Sliding Door vs French Door: Which Is The Best Option For You?

Looking for a new door for your home but don't know which option is best? In this video, we compare the sliding door vs French door and help you decide which one is right for you!

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[sarahdesrocher]

We have a French door with double screen door. I love how both sides open, plus such a breeze for large items . We had our new couch delivered through that and moved most of our furniture ourselves through it too.

[maryd]

We replaced French doors with sliders and are very happy with screens, ventilation and security features. 👍

[heroknaderi]

Very cool details and one benefit for French doors is if you open both doors then you can get a very wide opening

[sentb]

This was very helpful. Thank you. And I appreciate you including the average cost.

[MAGAMAN]

I am getting my door replaced and I considered French doors, but the screen and the fact that the doors take up internal or external space when opened made me decide to stick with a slider. We also have really strong wind and wind gusts out here in Texas and having the window blow open into something (or someone) and get damaged or damage what it hit was also a big consideration.

[Paulette-jxtj]

how about weather? the cold windy Canadian weather. which is better?

[obryantribe]

I have sliders and I hate the track. Thinking of replacing them with French.

[natshorty]

Hi how to clean the track of it especially if you have pets that shed alot? Over the years the sliding track is not a smooth slide at all. Any suggestions on cleaning it up?

[fredesteves]

What is your take on sliding/hinged doors that fold like an accordion?

[alwayshopeful]

Am going to sliding glass doors to replace our French doors. They only open on one end, so no more room for opening. We have to get blinds for them every so often because they look like crap. Have had sliding doors before and loved them. Also they look so much better.

[MissBellaMe]

"Today we're going to talk about why you should get a sliding glass door from Anlin!" That should have been the title of this video. 😒

[sunyoo]

I am looking for a 10Ft French door with built in blinder.
I have 6 Ft, and want to widenen up for car storage.
I have home depot price but looking for discount company, etc. Would you be helpful? Thank you.

[ointerface]

How I'm looking at a sliding patio door vs a three or four panel sliding door. Any thoughts ?

[erwinllauderes]

What about sliding door vs french sliding door... which is better and nice to look.?

[hikgerguy]

Great info! Thanks very much for putting this together. We're looking to replace our 23 year old, builder grade sliding door and were considering French doors (because we need a small doggie door). Our existing sliding door has a side panel with a doggie door. No sliding doors we've seen come with a sliding door as part of the "kit". But, given all the advantages of the sliding door, I think we're now leaning towards buying a new "side panel" and have them install it along with the new sliding door.

It would be great too if you could explain how energy efficient sliding doors are compared to French doors. The seal (which is really stretching that word because it's horrible) lets all kinds of air in and every summer and winter I find myself stuffing this foam in the crack between the doors. Do today's sliding doors seal better than the old ones? That's my main gripe about our existing door.

[Rhezoloution]

Do Sliding doors come with locks on the outside so that you can come in thru the sliding door as if it were the main way to get into the space? I want to put one on the side of my stand alone garage and would like to be able to have it locked or unlocked from the outside.

[jacobkosman]

Hardly a side by side comparison, with pros and cons of each.

[tastemakerguidie]

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[morrigan]

This video is clearly mistitled. It should be "Why You Should Get a Sliding Door, " with a subtitle of, "And All the Reasons French Doors are Evil." I'll be adding this channel to my never recommended list.

[SoulFire]

You had me at the screen deal, great point