If there’s one thing that Canada has plenty of, it’s natural beauty – from breathtaking views to sweet fresh air, inviting weather, and even birdsong, there’s a world of wonder just on the other side of your home. And if it’s simply a question of finding a set of sliding doors to create that perfect indoor-outdoor balance, there are several options available to help bring a little more of Canada’s splendor right into your living space.
In fact, one of the key benefits of owning a set of sliding doors (and there are actually several more benefits we’ll get into later…) can be found in their convenience and functionality. Essentially, they enable an easy indoor-to-outdoor transition meant to inspire just as much as they’re designed to perform.
Convenience also goes hand in hand with another noticeable advantage of having sliding doors: how they can truly – and effortlessly – open a space up.
This is because they can quickly and significantly increase a perceived area. Instead of experiencing, for example, a living room or kitchen with standard doors and finite dimensions, sliding doors can change your sense of where one area ends and the next begins. The transition between your indoor space and the great outdoors becomes a seamless – and elegant – one.
Simply put, sliding doors aren’t meant to be a cumbersome barrier to the outdoors. Quite the opposite: they’re a convenient and easy-to-use point of access to nature – one that you control when you want to, based on your unique needs.
And the end result of creating this barrier-less experience? Nature is then free to flow right on in (at your discretion, of course!). This could mean opening up your sliding doors to let in a rousing late spring morning, a gorgeous midday summer breeze, or even an unencumbered view of a golden autumn sunset.
Now, there are also a few slightly more practical things to consider when choosing the best sliding doors for your home.
What to Consider When Choosing the Right Sliding Door
When in the market for sliding doors, it’s important to keep in mind a few different factors: how well they perform, both in terms of ease of use when opened, and in terms of providing a high level of insulation when closed; how sustainable they are; the level of quietness they provide when closed; how much security they offer; and what kind of uninterrupted view you can expect to enjoy.
- Sliding Door Performance
As much as your sliding doors should be able to let nature in when you desire, they should also be optimized to keep it out when appropriate as well.
A high-quality sliding door, such as EuroLine’s Lift & Slide model, should provide you with a significant degree of energy efficiency in all different climates – especially when covering a large opening.
This can also involve enhanced thermal insulation (including the door’s threshold), and how well the sliding doors can maintain Passive House certification levels, prevent water penetration, and ensure air tightness.
And in terms of use and comfort, a sliding door’s hardware should allow you to move its large glass panels effortlessly – no huffing and puffing necessary when you’re opening things up.
Additionally, a sliding door should also prioritize accessibility by providing an obstacle-free transition from indoors to outdoors.
- Sliding Door Sustainability
Your sliding doors should also provide a sustainable, long-term solution for your home. To that end, EuroLine’s commitment to the environment ensures that we take sustainability seriously – the uPVC used in our doors and windows is free of heavy metals and toxic plasticizers, and can be fully recycled.
Likewise, our colour foils don’t require maintenance like painting or wood finishes; they also follow REACH regulation compliance to minimize or eliminate harmful vapors, gases, or particles.
- Sliding Door Quietness
Readily hearing the sound of Canada’s nature can be a true delight with sliding doors, however there may also be times when you seek the tranquility of a quiet indoor space as well.
In addition to providing weather protection, EuroLine sliding doors offer you a high degree of noise resistance by slowing the transfer of sound waves through air and material.
In fact, the STC ratings on EuroLine sliding doors are almost double that of a standard double pane. This means that our products are engineered to keep loud and obtrusive sounds out, so that your home remains a place of calm.
- Sliding Door Security
No matter how large your sliding doors are, they should still be able to provide you and your family with a high degree of security by preventing break-in attempts and burglary protection.
EuroLine’s sliding doors emphasize security through our tough, high-impact strength profiles, multi-point locking hardware, privacy, and shatter-resistant glass.
Choosing the Best Sliding Door Option for Your Home
Quality and performance are consistent across EuroLine’s collection of sliding doors, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still several available options when it comes to the style and functionality of our offerings.
Depending on your home’s needs, there are many different types of sliding doors from which to choose.
Lift & Slide Doors
EuroLine’s Lift & Slide doors match the highest level of energy efficiency with truly impressive size, as they’re designed for extremely large openings.
They offer significant thermal insulation properties as well as exceptional values for wind, water, tightness, security, and acoustic insulation – even at their maximum sizes.
These windows are also designed to be aesthetically pleasing too – their refined architectural profile and sleek track are both sophisticated and highly functional. Additionally, multiple retractable screen options are available to further compliment their design.
Lift & Slide doors are extremely versatile and ideal for:
- Extreme climates
- Oceanfront properties
- Aggressive air, water, and energy requirements
- Passive House and PHIUS builds
- Single-family homes
- High-rise and commercial buildings
Smart Slide Doors
EuroLine’s Smart Slide doors are easy and intuitive to operate, featuring a convenient self-closing mechanism with large formats of up to 6m x 2.5m.
The doors’ multi-chamber profile design delivers superior thermal performance when compared to traditional aluminum door systems. This is enhanced with its European hardware system with multi-point locking, which provides unmatched water and air tightness.
Design also remains front and centre: Smart Slide door frames are truly sleek, with a depth of 5 3/8 – suitable for both new construction and retrofits. Along with several available retractable screen options, these sliding doors will look as good as they perform.
Smart Slide doors are ideal for:
- Large openings
- Oceanfront properties
- Extreme climates
- Aggressive air, water, and energy requirements
- Single-family homes
- High-rise residential or commercial buildings
Bi-Fold Doors
EuoLine’s Bi-Fold doors effortlessly connect your interior living spaces with the outdoors thanks to wide space apertures.
They have also been designed to provide maximum carrying capacity – thanks to bespoke bottom-running hardware – and slim, visually pleasing sight lines made possible by narrow, sophisticated thermally broken aluminum profiles which create minimal viewing obstructions for sizes of up to a breathtaking 9” in height.
Large apertures on Bi-Fold doors are further enhanced with our heavy-duty hardware, which allows for the stacking of seven consecutive panels in a single direction.
Highly versatile, our doors also provide the option to open all panels at once, or to use a one-person door for a simple in-and-out transition.
Bi-Fold doors are ideal for:
- Extra-large openings
- Single family homes
- Commercial buildings
Multi-Slide Doors
EuoLine’s Multi-Slide doors are designed to inspire – they maximize viewing aperture and provide a cost-effective sliding door system at the same time.
Large openings and flexible configurations are possible, as multiple functions are created through the ability to slide all panels into one – a convenient and simple way to open up your space to the great outdoors.
These sleek doors offer significant value as well – their simple hardware and slim profiles perform beautifully in a large sliding door system.
Additionally, performance is also central, since their double or triple glazing ensures achievable performance ratings in most environments.
Multi-Slide doors are ideal for:
- Large openings
- High air, water, and energy requirements
- Single-family homes
Tilt & Glide Doors
Even in smaller spaces, you can still create a wonderful indoor-outdoor transition with EuroLine’s Tilt & Glide system including doors, windows, and French doors.
These doors are designed for the most rigorous Passive House energy standards, while their innovative, sustainable system helps reduce CO2 and heating costs.
Customization is also easy to achieve – Tilt & Slide doors can be configured in size and virtually any finish, which can further help to elevate the interior design of your space.
Our Tilt & Glide doors are also constructed to perform – their hybrid uPVC and fiberglass materials deliver superior strength for openings, while the triple gasket system optimizes air and water resistance.
Additionally, these doors provide security in the form of easy-to-operate multipoint locking hardware.
Tilt & Glide doors are ideal for:
- Passive House
- PHIUS certification
- Large openings
- Extreme climates
- Oceanfront properties
- Aggressive air, water, and energy requirements
- Single-family homes
- High-rises and commercial buildings
Summary
When you’re looking for sliding doors to create a seamless indoor-outdoor balance in your home, EuroLine provides several options that help you achieve this goal.
Additionally, our sliding doors are optimized for a high level of insulation when closed, for sustainability, quietness, security, and to simply offer you a breathtaking view.
If you’re ready to open your home to the great outdoors with new sliding doors, we’re ready to help.
