| There are a few basic styles of patio doors that you | | | | save room inside your home. They also can have a |
| can choose from. There are sliding doors, french | | | | controllable opening range that can save energy |
| doors, and garden doors. A patio door is generally a | | | | opening and closing. A full size screen can come with |
| glass paneled one that operates or opens so you can | | | | a patio doors offering optimum ventilation when your |
| access a deck or patio. There are three basic styles | | | | home heats up on hot days or to let fresh air in. |
| that offer different advantages in features. | | | | With the way the doors styles set it gives you the |
| All three of them if glass paneled offer light and solar | | | | most clear glass area for sun exposure. |
| energy in heat value. The way they operate can give | | | | You can also obtain dead bolt style locking devices |
| you other advantages. A french doors can give you | | | | for sliding patio doors making them as secure as |
| a big opening to move large items through. If you are | | | | other doors. A quality sliding doors will offer years of |
| in an area that blows alot of debris up to the doors a | | | | performance with little maintenance. You can get |
| swinging doors either french or garden style will | | | | them with a clad metal, or vinyl frame that is very |
| operate easier then a sliding doors. You must keep | | | | easy to care for. You can also get them with a |
| the track clear of debris and dirt on a sliding doors. A | | | | wooden brick mold frame that needs to be painted. |
| sliding ones has operating advantages as well. They | | | | The clad and vinyl doors come with a nailing fin that |
| have a zero radius swing because they slide on a | | | | makes installing almost unnoticeable. |
| track that passes the other panel. This feature can | | | | |