exterior sliding garden door. Source: Ortiz Hardware
If you have a garden, there is surely an area of your house that communicates with it. Normally this means you have a door that you have to open and close to get from room to room. What if it was an exterior sliding door to the garden?
Find out below everything you need to know about this type of door, why to use them and some recommendations to consider before buying one. Shall we start?
Top 1. The best exterior sliding gate for the garden
advantages
- Made of fir wood.
- For openings up to 90cm wide and 210 high.
- Suitable, after treatment, for outdoor use.
The inconvenients
- They do not come with handles or a case.
- combinations retreat when received.
Selection of exterior sliding garden doors
As we know that it is not enough to review and know which one is the best of all, here we leave you other examples that can be quite interesting to see. Do not miss them !
HOMCOM sliding door 205 × 77.5 cm
It’s a sliding glass door, ideal for homes where more care is taken and where the garden is protected (for example by a terrace). The glass is translucent and uses rubber wheels with bearings so it makes virtually no noise. Rail, handle and mounting hardware included.
Sliding door in untreated fir, 95 x 215 cm
This election will be untreated, “virgin” wooden door on which you will have to apply various products to protect it from the weather.
Although it does not need to be assembled, to treat the door you will need to disassemble it in order to work better and leave nothing untreated (as it could deteriorate).
The product will come without handles or sliding door system, which you will have to pay for separately.
Vintage Brown Treated Fir Sliding Door
Featuring a cross-shaped design, this DIY gate will weigh approximately 35 pounds. He is suitable for standard sizes up to 90 cm wide and 210 cm highalthough in another part of the product they speak of a slightly wider margin.
Sliding door in white vintage treated fir
White in color and split into two panels, this door is perfect for openings up to 90cm and 210cm high. This Made of sawn fir wood and it must be treated to use it and to be maintained over time.
Vintage Black Treated Fir Sliding Door
Curiously shaped, this sliding outdoor garden gate weighs no more than 35 kilos. It requires no assembly and is ideal for openings up to 90cm wide and 210cm high. It has no handles or case and although the title says it is treated, in the description it says it is not.
Guide to buying a sliding garden gate
Having an exterior sliding garden door can provide you with multiple benefits, one of them being the fact that It will barely take up space, so you won’t have to worry about the angle which opens the door and you can place furniture and other elements with a little more freedom.
But To buy it, it is not enough to know that it is good, but there are a few things you should consider that can help you buy smarter. Do you want to know what they are?
Material
In fact, there are many types of materials for exterior sliding garden doors. The most common are usually aluminium, wood, steel or a mixture of several of them.
They each have their pros and cons, but overall they are good materials.
Color
The next aspect to consider is the color which, believe it or not, is very important. In the market, you may not find doors in all colors, since it is not usual to sell a yellow, blue or purple one, but you can use paint to paint it.
And why is color important? On the one hand, because you will need it to be combined with the decoration you have in your home and garden. And, on the other hand, because if it is placed in an area of the house where the sun usually shines, we will make it lose its color in a short time (hence the use of paints with protections for the ‘to avoid).
In addition, rain could also affect it if we don’t consider it.
Price
And we come to the price, where you have to take into account that the fork is varied according to the size of the door (if it is wider and narrower), the material it is made of, the color (or what you have to invest to buy it…
Thus, you can find exterior sliding doors for the garden from 450 euros.
Or buy?
Once you know what to look for when buying, it’s time to think about where you’re going to do it. You may choose by proximity because you want to go to the store to see it. Or you may prefer to shop online. In both cases, These are the main stores where an exterior sliding garden door is most sought after.
Amazon
We are not going to tell you that he has a lot of products, because the reality is that he has less than with other more “normal” categories. But yes, you will have the choice. Much more compared to other stores, at least when it comes to systems. As for complete doors, there are very few of them.
Of course, you have to make sure it will work for you (because of the measurements) and always play it safe (especially since these aren’t cheap products).
Bricomart
At Bricomart you will not find exterior sliding doors for the garden as such, but categories that have nothing to do with exterior doors.
However, If you are only looking for sliding doors, you will find some basic options. Of course, be careful as many will not be suitable for the outdoors.
Leroy Merlin
Leroy Merlin has a special section for sliding doors where you can find them by height, width, number of leaves, etc. But the vast majority of them are indoors, and to find from abroad it is necessary to use in the search engine (and it’s still complicated).
Have you already opted for your exterior sliding door for the garden?