Not all features & options are available on all styles or regions of the country. Sliding patio doors, our most popular style of patio door, allow for a generous amount of natural light and double as a space saver. Easy to clean and operate, sliding patio doors are a great addition to a wide variety of home styles. All sliding patio doors are available in custom sizes to suit your needs. Find a pro or contact a distributor to purchase.Window Treatment Ideas: 4 Solutions for a Sliding Door Add flair to your ordinary sliding door by giving it a cheerful and colorful treatment. Here are 4 simple solutions to consider. Everything In This Slideshow Functional and Fashionable Window Treatments Choosing a window treatment for a sliding glass door can be a challenge because you don't want to hinder the usefulness of the door. Consider these tips as you dress up your sliding door: •Use tiebacks to cinch stationary curtain panels aside, especially at the door-handle side, to support door function.
•Mount top treatments high enough above the door frame so the hem doesn't brush heads passing through. •Hang curtain panels that will be opened and closed a smidge above the floor to keep them clean. Before you start: Watch and learn the right way to hang curtains. What's your ideal decorating style? Here, a simple pair of sheer panels moves with little effort and filters light, preserving a favored feature of the sliding door. With all the color and pattern options that exist today, you'll have no trouble finding the perfect sheers to match your home's decor. More tips for sliding door window treatments. The last thing you want to do is weigh down an airy look with a heavy wood or metal rod. Instead, try a hanging system, such as this subtle cable, that supports the panels with simple ring clips. Purely decorative treatments, such as these side-mounted panels, are perfect for sliders that receive constant use or that frame unbeatable vistas so the view remains barrier-free.
The panels don't move, so go ahead and mount the rods out of reach (these are positioned 12 inches above the top of the door's frame) for a design trick that visually adds height to a low ceiling. Select boldly colored and patterned fabric so panels double as art. A 4-inch contrasting cuff and ruffled top edge dress the panels for formal spaces. Solution: Simple but Stunning Valance A simple valance, such as this shapely one, gives a plain sliding door a finished look without blocking views or hampering operation. As the focal point of the casual dining area, this treatment packs a visual punch with a zigzag hem banded by solid blue. To help the valance hold its shape, the fabric is stapled to a U-shape wood frame attached to the wall with L brackets mounted 18 inches above the door frame. Solution: Durable Fabric Panels Sliders often get lots of traffic, so dress them with treatments made from hard-wearing or easy-cleaning fabrics. These panels--hung on a 1-inch diameter rod through 2-inch grommets--are fashioned from durable outdoor fabric.
A generous 4-inch orange band framing the playful leaf pattern adds visual presence to the curtains and draws attention away from the ordinary doors. Our designers have combined function and form to create comfortable, convenient and safe guest rooms. Sleep soundly in the Hilton Serenity bed. Enjoy 32" flat panel HDTVs with HBO®, CNN® and ESPN®. Work productively at the work desk featuring an ergonomic chair. Rejuvenate in the morning with the convenient coffee maker and complimentary coffee and tea. Enjoy Anaheim in comfort and style; be our guest at the Hilton Anaheim hotel.We Offer a Great Selection! Soundproof sliding glass doors are as effective as our soundproof windows in stopping noise. Like our soundproof windows, what we do is add a second sliding glass door that does even more for sound and security. Our soundproof doors can be mounted inside or outside your existing sliding glass door. The room with the sliding glass door is almost always in the coldest and draftiest room in your home.
The glass area and the less-than-ideal-seals are usually the reason. With our second sliding glass door, draftiness is virtually eliminated. The room may become the cosiest and most comfortable room in the home! Soundproof Sliding Glass Door Advantages Noise reductions beyond 75%. Insulation qualities apply to our sliding glass doors in addition to our soundproof windows. Security – Soundproof sliding glass doors provide a substantial benefit. Because we use laminated glass, security is increased significantly. Sliding glass doors normally have tempered glass which can be easily broken by an intruder. Laminated glass is very difficult to break through – the noise and time it takes to break make it very difficult for a burglar. See our Security page for more information on additional benefits. Our sliding glass doors are available in white, brown and aluminum, which can be very convenient to satisfying your decorating needs, or your home owner’s association.
Other custom colors are available. The sliding glass door was installed on the outside of the residence to soundproof the existing swing-open style exterior door. Also see our pages on soundproof interior door panels and sample soundproof windows.One of the many things I need to tackle in the house we bought last month are the window treatments, they are woefully out of date. In fact, the entire house is stuck in 1989 and everything needs upgraded and made modern. (I’ll share more “before” pictures as we progress room by room.) I’m going to install a variety of new window treatments on the windows including plantation shutters and woven shades but right now these right to left sliding doors are confusing me. We’re desperate for sun protection to keep the desert heat out and our air conditioning bill low, but we need efficient flow since the doors lead outside to an uncovered area in the rear yard with the pool where the family will spend a lot of time splashing, frolicking, and merry making.
Presently, the sliding doors have old yellowish vertical blinds with a Golden Girls fabric valance. I can’t stomach old vertical blinds, the look, the slapping sound they make when they slide back and forth and the one or two blinds that always pop out and fall on the floor and you have to struggle to stick it back in, cursing the entire time. I’m being nice when I say I strongly dislike them. There is also the issue of the neighboring window. We need both style and sun protection stat. In the looks department, I think this full length woven shade + floor to ceiling window panel combo is the most stylish. However if we’re getting baked by the desert sun we’d have to keep the woven shades low and it would be weird and awkward to have half lowered woven shades that we constantly have to duck under in a limbo dance. I do like the look of these transitional plantation shutters that are a little more islandish, never fun to clean, but streamlined and nice. It appears like a unit with a rolling system needs to be mounted for use, but these are a plus in the light/heat control column.
Decorative window panels on the ends would soften the look, must investigate further. There is this more contemporary woven vertical blind look but when I stare at them and consider them for the space I feel very meh. Hotels with balconies always have the layered look combining sheers, fabric panels, and often a valance. I’m not opposed to it but multiple layers feels heavy in such a hot climate. Another favorite look is just fabric but when parted don’t offer any real light control or heat protection and although pretty I’m concerned the fabric’s edges will get smudged when pulled back multiple times throughout the day. I’m most intrigued by this wave fold look I spied at Smith + Noble using fabric in lieu of plasticy vertical panels. It has me thinking perhaps I could transform the existing system with patterned fabric lined with blackout material – the hamster in my DIY brain is furiously spinning on its wheel. Here’s an older pic I found on Pinterest, but this is the concept: