Everyone wants the “seamless” look.
They want the kitchen floor to flow straight out onto the patio with zero bumps. They buy expensive aluminium bifold doors and wait for the install.
Then the doors go in. There is a massive 50mm metal step right in the way. It ruins the look and everyone trips over it.
The Level Problem
You cannot fix this after the doors arrive.
Standard bifold tracks sit on top of the floor. If your builder pours the concrete screed and lays the tiles before checking the door specs, you are stuck with a step.
The track has nowhere to go but up.
The Low-Threshold Fix
You need a weathered low-threshold track.
It is a slim aluminium profile designed to be buried. We don’t sit it on the floor; we sink it into the floor.
The Builder’s Job
This has to be planned on day one.
The builder needs to leave a channel in the concrete. The internal floor level and the external patio height have to be calculated to the millimetre.
We drop the track into that channel. The finished tiles inside and the slabs outside sit almost flush with the top of the metal rail.
The Flush Finish
The result is a flat transition.
You can slide a drink across the floor from the kitchen to the garden without hitting a ledge. It looks cleaner. It is safer.
The Weather Warning
Low thresholds are for sheltered spots. If your back wall faces the brunt of the Dorset coast gales, we need to look at the drainage.
Come down to 78 Alma Road. We have a flush-track bifold on display. Walk over it and see the floor levels for yourself or give us a call on 01202 533126.
