Browse Forums Windows & Doors 1 Oct 18, 2008 12:43 pm Hi, just wondering if a sliding door separating inside from alfresco can be mounted into the floor so there is no step or door track above floor level. We are building and we are looking for a completely flat floor from inside to outside.
Thanks two with sauce please Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 2Oct 18, 2008 12:47 pm Hi Juzzo,
If it can be done commercially, I don't see why not residentially. You may have a hard time convincing a volume builder to do it - I'm sure a custom builder will have no trouble. When we were talking to a custom builder, they were going to do it for the doors going out to the alfresco for us, and had it on his own home. Paula Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 3Oct 18, 2008 1:17 pm Thanks Paula, we asked the builder and the consultant says, it can only be done with bi-folds, but I'm sure it can be done somehow with a quality sliding door. By the way I've read lots of your posts and they have been helpful. And that is a gorgeous photo of you.
Thanks a lot two with sauce please Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 5Nov 01, 2008 10:22 pm Juzzo Hi, just wondering if a sliding door separating inside from alfresco can be mounted into the floor so there is no step or door track above floor level. We are building and we are looking for a completely flat floor from inside to outside. Thanks Hi Sliding doors require drainage so the sill must be above ground level to let water in the track drain out - otherwise it will come into your home. There are ways around this, you could have a drain right next to the door, or not have the door exposed to the weather. In either case you must set the door sill (and the drain if you use this method) into the slab. Hope this helps. "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 6Nov 02, 2008 8:51 pm We had this done for our bi folds. When they poured the slab the section where the bi folds go was recessed down, so when they place the bi folds in, the frame is down and consequently flush with the floor. I dont know much about doors but cant see why they couldnt do this with the sliding track? Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 7Nov 03, 2008 9:08 am grandslam ...the frame is down and consequently flush with the floor. I dont know much about doors but cant see why they couldnt do this with the sliding track? Drainage - if the door is exposed to rain then the water will come into the house. Bifold or sliding must have a method of draining the water away from the sill. "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 8Nov 03, 2008 11:34 am EcoClassic grandslam ...the frame is down and consequently flush with the floor. I dont know much about doors but cant see why they couldnt do this with the sliding track? Drainage - if the door is exposed to rain then the water will come into the house. Bifold or sliding must have a method of draining the water away from the sill. Could the sill be connected to some sub slab drainage system? Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 9Nov 03, 2008 2:35 pm Casa2 Could the sill be connected to some sub slab drainage system? Absolutely Casa - somewhere on this forum back in the dark ages, there is a commercial solution. I have tried and I can't find it. Adequate flow is essential, that is all. "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 10Nov 03, 2008 9:49 pm thanks guys.
We have an under main roof alfresco and the sliding door will be separating the house from the alfresco area, away from weather. I have seen a long grate drain against the door on the alfresco floor at a Medallion display home, but they had Hafele bifolds. By the way, can anyone give an approx price on Hafele bifolds (HAWA variofolds). Thanks a lot. two with sauce please Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 11Nov 12, 2008 5:17 am EcoClassic Hi Sliding doors require drainage so the sill must be above ground level to let water in the track drain out - otherwise it will come into your home. There are ways around this, you could have a drain right next to the door, or not have the door exposed to the weather. In either case you must set the door sill (and the drain if you use this method) into the slab. Hope this helps. Hi, Yes, I agree with you. And, that's why I make sure with my bifold doors have slight slope to provide drainage to my doors. Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 13Apr 26, 2017 1:09 pm I assume you mean into the slab... Everything is possible, but it will be expensive. I assume bricks and plaster are in place. If you lower the door then you will need an infill of aluminium above the door on the outside. The inside is just a plastering job and new architraves. Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 14Apr 26, 2017 1:21 pm ECOECO I assume you mean into the slab... Everything is possible, but it will be expensive. I assume bricks and plaster are in place. If you lower the door then you will need an infill of aluminium above the door on the outside. The inside is just a plastering job and new architraves. Ed Yes , you are right. It should have been into the slab. Ours is a hebel build and the flooring has been laid out and the door installed. Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 15Apr 26, 2017 2:59 pm ECOECO I assume you mean into the slab... Everything is possible, but it will be expensive. I assume bricks and plaster are in place. If you lower the door then you will need an infill of aluminium above the door on the outside. The inside is just a plastering job and new architraves. Ed It was a part of variation which builder missed putting in. Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 16Apr 27, 2017 12:13 pm Then it won't cost you anything... go ahead. It should really have a replacement door as the head height won't align with other windows and doors. "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 18Apr 27, 2017 3:20 pm ECOECO Then it won't cost you anything... go ahead. It should really have a replacement door as the head height won't align with other windows and doors. Thanks ECOECO. I wouldn't have thought about the alignment but I will make sure that it is done. Re: Sliding door mounted into floor (no step)? 19Jan 04, 2019 8:40 am Interesting. My old mum lives in a place that was designed for the elderly and disabled and she has a sliding door with no step to the outside and no special drainage. The slab on the outside comes right to the door. She has lived there for about 7 or 8 years and not once has had any water issues with the door, and I've been there when there has been heavy rain. the step up is 30mm and wanting it to be flat . how much does the concrete have to be lowered .we plan on removing bath and lenghten shower and adding seat. the old bath… 0 11800 Hello everyone, I have a question regarding moving a chandelier after it has been mounted. The chandelier in question is quite large, measuring 4 meters… 0 72312 I’m in a similar position except I’m after sliding 3 stacking doors. I am on a second-story apartment of which the balcony would not adequately fit any bi-fold or… 5 16082 |