We offer two types of patio sliding doors: sliding and lift and slide doors.
Lift and slide doors contain a mechanism within the gearing that lifts the door up slightly, making it easy to slide, as well as the option of locking it in any open position. Traditional sliding glass doors, on the other hand, don’t have this mechanism, so the weight is always directly on the steel rollers.
Sliding patio doors also tend to have much slimmer frames and sightlines, whereas lift and slide doors have chunkier frames. They’re popular amongst the elderly and families with busy households and children as the doors are easy to operate and can be locked open, which is ideal if the kids are running in and out. That said our cost effective lift and slide door the XP Slide LS25 is available on a twin track with a sightline of just 25mm, a great product that offers the benefits of a lift and slide door but with a real slim sightline.