ABOUT SLIDING DOORS

Sliding doors are doors which move sideways or up and down. Internal horizontal sliding doors usually have an overhead track and floor guide, while external patio sliding doors often have a floor track and an overhead guide. Small sliding doors should have end buffers or cushion action, and are well suited to automatic operation. Vertical sliding doors are usually roller shutters.

The leading UK suppliers of sliding doors, described below the panel of sponsored links, have comprehensive websites, with illustrated online catalogues and details of product specifications and installation.

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LEADING UK SUPPLIERS OF SLIDING DOORS

PC Henderson Sliding Doors. PC Henderson is a leading supplier of sliding door gear. Their sliding doors offer the option of straight sliding doors, folding sliding doors, round-the-corner or multi-directional sliding door systems. Their domestic range of gear for sliding doors covers most domestic or light-use commercial sliding and folding interior doors weighing up to 100kg. Typical applications for domestic sliding doors include cabinets, cupboards, wardrobes, interior doors and room dividers. Henderson's commercial sliding door systems are able to carry sliding doors and folding doors up to 500kg in weight. Typical commercial applications for sliding doors include offices, hotels, conference centres and retail buildings.

Folding Sliding Door Company. Folding Sliding Doors Limited is the UK's largest design, manufacture and installation specialist of folding sliding doors in timber, UPVC, aluminium, aluminium and timber clad for the architectural, domestic and construction markets. The company's offices, 55,000 square foot factory and 5000 square foot showroom is based in Bradford, from which it undertakes system design, manufacturing and sales. Folding Sliding Doors offer services to the general public, builders, shop fitters, architects, specifiers and contractors.

Folde Sliding Doors. Folde Limited is a London based company specializing in bespoke carpentry and joinery. Its main product is custom made to order timber Folding Sliding Doors. Folde Limited offers its services to general public, builders, shop fitters, architects and contractors. Its products are available in south-east part of England only. Folde folding sliding doors are available with between 3 and 8 leafs. They are manufactured from solid wood, including Meranti, Oak (American White) and Douglas Fir. Leaf weight is up to 60 kg; leaf width is 550mm to 850mm. The folding sliding doors are glazed with 18-25mm laminated glass.

Style Partitions: Sliding Doors. Acoustic sliding doors are available, for example from Style Partitions. These sliding doors can be used to divide meeting rooms, and provide up to 54db of sound insulation. This is sufficient to prevent loud speech and light shouting being heard from one side of the sliding doors to the other.

Eclisse: Pocket Doors. Eclisse pocket sliding doors are manufactured by the David Barley Company, based in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. Eclisse pocket doors have been supplied since 1989, and are distributed in all major European countries and also in the USA, Brazil, and Japan. Eclisse pocket doors slide into the wall, using a complete metal frame supplied with a wooden joinery kit. This can produce considerable space savings. Systems are available to fit all UK standard door sizes, both single and double. Bespoke doors, and fire doors are also available.

USEFUL LINKS RELEVANT TO DOORS

Building Regulations Part B: Fire Safety

Building Regulations Part E: Resistance to Sound

Building Regulations Part L: Conservation of Fuel & Power

Building Regulations Part N: Glazing Safety

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON SLIDING DOORS

We recommend the following websites, with building product information including manufacturers' specs, standard specifications, and CAD details: Barbour Compendium at www.barbourcompendium.co.uk, RIBA Product Selector Plus at ww.productselector.co.uk, ASC Bricsnet at www.ascinfo.co.uk, Building Products Index at www.bpindex.co.uk, British Board of Agrément at www.bbacerts.co.uk, British Standards Online at www.bsonline.bsi-global.com.

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