Aluminium Folding Door

How the leaves work

The leaves hinge against one another and travel on a head track, so a bank of panels folds in pairs and comes together at one end of the opening. A front that spans a whole wall can therefore open with no single panel crossing the floor in a wide arc, which is what makes the system work where a terrace, a pool or a run of furniture sits close to the glass. The scene holds the bank part-open, with the folded leaves grouped along the middle of the run and the rest of the front standing glazed, a position a folding front keeps through much of the day.

Panel count, leaf width and the direction the bank folds are set against the opening. The catalogue page prints no dimensioned drawing for the series, so those numbers come back with the enquiry rather than off the page.

Frame and leaves

The frame is drawn slim around full-height clear glass leaves in a dark tone, so the folded panels and the standing glazed wall keep a light line against the pale facade. The door range is extruded in 6063-T5 primary aluminium, the grade the catalogue names across its window and door lines. In the scene the front is set beside a stone-clad wall and a marble panel, and a fixed glass return closes the far end of the run, so the opening continues around the building line instead of stopping at a post.

This page prints no colour card and no section drawing, so the finish, the leaf depth and the running gear are the parts a project confirms against the catalogue and the shop drawings on request.

Where the series fits

A folding front earns its place wherever a whole wall should open. The catalogue draws it on a villa living room that faces a pool deck and a lawn, an arrangement built for a room that runs out to the terrace through the warm months and seals into a single glass wall for the rest of the year. The same layout suits a garden room, a covered terrace or a restaurant front, where the clear width of the opening matters more than the size of any single panel. Because the leaves gather at one end, the walkway past the opening stays free, and the floor on both sides of the frame keeps its use.

OEM and project supply

The folding door is supplied on the same private-label basis as the rest of the door range: own-brand packing, project documentation and export-standard containers. A profile set and a finished test door can be reviewed before a project commits, and the leaf count and fold direction are set against the opening. Send the opening width, the number of leaves and the destination market, and the quotation returns with the dimensional pack for the front and the finish that matches the catalogue or the project's own colour.