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USA: Folding Doors: Folding Door Manufacturers
ABOUT FOLDING DOORS
Folding doors may be made of wood, molded wood, fiberglass, steel, or glass. They range in size from the largest glass folding doors, which open the whole side of a room to the outside, to small folding doors for closets, laundries, and storage areas. Specialist types of folding door include acoustic folding doors, suitable for dividing meeting rooms in offices, and accordion folding doors. Accordion folding doors are made up of narrow vertical panels, requiring less space for storage when folded.
The leading folding door manufacturers, described below the panel of sponsored links, have comprehensive websites, with information on all aspects of folding doors, including online catalogs, specifications, colours and materials for folding doors, and care and maintenance of folding doors.
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LEADING FOLDING DOOR MANUFACTURERS
Craftmaster: Folding Doors. Craftmaster, which is part of CMI and is based in Chicago, Illinois, manufactures a range of wooden and molded folding doors. The wood folding doors are available in Pine and Louver designs. Craftmaster Pine Folding Doors are available in 4-panel and 6-panel designs. The construction is of solid pine, with a door thickness of one and an eighth inches. They are available in standard 6ft 8 inch height. Craftmaster molded bifold doors are available in four forms. Smooth Bifold Doors, Textured Bifold Doors, Pre-Stained and Pre-finsihed Bifold Doors, and Tall Bifold Doors.
The CMI group was founded in 1968. It now markets three product lines for the residential, commercial, and industrial markets: CraftMaster Interior Doors, MiraTEC Treated Exterior Composite Trim, and Extira Treated Exterior Panels. It has manufacturing facilities in Towanda Pennsylvania, Christiansburg Virginia, Ozark Alabama, and Garland, Texas.
Interior Doors Direct: Folding Doors. Interior Doors Direct is an online retailer of doors, based in Burghill, Ohio. It supplies several folding doors, suitable for use in closets, pantries, and to provide division between rooms. The folding doors normally consist of either two or four sections. Multifold doors and multifold hardwae available for a larger numbers of panels, and for custom systems. The following types of folding door are supplied: Raised panel Folding Doors, Arts & Crafts or Mission Style Folding Doors, French Doors with Clear Tempered Glass, and French Doors with Clear Tempered Beveled Glass.
Available wood types for folding doors include: Clear Alder, Ash, Cherry, Hickory, Mahogany, Maple, Poplar, Red Oak, Walnut, White Oak, Birch, and European Beech. The company specialises in folding doors made to order, in any size and shape, in quantities of one to one hundred.
Kestrel: Folding Doors. Kestrel, based in Stowe, Pennsylvania, has been manufacturing interior and exterior shutters and doors, including folding doors, since 1989. Their wood shutters, folding doors, and folding screen room dividers are made to order in the factory in Stowe. They are made from hardwood, joined with deep pocket mortise and tenon joints, which are pegged for greater durability.
Product categories in the Kestrel website include: Exterior Shutters, Interior Shutters, Closet Doors, Louvered Doors, Board & Batten Shutters, Folding Screens, Plantation Shutters, Bifold Doors and Sliding Closet Doors. Kestrel folding doors are hand built to custom size in premium hardwoods including Basswood, Spanish Cedar, and Mahogany. Styles for bifold folding doors include louvered doors, raised, flat and recessed panels, mirrors, glass, fabric, beadboard, tongue and groove, and board and batten designs.
Luxbaum: Folding Doors. Luxbaum is based in West Palm Beach, Florida. It offers a line of custom doors and windows, including folding doors. The windows and doors are handcrafted from Merbau timber. The product range aims to achieve outstanding performance in terms of impact resistance, termite resistance, security, and noise insulation.
Luxbaum folding doors feature a multi-point locking system, concealed in the sashes, and European-style overlay sashes. The folding doors are designed to achieve strength and durability, and meet the Miami Dade Protocol for impact testing. Luxbaum folding doors are available with between three and sixteen panels. Folding door corner units are available; they do not require a structural permanent mullion at the corner.
NanaWall Systems: Folding Doors. NanaWall Systems, based in Mill Valley, California, manufactures glass folding doors, described as Opening Glass Walls. The NanaWall website is organised into the following main product sections: Glazed Folding Systems, Glazed Individual Panel Systems, Screen Accessories, Matching French Doors, Tilt Systems, and All Glass Window Walls. NanaWall glass folding doors are available in three materials: wood, aluminium clad wood, and aluminium. The aluminium system is available in a Dade County Hurricane Approved version.
The NanaWall company was established to address the unmet need for flexible solutions to large architectural openings. They delivered their first wood-framed, opening glass wall in 1986. In 1996 NanaWall entered into a partnership of Solarlux of Germany, one of the world leaders in operable glass wall technology. NanaWall is now the leading supplier of opening glass walls in North America.
Woodfold Folding Doors. Woodford, of Forest Grove, Oregon, specialises in the manufacture of custom folding doors of accordion design. Accordion folding doors are made up of narrow vertical panels, which fold back into a small space. The folding doors are available in single-wall and dual-wall acoustic versions, for applications which acoustic control is important. They are available in a range of vinyl, natural hardwood veneers, and custom finishes, with a perimeter seal to minimize heat loss. The choice of veneers for folding doors is: Birch, Maple, Oak, Cherry, Mahogany, and Walnut.
Woodfold offers an unusual Bookcase Folding Door. What appears to be a furniture-quality hardwood bookcase folds back to reveal a closet, pantry, wall safe, or even a private retreat room. The Bookcase Folding Door is able to support up to 500 pounds using a heavy-duty roller system. It is available finished in hardwood veneers, paint grade medium density fiberboard, and vinyl laminates.
OTHER PRODUCTS RELATED TO FOLDING DOORS
You may also like to visit our USA product guides on: Bifold Doors, Closet Doors, Door Handles, Door Hardware, Door Hinges, Glass Doors, Interior Doors, Patio Doors, Pocket Doors, Sliding Doors, and Sliding Glass Doors.
USEFUL LINKS RELEVANT TO FOLDING DOORS
American Hardware Manufacturers Association
Associated Locksmiths of America
International Door Association
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT DIRECTORIES
We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include standard specifications, manufacturers' specs, and CAD details: 4Specs at www.4specs.com, Arcat at www.arcat.com, Arcom at www.arcomnet.com, Reed at www.reedfirstsource.com, Sweets at www.sweets.construction.com.
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Other recommended portals: Archbone, Building Design, Homeone Australia, Lighting Directory, Sapling, Stone Network.
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