The artistic fiberglass French doors have a very important place in the home décor industry.
They are distinguished from the other doors by any array of glass panes framed in wood.
The glass panel is called as "Lites".
There is no set number or any hard and fast rule for the number of lites to be in a French door.
It all depends on the choice of the customer to opt for the number of lites.
Traditionally, the doors were made up of wood, but now with the change of time and trends, they are also available in the fiber glass.
In France, bright clear sky sunlight is very rare, and therefore the doors had to have more glass to have more sunlight and to have clear view of outside, plus to save the interior from the cold weather outside.
The fiber glass sliding French doors allow more light to come in through the glass.
They are placed usually in the back of the house facing the backyard.
The large fractional glass composition means these doors made of fiber glass are much lighter in weight as compared to conventional wooden doors, and are not affected by the climatic changes, or snow or heat.
They are not even effected by the ultra violet rays from the sun and do not even require frequent polishing.
When placed into an exterior door position, they need to have double pane, to insulate the door from heat and thermal radiation.
A concern may arise, regarding the security and intrusion from outside, as concept tells that they can easily be broken.
But they can be secured by choosing a tempered glass which cannot be easily broken, plus if a "double tempered: glass along with armor sheet is used, which is totally crystalline transparent, the chances of breaking the glass are absolutely gone.
This way the strength increases from 5 times to 50 times.
French fiberglass doors are normally used for the backdoors and patios, serve the purpose of more indoor light and high lightening the effect the garden and the landscape.
Furthermore houses which have swimming pools in the back yard, there is a high lightening effect of the pool also.
Not necessary French fiberglass doors are used for the backyard.
They are also used for the separation and sectioning of two rooms in the interiors.
They give an effect of large area of the two adjoining rooms, plus also work as a divider.
Therefore French sliding fiber glass doors are a good return on investment, as they fulfill so many purposes, and practically seeing, in comparing the overall cost of wooden hinged doors as compared to fiberglass doors, they turn out to be cheaper and more economical and more versatile.
French fiber glass sliding doors are available in different configurations which are: Double doors Bifold doors Single doors and Pocket doors