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Bifold Bypass Shutters For Dover Sliding Glass Doors
Indoor shutters are fantastic for sliding doors in Dover. Shutters help maximize your privacy, control lighting, don’t sway like blinds or panel tracks, and can even outlast than the sliding door itself. If you’ve already decided on sliding door shutters, the next decision to make is what shutter configuration would work best for your sliding doors.
Bypass Shutters For Sliding In Dover
The more common of the two sliding glass door shutter builds is the bypass configuration. In this setup, two or more shutter panels slide on a track mounted above the door. The shutter panels are offset so one-panel slides in front of the other for access to the door. Or if the sliding door has room to the side, the track can extend past the doorframe to let the shutter completely slide to the side.
Bi-fold Shutters For Sliding Doors In Dover
As the name might tell you, bifold shutters for sliding glass doors are ones that fold. Rather than two large, solid frames that slide back and forth on a rail, bifold shutters are separated into smaller panels that fold into each other, clearing the way in front of your sliding glass door.
Sliding Glass Door Shutter FAQs
Will I still be able to open and close my sliding door if I install shutters?
Yes! We’ll ensure that your sliding doors retain their range of motion and function by building a shutter and frame combo that seamlessly fits your specific sliding door.
How do I measure for sliding door shutters?
Measuring your sliding patio door for plantation shutters is fairly easy. Here are the measurements you’ll want to get:
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The height from the top of the door casing to the floor.
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The width of the jamb of the door.
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The height and width of the sliding glass panes.
But don’t fret if you don’t want to measure; your installer can easily measure your sliding door for you free of charge during an in-home consultation.
How much room do I need around my sliding door to put in shutters?
With new advances every day in shutter technology, we’re able to build you a set of shutters to match your sliding door, no matter how much space there is above or around it.
How Are Sliding Shutters Built?
The first thing we do is measure the dimensions of each section of your glass door. Next, we mark how much space there is next to the doors. This allows us to figure out if we should use a bypass or bifold configuration. We head back to our shop and order the hand-crafted plantation shutters that fit your doors and configuration. Using a combination of state-of-the-art software and design templates based on your doors, we design and build the sliding glass door shutters ,integrating the finishes and colors of your choosing.
Our skilled installers mount the sliding shutters on your sliding glass doors, ensuring the louvers on the shutters can be tilted and also that the panels are movable. This provides you with a wonderful view and shutters that are easy to clean.
