Balcony & French Doors
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Aluminium Patio Doors
Dortech Doors offers aluminium patio door solutions designed around clean sightlines, long-term durability, thermal performance and flexible glazing arrangements.
Whether you are exploring a hinged patio door, an inward-opening balcony door, a sliding patio door or a Juliet balcony arrangement, our team can help you review the right specification for your home or project.
Patio Door Solutions
Patio door applications can be created using hinged door, balcony door and sliding door arrangements depending on the opening size, project brief and preferred method of operation.
This gives customers flexibility when considering garden access, apartment balconies, upper-floor rooms, wider glazed openings and spaces where daylight and clean sightlines are important.
Available Options
Design Flexibility
The specification information references 65mm and 75mm module options, Minimal and Visible design options, and a choice of colours, accessories and concealed elements depending on the system and final configuration.
This allows patio doors to be specified with a balance of appearance, performance, durability and accessibility.
Hinged Patio Door Design Parameters
Sliding Patio Door Capability
Sliding patio doors are useful where customers want larger glazed openings, slim aluminium sightlines, smooth operation and improved daylight.
The source specification references multiple sliding configurations, including 2, 3 and 4-track arrangements, pocket window configurations, internal and external corner solutions, concealed drainage and disabled access threshold options.
Sliding Door Maximum Parameters
| Feature | Typical Published Capability |
|---|---|
| Maximum Size | Up to approximately 4.3m wide x 2.6m high with high inertia stile in a 2-leaf application. |
| Maximum Leaf Weight | Up to approximately 200kg per leaf in published SOLEAL slider data. |
| Track Options | 2, 3 and 4-track sliding arrangements referenced. |
| Corner Slider | Internal and external corner sliding arrangements referenced. |
| Pocket Slider | Single-track, 2-leaf, 3-leaf and 4-leaf pocket arrangements depending on design. |
| Threshold | Disabled access threshold options are referenced for patio door applications. |
Performance Criteria
| System Area | Performance Information |
|---|---|
| Thermal Performance | SOLEAL Next patio window examples reference Uw values down to approximately 0.74 W/m²K depending on glazing and configuration. |
| Thermal Performance | SOLEAL Next 65 patio window examples reference Uw values down to approximately 0.85 W/m²K for selected configurations. |
| Weather Performance | Air tightness up to A4, water tightness up to 1500Pa open-in / 1800Pa open-out, and wind resistance up to Class 4 / 5 depending on configuration. |
| Acoustic Performance | Rw acoustic performance up to 48dB depending on window, door and glazing specification. |
| Sliding System Thermal | Published SOLEAL slider data includes Uw values around 1.4 W/m²K for selected 55mm module sliding arrangements. |
| Sliding System Weather | Published sliding system data includes air permeability Class 4, water tightness Class 6A and wind resistance Class B2 for selected arrangements. |
All-Glass Juliet Balcony Options
Patio door and balcony door arrangements can be paired with external glass guarding to maintain safe containment while creating bright, open internal spaces.
Juliet guarding options are particularly useful for upper-floor rooms, apartments and balcony-style openings where a clean, minimal glass finish is preferred.
Sustainability & Aluminium
The source specification references Hydro CIRCAL®, an aluminium made with a minimum of 75% recycled end-of-life aluminium, together with high recyclability within the system.
Project Photography
The images included in this section are from Dortech project photography and are used to help illustrate aluminium patio door and balcony door applications.
Specification suitability, sizes and performance depend on final design, system selection, site conditions, glazing choice and installation requirements. Please speak with the Dortech Doors team before relying on any specification figure for a project.
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