UPVC patio door replacemt to french doors

Standard sizes stocked are 1190, 1490 & 1790mm. I would not choose to go wider than this. (Thinks windy day / broken pane etc.)

My thoughts were to either get hooks to hold them open or put units either side of the doors so the doors are smaller.

I'm thinkink of having a conservatory outside the door anyway.

Thanks

If the gap is very wide, then consider having either a double set of French doors, or a single centred set with fixed lights to the side. The fixed lights can either be full height, or just above 90cm, with "wall" below.

Christian.

I would split the width in four and have fixed side panels and narrower doors.

MBQ

"Christian McArdle" wrote | > I'm looking to replace an aged sliding double door with french/ | > double doors. Is this advisable to have wide doors like this? | If the gap is very wide, then consider having either a double set | of French doors, or a single centred set with fixed lights to the | side. The fixed lights can either be full height, or just above | 90cm, with "wall" below.

If the fixed lights are actually openable windows, it can be useful being able to have a window ajar for ventilation without having the door open.

Owain

Although if this is done, care must be taken that the geometry allows the French doors to be opened without smashing the open window. I imagine that have the window and door hinges on the same post would be enough to ensure this. As opening one would tend to close the other, rather than come across an abrupt stop, especially if the window is unstayed, but held in position by friction.

Christian.

The brick to brick distance of the opening for the patio door is approx 1.91m.

I am planning a Lean to conservatory outside this door. The availavle floorspace for the conservatory outside is 3.5m by 3.5 m.

Ideas please?

Screwfix have reduced there cheaper F. doors by £100. 1.8m wide are now £390 Neil

I've just built a 2.6m x 3.1m from Baltic Pine. I haven't got the last of the glass in yet, but you can tell it will look fantastic, at least when it isn't covered by a B&Q value tarpaulin. There was/is so much work involved in painting, but the quality is in a different league to uPVC looks wise. uPVC would have looked terrible on my Edwardian house. It's their Sunlounge design (which by the time I'd finished with the options list is indistinguishable from the Edwardian) with glass double glazing throughout (including the roof and A-frame), genuine single georgian bar (not stick on), beaded arches and the fielded full height wooden panels (dwarf wall would have looked odd).

Christian.

P.S. Try to get wood doors. Plastic French doors are a bit of an oxymoron.

I'd like wood but cost is a major factor with my first child on the way. :)

What is "fixed lights"?

Many thanks,

They'll probably no different in cost than uPVC. They might even be cheaper.

It is a technical term for a window that can't open.

Christian.

Or get tilt and turn doors which can open as doors or hinged along the bottom as windows. Might be more expensive than plain doors and opening side panels though.

MBQ