French Doors South Africa

French Doors South Africa are a pair of fully glazed doors hinged at each jamb and meeting in the middle, usually opening out onto a patio or a garden. They clear the whole opening without a track in the floor, which is the reason people choose them over a slider on a narrower opening. Say where they open to and whether you want side panels, and get priced quotations to compare.

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French Doors Prices

Ballpark figures so you can check a quotation.

What a French Door Quote Covers

• The pair of leaves. Both fully glazed, hinged at the jambs and meeting at a centre stile.
• The frame. Carrying two swinging leaves, so heavier than a window frame.
• Shoot bolts. The bolts that fix the first leaf top and bottom so the second can lock to it.
• The lock. A mortice or multi point lock in the active leaf.
• Side panels, if any. Fixed glazed panels each side, made into the same frame.

Where Quotes Differ Most

• Overall width. More width per leaf means heavier leaves and stronger hinges.
• Whether there are side panels. A pair with two sidelights is a much larger frame.
• Lock and bolt specification. The shoot bolts and the lock are the security of the pair.
• Glass. Safety glass throughout, with laminated and double glazing stepping it up.
• Which way they open. Outward or inward, fixed at fabrication.

How the Work Runs on Site

• The site measure. Width, height and squareness, because a pair shows up an out of square opening.
• The doors are made to order. Built as a matched pair to your opening.
• The frame is fitted square and plumb. If it is not, the leaves will not meet evenly down the centre.
• Hanging and adjustment. Hinges adjusted so the gap down the middle is even top to bottom.
• Locks, bolts and seals. Shoot bolts set, lock fitted, weather seals checked.

What Affects the Price

• The opening width. It sets the leaf width and therefore the hinge and glass specification.
• Side panels. They turn a door into a glazed wall and are priced accordingly.
• Glass type. Toughened as standard, laminated or double glazed as an upgrade.
• Lock and bolts. A proper multi point and shoot bolt set is a worthwhile step.
• Bars or a plain pane. Cottage pane bars on French doors are a common and costed extra.
• The finish. White, bronze and charcoal are the usual choices.

What to Include in Your Request

• The address. Suburb and town.
• The opening size. Width and height.
• Which way they should open. Inward or outward, and which leaf is the active one.
• Whether you want side panels. And how wide the overall opening can be.
• Whether you want bars. Cottage pane bars suit this door type and must be ordered with it.
• Photos. Inside and outside, showing the floor each side.

Before You Appoint a Door Supplier

• Ask how the pair locks. Shoot bolts on the passive leaf plus a lock on the active one is the standard.
• Ask what the hinges are rated for. A fully glazed leaf is heavy, and a dropped leaf will not meet its partner.
• Ask about the centre seal. The gap down the middle is where draughts and water come through.
• Ask about the threshold. Outward opening doors need a weather bar at the bottom.
• Ask about safety glass. Required in a door, so it should be stated on the quotation.
• Ask whether the opening is square. A pair is unforgiving of an opening that is not.

French Doors FAQs

French doors usually match the windows around them, and Aluminium Windows South Africa gets the doors and the windows quoted by the same fabricators.

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