Looking for high quality sliding aluminium patio doors.

gailjon · 29 Jun 2020 at 12:45

As title, we are in the process of speccing a set of 3600 x 2090 aluminium sliding patio doors. We want two panes, each 1800mm wide,

There are any number of companies online but very few are available for viewing nearish us. (Lincoln).

We have been to the Express bifolds showroom in Leeds and were impressed with the XP Glide R range which came in at £5200 installed.

However, are there any other ranges that people have had fitted and they have been happy with?

I am considering Sunflex for example.

Also, any thoughts at all are welcome.

FISHGUTS · 1 Jul 2020 at 16:21

I looked at a lot at a manufacturers at a housebuilding show at Harrogate & Express Bifolds were the best for price point to quality IMHO.

gailjon · 1 Jul 2020 at 18:39

FISHGUTS said:
I looked at a lot at a manufacturers at a housebuilding show at Harrogate & Express Bifolds were the best for price point to quality IMHO.

Thanks for the reply.

The more companies we try to deal with, the better the service and quality of the Express Bifolds offering seems. Their customer service so far has been excellent and they are available for quotes and answering any queries very quickly.

thezappa · 1 Jul 2020 at 18:44

gailjon said:
As title, we are in the process of speccing a set of 3600 x 2090 aluminium sliding patio doors. We want two panes, each 1800mm wide,

We have been to the Express bifolds showroom in Leeds and were impressed with the XP Glide R range which came in at £5200 installed.

However, are there any other ranges that people have had fitted and they have been happy with?

I am considering Sunflex for example.

Also, any thoughts at all are welcome.

We have a project at work that had that exact sliding door fitted - looks really good.

Could also try schüco. IQ glass have a brand called Sieger Lux which have narrow frames - also look very nice.

eviled · 2 Jul 2020 at 09:43

I've used Vufold for bifolds, and the builders had no issues fitting them and only had praise for the quality, no issues 4 years down the line either

they now do sliding doors to your specified size

https://www.vufold.co.uk/sliding-patio-doors/supreme-sliding-patio-doors/supreme-3600mm-sliding-door

Kamakazie! · 2 Jul 2020 at 12:48

Raynears kit always comes well recommended.
Seen a link suggesting Express BiFolds sell their kit (infact the XP Glide R) so if that's the case, it's another positive!

gailjon · 2 Jul 2020 at 14:56

Kamakazie! said:
Raynears kit always comes well recommended.
Seen a link suggesting Express BiFolds sell their kit (infact the XP Glide R) so if that's the case, it's another positive!

Yes, the Expressbifolds XP Glide R is the Raynears system and the XP Glide S is the Schuco system.

We will be heading back to the Leeds showroom to have another look and just make sure that we know exactly what we want.