Should you Replace your Patio Door?
Patio door systems come in many designs usually involving glass of some sort, some with stationary doors, some with sliding doors, some with sliding screens and some with a combination of all the above.
5 Door Systems
Two Moving Doors, Two Stationary Doors, and a screen
3 Door Systems
Could be a combination of 1 moving 1 stationary or 2 moving, and a screen
2 Door Systems
Could be a combination of 1 moving 1 stationary or 2 moving and NO screen
Pocket Systems
(a design that you’ll rarely come across: are wall-sized glass pocket doors which have one or more panels movable and sliding into wall pockets, completely disappearing for a 'wide open' indoor-outdoor room experience.
Patio, and sliding door systems come in all types of shapes and configurations opening from the right or opening from the left, regardless
The sliding glass door was introduced as a significant element of pre-war International style architecture in Europe and North America. Their precedent is the sliding Shōji and Fusuma panel door that comes from traditional Japanese architecture.