Why Sliding Doors Might Be a Bad Idea (French Door Alternatives)

hey guys Sean with American Window Concepts and today let's talk about why a sliding patio door may not be the best option for you let's go this door behind me is 12 ft wide 8 ft tall right most people who have their patio door existing doesn't have a 12T opening they might have a 5ft they might have a 6ot and that's it you might even have a 4ot opening and already currently have a little French door in that case I would not suggest changing it to a sliding patio door because for the obvious reasons you'd slide it about that much and that's going to be your exit and entry into your home and that sounds a little ridiculous if you have a 6-ft door currently or even a 5- foot and it's a sliding patio door you can go right back to a slider but let's say for instance you have an area in your backyard where you would like to have company over right and that little sliding patio door well it just doesn't offer ease of getting in and out maybe you have furniture that you want to get through in the area you'll see a lot of the new trends of these by folding doors and they'll have these massive 15 16t openings and that's great and all but not everybody can do that so a good option is to put a French door there and that is really really nice because it'll give you that full six foot opening you open up both and you have this nice opening this here is 12T so right now we're just about 6 feet right so I stand 6 feet tall this is probably about 5' 8 in 5' 9 in sliding patio doors are fantastic right and if you want big areas like this if you if you have the money and the wall space and you want to open it up and make big sliding patio doors because you want all that light and everything that comes with it that's a fantastic way to go but let's say you want to save some money and you still want to be able to get maximum amount of space and use of your door go with the French door French doors are are beautiful they're safe absolutely wonderful all right guys I hope you find this video valuable and really it's just to say that sliders are not the only option you can do French doors and you can do other things outside of that scope but I am just simply saying you don't always have to go with a slider all right guys make it a great day hey guys if you live in the Ventura or Long Beach area and are interested in a free in home estimate go to our website American window concepts.com and we'll reach back out to you as soon as possible if you guys find this information valuable and you want to continue to learn more about Windows and Doors subscribe to our Channel thank you so much