When we first built our house we had a open porch tucked against the
family room and kitchen walls. Over the years it has evolved from a
screened in porch to a 3-season room with Andersen window-walls and a
ceramic tile floor.

I just recently removed the old no-name slider that lead out from tht
eFamily room and re-framed the 72" wide door. I ordered 2 sets of 36"
bi-folds (1-3/8") and everything looks OK on paper except for one
thing. The handles to open a bi-fold are usually on one side of the
door, and they are usually on the rh or lh panel of the two that make
up each side. Not ever having a french door setup like this, I
wondered if anyone else has a good solution for handle placement and
how you deal with opening a bi-fold from either side? IOW, if they
"open" into the porch, you can't have a handle on the family room side
to pull them closed from within that room. And yes, the wife wants
them opening into the porch.

Incidentally, the reason that we went with bi-folds as opposed to
conventional french doors was furniture placement on either side.
Just not enough room to swing 36" door panels to an open position
without bashing into something.

Mike