Bypass Bifold Shutters For Clearwater Sliding Glass Doors
Indoor shutters are the best treatment for sliding glass doors in Clearwater. Shutters improve your privacy, maintain your view, won’t sway like vertical blinds or curtains, and will probably outlast than the sliding door itself. If you’ve already decided on shutters for a sliding door, the next thing to decide is what kind of shutters would work best for your sliding doors.
Bypass Shutters For Sliding In Clearwater
The more common of the two sliding door shutter builds is bypass shutters. In this setup, two or more shutter panels slide on a track mounted above a sliding glass door. The shutter panels are offset so one-panel slides in front of the other for easy operation of the door. Or if you have room to the side of your sliding door, the track can extend past the doorframe to let the shutter completely slide away from the door.
Bi-fold Shutters For Sliding Doors In Clearwater
As the name might tell you, bifold shutters for sliding glass doors are ones that fold. Rather than two large, solid frames that slide on a rail, sliding door shutters in a bifold build are built with smaller panels that fold into each other, clearing the view in front of your sliding door.
Sliding Glass Door Shutter FAQs
Will I lose any functionality out of my sliding glass door if I install shutters?
Not at all. We’ll ensure that your sliding doors keep their functionality and full range of motion by building a set of shutters that perfectly fits your door frame.
How do I measure my sliding glass door for shutters?
Measuring your sliding patio door to fit shutters isn’t hard at all. These are typically 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 interior jamb.
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The height and width of the glass panes.
But don’t fret if you don’t want to measure; your installer will be happy to measure your sliding door for you at no charge during an in-home consultation.
How much room do I need around my sliding door for shutters?
With the customizability we offer in all of our plantation shutters, we can design a custom set of shutters to match your sliding door, regardless of the amount of space you have above or around it.
How Are Sliding Shutters Designed?
To begin, we measure the width and length of each portion of your glass door. Next, we mark whether there’s room on either side of the doors. This helps us figure out if a bypass or a bifold configuration is best. Next, we head back to our shop and order the hand-fashioned plantation shutters to fit those configurations. Utilizing our state-of-the-art computer software and design templates based on the dimensions of your door, we design and construct your sliding glass door shutters with the colors and finishes you hand-picked.
Our professional installers mount the sliding shutters on your sliding glass doors, making sure the louvers can be tilted and that the panels are movable. This offers you a better view and easier cleaning.
