Putting a massive set of bifolds on the back wall is standard now.
It looks great. But it is what everyone does.
For a high-budget extension, there is a level above that. It is the floating corner.
The Disappearing Post
Normally, doors stop at the corner of the room. A brick pillar or a thick steel post holds the roof up.
A floating corner setup changes that.
The glass wraps around two sides of the extension. When you push the doors back, the structural corner post actually moves with them.
The whole corner of the house just vanishes. You get a completely uninterrupted panoramic view of the garden.
The Engineering Reality
This is the ultimate flex for a summer party. The kitchen floor flows completely seamlessly onto the patio.
But it isn’t easy to do.
You can’t just rip a corner out of a building. The weight of the roof has to go somewhere. This takes serious structural steel.
The roof above the doors has to be cantilevered. It requires a proper architect, a very good builder, and a heavy-duty door track system. Everything has to be calculated perfectly to stop the roof sagging onto the glass.
The Ultimate Finish
It costs a lot of money in steelwork before you even buy the doors.
But the result is incredible. When the doors are closed, you just have a sleek vertical line of glass meeting glass. No thick brick columns blocking the sightline.
When they are open, the barrier between the house and the garden is completely gone.
Check the Tracks
You need heavy-duty aluminium for this. Flimsy frames will buckle under the pressure.
Come down to 78 Alma Road. We can show you the heavy-duty tracking systems required to make a corner post move smoothly, or give us a call on 01202 533126.
