If you have eight-foot ceilings in your home, you’re going to want to go with a door a little under seven feet high. Sliding glass doors offer two options for this height: six feet eight inches and six feet ten inches. If you have ten-foot ceilings, you may want to get eight-foot-high sliding doors. Bigger Can Be Better
Contact UsMeasure from the top to the bottom of the door. You may find that the door is 8 feet high rather than 80 inches; 7 feet is another height occasionally found. 3 Measure the thickness of the door to
Contact UsThat how wide your doors need to be, side by side, when they&39;re closed. Subtract two and a half inches from the height to get the measurement for the vertical size of your doors. For example, if your closet opening is 32 inches wide, you need doors that are 30 inches wide when they’re closed side-by-side.
Contact Us‘If you have more than four metres in width, we’d recommend sliding doors,’ says Steve Bromberg, General Manager, Express Bi-folding Doors. What are the size options? The width of a sliding door ranges from 0.8m to 3m. Height also has an impact – if the glass is very tall, it can’t be as wide.
Contact UsThere must be a support beam or strong studs in place on which to anchor the sliding track, and there should be ample space between the top of the opening and the ceiling to install the track. Generally, at least a 6-inch clearance is recommended, but there are hardware options that work with less room.
Contact UsWidth: In instances where casing is present we recommend building the door to the same size as the opening + casing. Measure from the outside of the casing to the outside of the casing for the dooHeight: For the door height we recommend measuring from the floor to the top of the casing. (In this example the total height is 83″)
Contact UsEven with a sliding door or a folding door, a minimum 30-inch clearance is required for traffic flow in front of a door. When possible, allow a little more than the minimum clearances to invite
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