The absolute pinnacle in innovative design, this is the most advanced bi-folding door yet. Engineered to perform effortlessly, the Eclipse bi-folding door is incredibly slim and lightweight for smooth gliding but hides a super strength that ensures your home is secure and protected. A true leader in architectural design, the Eclipse bi-folding door is an ever-popular choice for contemporary properties.
The ultimate style choice, the Eclipse Aluminium bi-folding door can open up your entire wall to your garden or patio giving a wonderful feel of space and an unobstructed view. Perfect for your open plan kitchen, living space or extension to really appreciate those bright summer days.
Bi-fold doors can compliment your living space
With a limitless choice of options to customise your bifold doors, you’re sure to be the envy of the neighbourhood. Bi-fold doors can feature in a host of living spaces or to create a a new opening to your home. Explore a little more below.
Bi-Folding Doors on Conservatories
Including some sort of door in your new conservatory will be a practical thing to do as it will let you create an opening into the garden. Large or small, most conservatory sizes can accommodate a bi-folding door as the door can be anything from just two-panes wide up to seven-panes wide. The thrill of opening a bi-folding door will never diminish. You will get a rush out of using it every time that you get the chance to do it. We’ll finish any bi folds in a matching colour.
Bi-Folding Doors on Orangeries
As nice as it is to be inside your orangery, any fine weather will make you want to get outside. You could make your exit into the garden directly from the orangery when you have bi-folding doors within its setup. Customers are advised to have their bi-folding doors incorporated into the largest facet of the orangery so that they get the biggest bi-fold possible for your new living space.
Bi-Folding Doors on Homes
If you don’t have the need or capacity to extend with a conservatory or orangery, we may still be able to add bi-folding doors somewhere in your home. You could use them as a divider between a kitchen and living room to keep them as very separate entities. You will use every excuse you can think of to have a go at playing with the bi-folding doors, but you can be excused as they are a spectacular door solution.
Bi-Folding Doors on Extensions
Bifold doors are absolutely perfect for every kind of home extension, offering a contemporary solution for connecting the extension to the garden or patio. Their ability to fold away completely creates a large, open space that blurs the line between indoors and outdoors.
With various configurations, fashionable finishes and secure hardware available, our bifold doors allow you to customise the amount of panels in the opening and you can change the look to suit your preferences, maximising the use and enjoyment of your extension.
Bi-fold door features...
You barely need to exert any energy to get bi-folding doors moving along the stainless-steel track as they have so little weight to them. A bi-folding door will add a whole new dimension.
Want to discover more about aluminium bi-folding doors? The hotspots will have the information you need.
Bi-Fold Frame
Our Bi-Fold frames boast maximum warmth and security and slide effortlessly to the side to make the most of your space. You can even incorporate a discreet passenger door for everyday entry.
Bi-Fold hardware
Our Bi-Fold Door Handles come in a range of colours to suit your home, they’re built to last with robust materials and quality finishes.
Bi-Fold Easy Glide System
The sliding operation of a bi-folding door relies on a high-quality stainless-steel track on which quad rollers, which are fitted to the door leafs, glide along in elegant fashion. The same quad rollers are fitted with a small brush on one end to keep the tracks free of dust and dirt.
Bi-Fold Low Threshold
Low level thresholds increase the ease of access for everyone involved. An optional outer and inner ramp can be added on to the threshold to further enhance the accessibility for wheelchair users.
Security is key for these bi-folding doors....
Nothing is more important than keeping your home and family safe. All the doors in the Eclipse Collection have been designed with premium security in mind, and this includes the bi-folding doors.
Robust, impenetrable frames, super-tough glazing, and hidden security features in all the hardware and locking mechanisms all work together to protect your home from the threat of break-ins. You can have double glazed or triple glazed units housed within the aluminium framework, which will bolster security and energy efficiency.
Explore options for bi-folding doors
Upon being informed of your preferred colour choice and favoured glazing and hardware, your aluminium bi-folding doors will be designed and manufactured.
The door can be configured to suit your home…
There are options galore for any bi-folding door buyer, with various configurations achievable and a host of colours. A bi-folding door will regularly act as the meeting point between a house and its conservatory or orangery or its garden. If you have the space to accommodate it, why not go for the 7-panel bi-folding door.
Key colours and a few surprising shades…
As well as a multitude of possible configurations, there are also a generous mix of coloured finishes available for these aluminium bi-folding doors. You can have one of dozens of powder-coated finishes or a sublimated woodgrain finish in Oak, Rosewood, Walnut.
When you can’t separate two colours and don’t know which of them to choose, get around it by having a dual-colour finish, with one shade on the outside and the other on the inside.
View the handle as more than just a finer detail…
No matter how a bi-folding door is configured, it will likely need one of three forms of handle. A master handle will be necessary for pass doors and any integrated French doors, which will house a cylinder lock that engages the multi-point lock when the bi-folding door is fully closed.
A D-handle and intermediate handle will both be needed for each door leaf. The intermediate handle’s job is to release the folding panes from the door frame when opened and re-engage them when it’s closed. Whereas the D-handle gets used when you want to either push or pull the folding panes. In the hardware suite, both contemporary and traditional master handles are offered, which are colour matched by the intermediate and D-handles.
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Learn more about bi-folding doors
Bi-folding doors from one of our Premium Retailers are the perfect way to connect your home and garden, or your conservatory to the great outdoors. Find out more about what makes these glass feature doors so special below. If you’d like more information or to get a free quotation contact your nearest Premium Retailer online.
What are bi-folding doors?
Homeowners across the country find great appeal in bi-folding doors.
Bi-folding doors are identifiable for having multiple glazed door panels (traditional from two to seven or eight) that are fused collectively and open in a concertina-like fashion. They glide and fold so smoothly and in doing so, leave behind a generous opening to allow you to make seamless transitions from the outdoors to the indoors and the other way round.
They have a tracking system either at the top or bottom of the design and it’s this that results in the trouble-free manoeuvring. Bi-folding doors are popularly selected to link home interiors to their exteriors (gardens, patios etc.), providing uninhibited views and large volumes of light transfer from the sun.
Aluminium is the most common bi-folding door material, and the product is adaptable to be built to numerous sizes, styles and configurations to convenience homes and their owners. Your home’s kerb appeal will be seriously heightened by a bi-folding door’s aesthetic allure, and you can look forward to enhanced airflow, simplified garden and patio accessibility, a more open indoor feel, and a tightened bond between internal and external living settings.
What should my bi-folding doors be made from?
Material choices for bi-folding doors usually ride on individual specifications, desired outlay, and style inclinations.
Aluminium is highly energy-efficient and phenomenally lightweight in comparison to many materials, yet remarkably resilient and tough. It’s easily shaped too which is how it presents the slenderest sightlines and can accommodate huge, glazed expanses.
Abbreviated to UPVC, Unplasticised Polyvinyl Chloride is easy-care and very affordable, saving you time and money. It has great insulating and sound-reducing properties and has the durability to combat ailments like rotting and corrosion.
Choosing between the two materials will be dependent on what look you’re seeking to achieve, how much maintenance you’re prepared to dedicate to the bi-folding doors, the standard of energy efficiency you want, and the cost implications. Have a chat with the Premium Retailer located closest to your home, whether that’s in the North West, South East London or on the Isle of Wight, to figure out the best form of material.
How energy-efficient are bi-folding doors?
Bi-folding doors attain an outstanding energy efficiency rating.
The double and triple glazed panes utilised in the bi-folding door units are engineered to restrict heat loss and promote heat retention.
A dependable thermal barrier is formed with the inclusion of double or triple glazing so that essential warmth doesn’t escape in winter and excessive heat penetration fails to occur over the summer months. Temperature regulation will be well-controlled throughout the year to keep your energy bills financially manageable.
UPVC and aluminium, the two primary materials relied upon in the manufacturing of bi-folding door frames, offer superb insulation and augment the thermal efficiency supplied by the other design elements. Reduction of thermal conductivity ensures you of a warm living environment in the face of any type of weather conditions.
A draught-free space, which is what it will be around your bi-folding door installation, will bring about a welcome reduction in energy consumption, making fuel bills less costly. The improved insulation will be supplemented by enhanced light transmission, something that generates a feeling of spaciousness in homes, pleasing if your property in Blackpool, Leeds or London seems short of space.
What security features do bi-folding doors have to keep my home safe?
Security considerations are taken in account along with aesthetics in our bi-folding door innovation.
Focus needs to be shone on the multi-point locking system. Upon the closure of the bi-folding door, this resourceful lock engages at various points and in various directions to securely fasten the door sash into the frame. Forced entry is just about impossible as the lock is uncompromising in the face of threat.
A burglar brave enough to attempt to break in through the bi-folding door also has our sturdy double and triple glazed units to contend with. They will stand firm even against immense pressure and play an essential role in keeping the interiors of homes cosy.
Cylinder locks are integrated into the bi-folding door as a further deterrent and protective measure, housed into the high-security master handles. The catalogue of secure components in our bi-folding doors make them a fearsome presence.
How can I customise my new doors?
Customising a bi-folding door can entail extensive personalisation.
A first step will be to choose a door configuration and there’s lots of flexibility there, with options for minimalist designs to couple together two internal living areas, or one such area with a conservatory or orangery, or you can go much bigger with a 7-panel door to achieve a vast opening. Your desired door configuration can come in multiple sizes, colours, and arrangements to help it effortlessly integrate into your existing home setup.
The colour options for bi-folding doors are close to limitless. Our sublimated woodgrains of Rosewood, Walnut and Oak will no doubt appeal to anyone seeking a natural effect or access a wider spectrum of finishes amongst our powder-coated colours. A dual-colour finish is possible if you want contrasting internal and external shades.
Customisation also extends to the door handles. Select from a wide selection of modern and traditional handles encompassing master, intermediate and D-handles, and locate a colour that will complement the handle to the overall design for a cohesive look.
Can I use bi-folding doors in a conservatory?
Bi-folding doors are a staple feature of many new conservatories and offer up lots of living opportunities.
It makes sense to include bi-folding doors in a conservatory design if you have a garden space to exit it from so that there’s the most perfect flow between the two destinations.
Their unique folding method allows the door to be completely stacked away at one end of the track, opening an incredibly expansive view, and pulling stacks of light into the conservatory’s confines. Bi-folding doors are also very configurable, and once ajar, ensure uninhibited outdoor access on those occasions when the weather is playing ball. When the elements take a turn for the worse, close the door back shut in seconds to enjoy the best in insulation.
Conservatories are elegance themselves, but that will be magnificently heightened by the inclusion of a bi-folding door. For the fullest functionality, bi-folding doors are a must.
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