhancing the available space in your home with bi-fold doors, whether you would like uPVC or aluminium, get in touch with us. We work closely with you to make sure that your bifold door opening options are the perfect fit for your home. To take a look at our products before you make that all important decision, visit our Bridgend showroom where you can have a walk around and chat to our team about your home improvement project.
