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After a particularly bleak winter, Spring has sprung, and some sunnier days have got a lot of us thinking about how we can improve our homes and gardens to make the most of them through the summer months. There is a renewed energy to make a change and upgrade our homes, but it’s not always obvious which improvement would benefit us the most.
Installing sliding doors or bi-fold doors in your property brings a lot of benefits that span the inside of your homes as well as the outside. In this post, we’ll explore these wide-reaching advantages and why these doors are a particularly good investment for your home this summer.
Benefits of sliding and bi-fold doors in the brighter months
Aesthetics from inside and out
Aluminium sliding and bi-fold doors have remained popular for many years in part thanks to their functionality, but also because of their elegant, sleek style. Their ability to bring together an indoor room, with the outdoors, with their often-slimmer frames has ensured their continued desirability. And this trend is showing no sign of slowing down, which means they are likely to remain popular in the years to come, should you want to sell your home.
With their sleek design, large expanse of glass, and ability to open up a significant amount of your wall, sliding doors and bi-fold doors make your home interior look and feel bigger, and similarly make your garden feel bigger when you’re enjoying the outdoors. A top tip to extend this feeling of space is to mimic the flooring between inside and out, so you achieve an even more seamless transition between the two spaces.
Improved airflow
In the winter months, we need our doors to be energy efficient to keep our homes warm, and aluminium is a great material for this job. But on warmer days, it’s more important to get the air flowing through the home. Sliding doors that can create a wide opening or bi-fold doors that fold fully out of the way are excellent choices for this. Unlike opening a couple of windows at either end of the property, the amount of space these doors open up, makes a big difference to the air flowing through the home.
Airflow is becoming increasingly important with new Building Regulations addressing the need to keep our homes feeling more comfortable all year round. An increasing number of homeowners are investing in air conditioning units to keep them cool in the summer, but this requires the use of more expensive energy and does not offer the same fresh air as opening up your home. Installing new aluminium windows and doors not only helps to reduce fuel bills in the winter, but they also offer a far more environmentally friendly way to cool our homes in the summer. We can reduce the need for air conditioners with better glazing and better airflow.
Brighter days
It’s true that even the best aluminium sliding and bi-fold doors can’t change the weather, but whatever the climate outside, large expanses of glass allow more natural light to flood the inside of our homes. There are numerous studies on the benefits of natural light, including the fact that it can improve our mental health and make us feel more motivated to get through our daily tasks. In short, more sunshine in our homes makes us feel better.
An article by Inge van de Wouw, marketing manager of NatureConnect and member of the World Green Building Council, highlights the extent of the benefits of daylight: “Daylight is something so natural, that often we do not realise how important it is to us. Increasing amounts of research reiterate that the exposure to the right amounts of light during the day, as well as the colours and dynamics from nature, strongly impact our mood, energy levels, comfort, quality of sleep and our health and wellbeing in general.” Stunning aluminium doors that frame the natural environment outside and let the light flood in to the home, deliver these benefits in abundance.
Aluminium sliding and bi-fold doors from Reynaers at Home
Reynaers at Home offers a fantastic range of aluminium sliding and bi-folding doors to lighten and brighten your home. Our products come with excellent energy efficiency to keep you warm in the winter months and cooler in the summer months, with the ability to open up your home to the outdoors. And because all our windows and doors are built to last, you can order your new home improvements with peace of mind that you can continue to enjoy these benefits for the long term. If you are ready to explore your options in more detail, we can put you in touch with one of our trusted Reynaers at Home installers who can help you decide which option is best for your property. Find your local Reynaers at Home installer today and let the sunshine in!
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