Doors:
French Doors
Double-glazed French windows and doors

The return in popularity of the 'French window':
Double-glazing sliding patio doors have became very popular in UK in 1970s, along with double-glazing windows and doors. They became popular as they were mainly available in battleship-grey silver anodised aluminium, fitted in hardwood subframes. Their popularity continued unabated through 1980s and their after the patio doors made a visually dramatic difference, it gave an instant and modernised appearance, the brick cut-down and installation became very easy with little disruption and per square foot the door was good value for money.

This double-glazing changes brought with the paved patio area, together with the obligatory BBQ and white plastic table and chairs set and brightly colored parasol, and didn't we all feel so suave, chic and fashionable. In early 1990s, it gradually drift away from modernisation began, to be replaced by preference for the quaint and cottage-y, a fashion that has continued to grow to the present day. I have noted with interest over the years that not everybody likes double-glazed sliding doors, which have a certain bland starkness and can give a feeling of living in a goldfish bowl, particularly if the property is even slightly overlooked. As I write I can say that there is not greater demand for French double doors, sometimes with sidelights if wide enough, than there is for new sliding patio doors sets. Customers who want to replace their old patio doors often have new ones again, whereas when people move into a property they often choose to change the character and have double 'French' doors instead as part of the remodeling and prettying up of their new home.