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What these systems cost and why, how to choose between sliding and folding, and what a replacement actually involves — written by the team that installs them.
MaterialsAluminum or vinyl patio doors: what actually fails first in Texas heatThe two materials fail differently, and a cooling climate with 100-degree summers pushes hard on exactly the weakness vinyl has. Here is the engineering that decides it, including where our own product is the wrong answer.8 min read 
CostsWhat bifold patio doors actually cost in TexasA folding wall is priced by the leaf, not by the running foot, which is why two quotes for the same opening can land a long way apart. Here is what is actually behind the number.8 min read 
CostsWhat sliding and folding glass doors actually cost in TexasNobody selling these doors wants to talk about price, which is why the internet is full of numbers that turn out to mean nothing. Here is what actually drives the cost, and what to check before you compare two quotes.7 min read ChoosingSliding or folding glass doors: how to choose for your openingThe two systems solve different problems, and most of the confusion comes from comparing them on price rather than on what you want the opening to do.6 min read 
ReplacementReplacing a failed patio slider: what is actually involvedMost of the doors we take out failed in the same order, for the same reasons. Knowing which stage yours has reached tells you whether you need a repair, a glass unit, or a new system.6 min read PerformanceEnergy-efficient glass doors in Texas: what the numbers meanAlmost every door sold in this country is described as energy efficient, which makes the phrase useless. Two numbers decide it, and in Texas only one of them is really doing any work.6 min read