| ADVANTAGES
over Swinging Door
1. 50"
Door is no problem. Swinging doors can be up to 39"
with extremely expensive hinges. Typically even 36" doors
have problems when hinged to the wall. And a 36" door
is not quite wide enough to block over spray especially if
you remove the water conservation restriction valve per that
Seinfeld episode.
2. Our
Bi-Fold folds up against the wall for full access
to the tub. There is nothing on the edge of the tub or the
floor if installed in a wheel chair accessible shower.
3. Minimal
wall space. A 50" Bi-Fold door only requires
10" on each side of the centerline,
which is probably 7 or 8" on each side of the curb. Swinging
Doors often hit the sink or toilet.
4. Real
Estate is expensive. 2 - 30" wide swinging doors
take up 10 square feet of your bathroom. In San Francisco,
real estate costs $750/s.f. That's $7500 of your house, which,
if you install a Bi-Fold Door, can be used for other things.
The door might cost $800 to $1500 or $2000 installed, but
you save $7500. Can you afford to not follow this logic?
5. Flexible
design. We can make a two panel Bi-Fold for shower
door openings. We can make a Bi-Fold for a corner shower with
a fixed end panel. See below for pictures of the four panel
we just installed.
6. Water
on the floor. Does water dripping off the swinging
door onto your floor bother you? We can make the Bi-Fold Door
fold up to the inside of the shower, if the opening is small
enough.
7. Wheel
Chair Access. The Swinging door is difficult to open
from a wheel chair and there is a limit to the width. The
Bi-Fold can easily handle 50" width and opening it is
easy, since it folds up to the side and doesn't swing right
into your face.
8. Kids
like to take baths. It is unpleasant to have most
of your access to the tub blocked by fixed panels and swinging
doors. The Bi-Fold Door folds up completely out of the way
giving you full access to the tub with nothing on the edge
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ADVANTAGES
over Sliding Tub and Shower Doors
1. Access.
Sliding doors allow less than 50% access to the tub
or shower opening. The Bi-Fold can allow nearly 100% access.
2. No sharp
metal. The Bi fold has nothing on the curb or sill
or edge of the tub. If you want to lean over the edge to clean
or bathe your young child, it can be dangerous and unpleasant
to have sharp ridges of metal pressing into your elbows.
3. Safety.
3/8" tempered glass is unbelievably strong. Our company
picture on our home page shows all of us standing on a piece
of heavy tempered glass supported on two edges only. Thin
glass sliding shower doors are very breakable and relatively
unsafe when compared to heavy glass showers.
4. Great
Looks: American style sliding shower doors have lots
of aluminum all around the opening. The Bi fold has small
hinges and a header with one roller and that's it. It is a
very clean modern look.
5. Clean.
No jambs or Sill track to collect soap and so forth. No strips
of ridged metal that literally can't be cleaned. There is
also no flat header to collect dust. The header of the Hydroslide
Bi-Fold is round and easy to clean. The Exposed Stainless
Roller Bi-Fold is also easy to clean.
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