Fantastic for creating additional space, sliding doors can be used in a wide range of applications, and are extremely useful in both domestic and commercial settings.
When it comes to your home, however, you might be wondering where to use sliding doors so that you get the most out of them? Below are some of the most common uses of sliding doors in a residential setting:
- Bedrooms and en suites
- Wardrobes and cupboards
- Utility areas and laundry rooms
- Disabled access
Now let’s look at the many advantages associated with sliding doors:
Energy efficiency
Helping to keep your home cozy and warm in the winter months, and cool when the mercury rises, sliding doors fitted with composite gaskets offer excellent insulating properties.
Creating a flow from inside to outside
With glass sliding doors added to your kitchen or living room, you can create a seamless transition between the indoor and outdoor spaces of your home.
Safety
Sliding doors used to make a home vulnerable as the glass was easy to break, but nowadays, sliding doors are readily available with shatterproof safety glass.
Security
A home with sliding doors used to be vulnerable to thieves and intruders, but provided you look for sliding doors with gaskets incorporated, fixed leaves, aluminium seals and a hook-over locking mechanism, your sliding doors will be burglar-proof.
Saving space
Because they operate without a hinge, sliding doors require no extra space for a door arc as they simply slide over one another to open. This makes them ideal for use in rooms where space is at a premium.
Allowing natural light
With large panes of glass running right from top to bottom, sliding doors allow plenty of natural light to flood a room.
Ease of access
Just like some bespoke wooden doors, sliding doors are easy to open, as all they require is a gentle push to get them to glide across the rails; offering easy access to the next room, or the garden.
Eco-friendly
Should you choose to purchase wooden sliding doors (which are an aesthetically pleasing alternative to standard plastic sliding doors), you can benefit from superior insulation, and give yourself a pat on the back for having purchased doors made from a renewable material.
Superior glazing
From energy efficient glazing in your sliding doors, to glazing that helps to reduce harmful UV rays (and often by as much as a whopping 98%), the glazing options you can choose from offer a range of benefits. Not only that, but because the panes of glass are larger in sliding doors, you get great views of your garden and can keep an eye on the little ones when they’re playing outside or in the next room.
Elegance and style
Sliding doors add a pleasing and elegant aesthetic to whatever setting they’re used in, and when purchased from a reputable company and installed by professionals, they can truly elevate a space.
Want to improve the aesthetics of your home and create a seamless path from one space to the next? Sliding doors are the perfect way to achieve this, and much, much more.
