Home Page link

Finding a 9ft. patio door with a w-i-d-e opening

Home| Search | About
Login Password
Register Now! Lost Password?

Home Repair - - If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Otherwise look here. 

Bookmark this page:  YahooMyWeb Yahoo!  Google Google  Windows Live Favorites Windows Live  del.icio.us del.icio.us  digg digg  Add to Netscape Netscape
Subject Author Date
Finding a 9ft. patio door with a w-i-d-e opening Bob (but not THAT Bob) 10-03-2006
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Posted by Bob (but not THAT Bob) on October 3, 2006, 12:51 am


Every sliding patio door manufacturer I've found so far has 2-panel
patio doors only up to 8ft w - and these have good-sized clear openings
as wide as 40+".

Great, except my opening is 9ft.

And in that size, all mfrs seem to offer only 3-panel styles - which
give a rather pathetic max. opening size of around 25-28" or so.

The door currently installed is a recent Andersen 3-panel slider - and
like all the others, its opening is so narrow you just can't carry much
of anything through it.

Anybody ever run across a mfr. of 2-panel 9ft w patio doors?

Any other ideas - other than reducing my opening to 8ft?

Posted by Frank on October 3, 2006, 7:50 am



Bob (but not THAT Bob) wrote:
> Every sliding patio door manufacturer I've found so far has 2-panel
> patio doors only up to 8ft w - and these have good-sized clear openings
> as wide as 40+".
>
> Great, except my opening is 9ft.
>
> And in that size, all mfrs seem to offer only 3-panel styles - which
> give a rather pathetic max. opening size of around 25-28" or so.
>
> The door currently installed is a recent Andersen 3-panel slider - and
> like all the others, its opening is so narrow you just can't carry much
> of anything through it.
>
> Anybody ever run across a mfr. of 2-panel 9ft w patio doors?
>
> Any other ideas - other than reducing my opening to 8ft?

Your post got me curious, and I measured my patio door (2 panels) and
it is 9 ft. I'm thinking of replacing because it is old and seals are
broken. I can understand you wanting a wider opening door but my old
door is a bear to open. I would prefer something easier but wide. In
exceptional cases, like bringing in a couch, could 2 panels be
temporarily removed with these 3 panel doors?
Frank


Posted by dadiOH on October 3, 2006, 8:20 am


Bob (but not THAT Bob) wrote:
> Every sliding patio door manufacturer I've found so far has 2-panel
> patio doors only up to 8ft w - and these have good-sized clear
> openings as wide as 40+".
>
> Great, except my opening is 9ft.
>
> And in that size, all mfrs seem to offer only 3-panel styles - which
> give a rather pathetic max. opening size of around 25-28" or so.
>
> The door currently installed is a recent Andersen 3-panel slider -
> and like all the others, its opening is so narrow you just can't
> carry much of anything through it.
>
> Anybody ever run across a mfr. of 2-panel 9ft w patio doors?
>
> Any other ideas - other than reducing my opening to 8ft?

Have them made.

--

dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.06...
...a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico




Posted by yourname on October 3, 2006, 1:37 pm



consider a french door setup and a single pane next to it. 3/3/3, bu
tthe true french doors opening to the cneter would give you a over 5 ft
clear opening.
Can probably constructed right out of the brosco book

dadiOH wrote:
> Bob (but not THAT Bob) wrote:
>
>>Every sliding patio door manufacturer I've found so far has 2-panel
>>patio doors only up to 8ft w - and these have good-sized clear
>>openings as wide as 40+".
>>
>>Great, except my opening is 9ft.
>>
>>And in that size, all mfrs seem to offer only 3-panel styles - which
>>give a rather pathetic max. opening size of around 25-28" or so.
>>
>>The door currently installed is a recent Andersen 3-panel slider -
>>and like all the others, its opening is so narrow you just can't
>>carry much of anything through it.
>>
>>Anybody ever run across a mfr. of 2-panel 9ft w patio doors?
>>
>>Any other ideas - other than reducing my opening to 8ft?
>
>
> Have them made.
>

Similar ThreadsPosted
Source for a stock 6 1/2' wide R.O. Patio Door October 3, 2006, 7:01 pm
Patio door rough opening October 1, 2005, 4:25 pm
Rough Opening For Sliding Patio Door November 21, 2006, 9:26 pm
closet opening too wide? June 10, 2008, 9:07 pm
Re: 26-inch wide door? April 30, 2006, 6:59 pm
Threshold for 45" wide door January 31, 2007, 12:11 pm
Fitting a 71' french door into a 74" sliding door opening March 28, 2008, 10:10 am
A great iron door manufacturer in Las Vegas for Nation wide June 11, 2007, 12:27 am
door opening December 4, 2007, 2:32 pm
Widening a patio door -- current door is an odd size June 27, 2006, 2:02 pm

Contact Us | Privacy Policy

XML SitemapXML Sitemap