French Door Information
What is a French door?
Many people think that a French door is a double door unit when actually a French door is a door with glass extending its full length in either one or several panels. French doors can be prehung as a single or double door unit, or combined with the proper track and hardware, utilized as bifold, bypass, or pocket doors.
What type of glass do you use in your French doors?
To assure your safety we use only tempered glass in all of our glass door applications. Our interior glass options include flat, beveled, grooved, and satin (obscure), with insulated clear glass being available for our exterior French doors.
What does true divided lite door mean?
True divided lite means that each pane (lite) of glass used in constructing your door is built in separately. This means that if you order a ten lite door it will be built with ten separate lites inserted independently into their own mullions. Some manufacturers use a single lite covering the entire length of the door and then add a cheap snap in or glue on ornamental grid trying to pass it off as a true divided lite door.
What is a mullion?
A mullion used in our doors can be described as the vertical and horizontal wooden dividers that separate each lite of glass in a true divided lite door.