puntloos Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Bifolds typically have a function, where the bifold is closed but one panel acts as a normal door. My question: can you choose to have the 'normal door in the corner closest to the hinge? Detail: The best way to hide my bifold panels out of the way are external, next to the side room: Obviously(?) the rightmost panel in the above picture is attached to the side frame. But, I'd ideally want the "single door mode" to be also in that corner, like so: (picture is a bit meh, but you get the idea - where the panel in the corner is the 'real door') Can bifolds do this? Can the door fold into the corner on a sunny day, but can the small-door-mode also be in that same corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav_P Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I’ve never seen that before... it would have to have a frame within a frame so would be really chunky I would think and then look crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntloos Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Gav_P said: I’ve never seen that before... it would have to have a frame within a frame so would be really chunky I would think and then look crap. I think I understand what you mean, however this: Would be fine too for me (slightly less ideal, yes).. in which case I think/assume you'd just need a lock that can release on both ends of the bifold.. - The (in this picture) left lock to the left frame would release and you can fold all panels against the corner - The (in this picture) right lock to the right frame would be the door-mode lock with a handle (presumably with the left lock in place, and the hinge between the left 2 panels locked straight.. I think it could work..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntloos Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) To put it differently: - A standard bifold setup has one panel that's attached to the side wall with a standard hinge, and one panel that can lock to the wall (when the bifold is fully closed) but is able to open, and "be a door". - Puntloos bifold setup would have "door panels" on both ends. Other than cost I see no major downsides..... Edited February 20, 2021 by puntloos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav_P Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I think that would easily be physically possible... I think the hinge side of my bifolds (short 3 panel) could easily be a slide side. No idea if there is a locking or security issue, or whether anyone would make it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 You can with solarlux doors. We were in a show room where you could open a single leaf at either end and the other leafs could unpin and slide independently. They were however, £15k for 5m opening... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntloos Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 14 hours ago, Conor said: You can with solarlux doors. We were in a show room where you could open a single leaf at either end and the other leafs could unpin and slide independently. They were however, £15k for 5m opening... At least good to know it's possible. Yeah I can certainly imagine that it is fairly straightforward for a company to mix-and-match the types of panels delivered, where all the hinges are identical, so all you need to do is supply two "end leaves" and one normal leaf (assuming 3 panels) instead of just one end leaf and 2 normal leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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