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Big sliders and multi-slide doors
Eight to sixteen feet of glass that rolls with one hand, seals against wind-driven rain and locks at more than one point.
The slider is the door everyone uses. A good one rolls on sealed bearings, sits on a sloped sill pan so rain stays outside, and stays square for decades. A multi-slide door goes further: three or four panels stack to one side, or disappear into a pocket in the wall, and most of the wall opens to the deck.
Signs it is time
- You lift the door to make it move
- Daylight or a draft along the bottom or the lock side
- Water on the floor after a south wind
- You want more of the wall to open, not just one panel
How it goes
- We measure the opening and check the header, the floor and the deck height on both sides
- You choose panel count, stacking or pocket, frame colour and hardware finish from samples
- On install day we set a sill pan and flash the opening before the door goes in
- We adjust the rollers and locks with you and show you how to clean the track
What moves the price
- Width and panel count
- Stacking versus pocket (a pocket means wall framing)
- Frame material
- Whether the opening grows, which needs a new header and a permit
- Interior trim and exterior finish work
Starting prices for common jobs are on the packages list. Your written quote is the number that counts.
Questions
How long is the house open?
For a same-size swap, the opening is open for a couple of hours, not overnight. Widening an opening is a framing job and the quote shows the extra day plainly.
Can you make the opening wider?
Often, if the header and the wall allow. That becomes a framing job with a permit. We say so at the design visit, before you fall in love with a size.
Start with a design visit.
About an hour at the house, with frame samples. You get a written quote that names the product, the glass and the warranty.
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