Patio Doors With Built-In Blinds

January 16th, 2010 | Posted in Patio Doors

For homeowners who seek convenience above all, but don’t want to get low on quality, patio doors with built-in blinds are an excellent choice. They have the great look you are after, but give you less pain in maintaining them, because the blinds are installed inside the doors, between the glass panes. This means they don’t get dirty and they don’t get deteriorated because of the weather conditions of because of the frequent manipulation. Such patio doors with built-in mini-blinds are a great idea for homes with kids, who usually find a lot of fun in endlessly opening and closing doors, no matter what their parents may have to say about that. Moreover, usually window blinds are a source of allergens in a home, because they collect a lot of dust, particles or micro-organisms and they are relatively difficult to keep completely clean all the time. The blinds between the glass from Jeld-Wen have no exposed cords and they are thermally sealed, so they don’t get any dust on them.

For those of you who might be interested to know more about this type of exterior doors, here’s what we found:

Pella Sliding Patio Doors – Designer Series

Pella came with a cool innovation for doors with built-in blinds: the inside glass panes open, so you can change the blinds inside in case you decide for a re-decoration and you need another color or a different style of blinds. Additionally, these doors have an excellent energy efficiency, because they are available with triple-pane Low-E glass with argon, so they really help improving the r-value of your thermal insulation.

Here are a few parameters of Pella sliding patio doors from the Designer Series:

Sliding Contemporary	Sliding French
NFRC U-Value	0.26 – 0.49	0.27 – 0.48
Solar Heat Gain Coefficient	0.19 – 0.55	0.17 – 0.48
Design Pressure	20 – 80 psf	20 – 75 psf
STC Rating	31 – 35	32 – 35

Jeld-Wen Patio Doors

Jeld-Wen patio doors feature double Low-E glass panes with excellent insulating qualities, both thermal and auditive. Optionally, the air between the glass panes can be replaced with argon, an inert gas with superior insulating properties. These doors have special locking systems which make them easy to manipulate and extremely secure when locked. Weather-tight and resistant to condensation and mildew, these patio doors are a good value for money.

Many windows and doors companies are picking up on patio doors with built-in blinds, as this is a practical invention which brings palpable benefits for homeowners.