Advantages of Sliding Doors
Sliding doors are a raising trend in commercial, residential projects. They’ve been used in residential applications such as patio doors for decades, and are now increasing traction in new markets thanks to many advantages compared to traditional swinging doors. Some of the early adopters in commercial spaces were hotels utilizing sliders for restroom doors, and architects and designers are now implementing them into other applications as they realize the benefits. Space savings is the most important advantage for sliding doors. If you equivalence the square footage of a traditional swinging door to the footprint of a sliding door, you’ll see a massive difference. Take a typical three-foot-wide door: although the overall operating space wanted isn’t a perfect square, when the lost space behind the hinge jamb (where the door frame is offset from the adjacent wall) is accounted for, it occupies about nine square feet. Compare this to a three-foot-wide sliding door openin...

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