Sliding Glass Doors Hand Designation

Patio door selection made easy.

Sliding glass doors hand designation.

Cawm 300 forced entry resistance tests for sliding glass doors. Note handed from the exterior outside of the home. A sliding glass door patio door or doorwall is a type of sliding door in architecture and construction is a large glass window opening in a structure that provide door access from a room to the outdoors fresh air and copious natural light. They fit into tighter spaces than our hinged doors because their panels don t interfere with your room or patio.

A sliding glass door is usually considered a single unit consisting of two panel sections one being fixed and one a being mobile to slide open. 200 series perma shield gliding patio doors. All gliding patio doors are handed based on the location of the operating or sliding patio door panel when viewing from the outside of your home. Another design a wall sized glass pocket door has one or more panels movable and sliding into wall pockets c.

If you want the sliding panel to be the one on your left choose xo and if the operable is to be on the right choose ox. 2 panel sliding doors xo ox. 400 series frenchwood gliding patio door. 2 97 voluntary specifications for aluminum vinyl pvc and wood windows and glass doors see local code requirements to determine which standard is applicable.

Choosing new patio doors can be as easy as 1 2 3. To determine whether you require an xo or ox door simply view the doorway from the exterior of your home.