Perhaps no single architectural feature is more emblematic of Western living than the glass sliding door. For more than 50 years, sliding glass doors have opened our homes to generous natural light and views, simultaneously giving us easy connections with decks, patios, and gardens. Contemporary sliding, or gliding, doors have come a long way since yesteryear''s aluminum sliders, infamous for their stark appearance, sweating frames, and cold glazing. larsen steel doors today, a new generation of high-quality models offers energy efficiency, durability, safety, and contemporary style. size and style sliding doors come in a variety of steel and doors sizes. in addition to the standard 6-foot, 8-inch height, they''re made 6 feet, 11 inches tall or even 8 feet tall. you can also buy three- or four-door-wide configurations that are as wide larsen as 16 feet. and sliders are made with one fixed panel and one sliding panel, or steel with both panels sliding. most manufacturers extend your design options by providing matching rectangular and roundhead transom windows. some large manufacturers offer several sliding-door lines with a range of prices. you''ll find doors that have wide rails and stiles (horizontal and vertical framing elements) like french doors, and doors with thinner doors rails larsen and stiles that maximize glazing.

the fiberglass smooth-star door line, the industry''s steel first door created doors from fiberglass to capture the smooth look of painted wood, has been awarded a u.s. patent. doors are strategically engineered for exceptional durability and appealing aesthetics. smoothstar larsen doors can be painted to a high gloss with no distortions of the surface. doors are available with embossed panels or three-dimensional raised panels and also in new 8-foot heights. doors in therma-tru''s classic-craft line for interior use have steel a more wooden appearance owing to an innovation in the six-year-old product line. according doors to the company has developed raised paneling for its doors that provide higher fidelity and sharper detail. the panels are layered over a polyurethane core larsen that, according to therma-tru, insulates five times better than wood. because f the product''s durability, which includes resistance to weather-related cracking, therma-tru is offering steel the doors with a lifetime warranty that far exceeds the typical five-year doors warranty that wooden doors have. this product makes all the sense in the world which sells these doors out of its showroom. the doors are selling really well and we are making special orders for them.

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