Sliding doors are trendy! They create an impression of grandeur in your interior and are very practical (e.g., for cleaning). In our catalog, you will find a wide selection, with guides for interior doors without rails, small gates, or large gates, choose from the brands MANTION, AVL, or OEM.
The guides vary depending on your installation.
Indoors, sliding doors can be useful when you do not have enough space to install hinged doors (e.g., if you are converting an attic). You can then place a guide directly into your floor and, with a grooved door, install a sliding door.
Also, take a small rail that generally does not need to support heavy weights (e.g., flat iron rail).
This type of door can easily be used to partition 2 rooms, the door then slides into a double wall and is hidden when opened.
Tip: If you want to install a sliding door in a bathroom, place an opaque glass sheet on your original glass. Opting for a glass door also gives an impression of grandeur thanks to the light reflection. Install the system yourself and it will be cost-effective.
You can also opt for more substantial installations with a U-rail to install on the floor. Though less aesthetic, this system is however more robust, more stable, and its cleaning remains very practical. For this type of doors, the guide is placed underneath the door and then slides in the U-rail which ensures its stability and function.
Note: for interior installations, the guide olives are made of nylon or polyamide, which has the advantage of considerably reducing noise from friction.
Heavier doors are often used as garage doors. The most practical ones are folding, as they take up minimal space in the garage. This type of installation requires a U-rail in the ground. The associated guides can be on the flat part of the door, the largest surface (so the rail is not located directly under the door but offset) or on the edge, the thickness of the door (the rail is perfectly under the door).
While interior guides are often placed at the bottom, there are also upper guides better suited for exterior use.
Outdoors, the guides can be installed by embedding, so they are not placed on the door but on the ground or high up, in the wall. They are positioned to stabilize the door on both sides when opening and closing.
Upper guides (placed high) are often equipped with 2 olives and are fixed to the pillar or wall that supports the gate, stabilizing the gate and its trajectory from above (the olives are upside down and secure the gate). This type of guide is used for house entrances.
Even more specific, there are guides with 4 olives for optimal door support (fixed at 4 points, the gate is stable in both length and width).
You will find the product that suits you at a low price and good quality among our wide range of branded guides from MANTION, AVL guides, or OEM guides.
The Quincaillerie team
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