Sliding doors

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Sliding doors are a wonderful solution to save space, communicate spaces, hide steps… In the market you can find different types among which we can choose according to our need.

Sliding doors

Sliding doors come in two different fastening systems:

Exterior Guide

This type of door slips through a guide placed in the superior and exterior partition of the wall. It is a fast and economical solution, being that it allows for the installation without the need of construction, you don’t even need to change the door, a conventional door could be adapted to the sliding panel by the means of this system. It those have the disadvantage that you will need to maintain a clear space for the door when it is open.

Sliding door exterior Guide

Built in Slidding Door

The door is hidden between the partition wall once it is open. It has the advantage that we don’t need to conserve the space around it to allow its opening.

Built in Slidding Door

The guides by which the door slides are hidden between the walls, which is why it has the disadvantage that if the doors break, there would be a need to knock down the partition wall to be able to repair.
Within this type of doors, there are different looks:

Simple door

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A simple door hides between the gap between two walls, or rests on the wall through the guide. This system is recommended for closing areas where space is of vital importance.

Simple door

Two sliding doors

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Two sliding doors that hide one on each side of the hollow passage between two walls, or on each of them, in the case that it is an exterior guide. Ideal for separating two areas that sometimes should remain united, such as the living room from the dining room and the kitchen from the office.

Two sliding doors

Two parallel doors

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The two doors are housed in the same hollow space in the wall, this system, like the previous one, it is recommended to create in function of our needs, one or two environments.

Two parallel doors

Contiguous doors

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Two separate doors, which are housed in a single hole in a wall in opposite sides . One practical way to close in contiguous spaces, reducing to one, the hollow space necessary to hide the two doors.

Contiguous doors

The weight needs to be the key factor when it comes to deciding on one kind of sliding door to get. If the door is too big, you may exceed the weight that a guide can bear. When the access space exceeds one meter, it is preferable to opt for a model that includes two doors.

Sliding door exterior guide

As far as aesthetics, these types of doors can be adapted to whatever style dominates our space, as they are manufactured in the same materials that conventional, wood, glass, or aluminum doors.

Sliding door exterior guide