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Balcony doors
A balcony door is a window you walk through: it sits in a living room or a bedroom, so it is judged on daylight and on how that room feels at three in the afternoon. On the other side it takes the full weather — driven dust, the occasional downpour in the cooler months and, high on a tower, wind that keeps changing the pressure on the leaf. Getting it right comes down to the threshold and to glazing chosen for the direction the balcony faces.
- swing or slide leaf action
- drained threshold
- by orientation glazing
Why choose aluminium windows?
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Durable EPDM seals
Three contours of EPDM seals keep the glass off the aluminium and close the gap between sash and frame, so dust, humid salt air and wind-driven rain stay outside.
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Foamed thermal inserts
Foamed inserts fill the profile chambers and stop air circulating inside them, so less outside heat and street noise passes through the frame into the cooled room.
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Polyamide thermal breaks
Glass-filled polyamide thermal breaks up to 40 mm wide keep the outer and inner shells apart, so the frame holds its shape and its insulation through a UAE summer.
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Energy-efficient double glazing
Double glazing up to 60 mm thick puts a sealed gap of still air or gas between the hot street and the cooled room, so less heat crosses the glass into the room.
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From balcony survey to a working door
- Aspect and shading of the balcony recorded Engineer visits within 48 hours
- Slab level and fall checked at the sill Water has to run outwards
- Leaf action chosen around the balcony furniture Swinging leaves eat usable space
- Glazing unit specified for the direction faced West balconies take the hardest sun
- Made and finished at our Dubai factory Three to five weeks from the approved drawing
- Fitted, sealed and water tested A hose test can be arranged before sign-off
What makes a balcony door work
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Drained
Threshold
Channel carries rain off the sill
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Solar control
Glazing
Coating picked for the balcony aspect
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Two contours
Seals
Gaskets compress along every edge
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Screen ready
Outer face
Separate track left for an insect screen
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Balanced
Hardware
Handle turns easily against tower wind
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What are we making
Shape and opening
Size
Width and height: 300–6000 mm. Not sure? Clear the fields — we’ll measure at the free survey.
Width under 300 mm — check that it is in millimetres.
Width over 6000 mm — we’ll confirm it at the survey.
Height under 300 mm — check that it is in millimetres.
Height over 6000 mm — we’ll confirm it at the survey.
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Extras
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The honest downside
Where a balcony door reaches its limits
High on a tower, a balcony door works against wind and air-conditioning pressure, and each leaf action pays for it differently. A hinged leaf seals tightly but swings across a narrow balcony or into the room, and a gust can catch it. A conventional slider stays out of the way but closes onto brushes, so fine dust and a little air get past at the head and the interlock.
The threshold is the other compromise. A drained sill keeps a small upstand against driven rain, and a truly level step onto the balcony depends on how the slab and its waterproofing were built — in an existing tower it is often not on offer.
For a small, hard-cooled room on a high floor, a parallel slide door parks like a slider yet squeezes its seal on all four edges. A standard balcony door remains the sensible choice on lower floors and sheltered balconies.
Consider instead
Parallel slide doors
Frequently asked questions
High up it is usually air rather than the door. Air conditioning holds the flat at a slightly different pressure from the balcony and wind on the facade adds to it, so the leaf is being pushed while you close it. Correct gasket compression and a lock that draws the leaf in, instead of relying on your arm, settles it.
Slide where the balcony is narrow or crowded with furniture, since nothing sweeps into the space. Swing where you want the simplest seal and the widest clear opening for the size. Both work well; the balcony layout usually answers it within a minute on site.
Yes, and it is a threshold problem rather than a door problem. The sill wants a drainage channel with clear outlets and a fall away from the room, plus a gasket that has not gone hard. Where the slab falls the wrong way, the correction is built into the frame.
Yes. The screen sits on the outer face and runs on its own track, so it never touches the sealing line of the door itself. Our sister brand Mosquito Nets UAE makes them to the same opening.
Related pages
Nearby pages and the rest of the catalogue.
- Apartment doors
- Automatic doors
- Bi-fold doors
- Black doors
- Bronze doors
- Brown doors
- Corner sliding doors
- Double-leaf doors
- Entrance doors
- Fire-rated doors
- French doors
- Glass doors
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