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big doors.
My extension will (hopefully) be 5.8 meters wide. For this I have
decided on 3 double french doors. I recently saw a smaller extension where the rear opening onto the garden was completely open. I couldn't ask them what type of doors they used and I didn't catch a glimpse of what the doors looked like. So I am looking for a cost effective door solution which will leave the extension open to the garden, as much as possible, with as much glass as possible. |
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Found what i am looking for also found out that they are bloody
expensive. Over 4 grand for the size I need. |
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
nthng2snet wrote: My extension will (hopefully) be 5.8 meters wide. For this I have decided on 3 double french doors. I recently saw a smaller extension where the rear opening onto the garden was completely open. I couldn't ask them what type of doors they used and I didn't catch a glimpse of what the doors looked like. So I am looking for a cost effective door solution which will leave the extension open to the garden, as much as possible, with as much glass as possible. Do you envisage more or less *continuous* glass for the whole width - or are you thinking of 3 separate double doors with brick pillars between? It is a single storey extension, or is there a second storey above it - or might there be in future? If you want continuous glass and also need to support a second storey, you'd better get a structural engineer on board PDQ! Your BCO will need to be satisfied that it's not all going to collapse in a heap! -- Cheers, Set Square ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. |
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Set Square wrote: In an earlier contribution to this discussion, nthng2snet wrote: My extension will (hopefully) be 5.8 meters wide. For this I have decided on 3 double french doors. I recently saw a smaller extension where the rear opening onto the garden was completely open. I couldn't ask them what type of doors they used and I didn't catch a glimpse of what the doors looked like. So I am looking for a cost effective door solution which will leave the extension open to the garden, as much as possible, with as much glass as possible. Do you envisage more or less *continuous* glass for the whole width - or are you thinking of 3 separate double doors with brick pillars between? It is a single storey extension, or is there a second storey above it - or might there be in future? If you want continuous glass and also need to support a second storey, you'd better get a structural engineer on board PDQ! Your BCO will need to be satisfied that it's not all going to collapse in a heap! -- Cheers, Set Square ______ Please reply to newsgroup. Reply address is invalid. I was looking for a supplier of folding sliding doors for an opening between 4.5 to 5m, but the cost is exhaustive for supply and fix but ,hopefully, I have found an alternative approch which will result in the desired effect, at the fraction of the cost. As for steels, the supplier I use gave me the info on what weight and size ,FOC, for some underground steel work ,which the BCO has approved, so theres no problem there. |
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"nthng2snet" wrote in message
oups.com I was looking for a supplier of folding sliding doors for an opening between 4.5 to 5m. It is simple enough to hinge two doos together to make them folders. You also need a channel and a bar (not necessarily wheeled but that depends on the channel.) If you can find some U channel to set into concrete for the threshold or just adapt an hanger (unsightly) to run in a straight line that should save you some 4 1/2 thousand quid. -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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The only sites I have found supply the whole thing, doors and
mechanisms. I have found a company who might supply the mechanism and have the doors made up to fit. |
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