Hello,
we are currently planning our house. We have planned a lift-and-slide door downstairs (partly covered) and would now like to add another one upstairs.
Our builder doesn’t strongly advise against it but said he wouldn’t necessarily do it because lift-and-slide doors can sometimes let in some water during severe storms. Both doors would face south; the downstairs one, as mentioned, is partially covered, while the upstairs one is not.
We get severe storms one or two times a year here, and sometimes also when we are on vacation. Since we plan to use wood flooring throughout, water damage would of course be very unpleasant!
I haven’t been able to find much information either in this forum or online about lift-and-slide doors leaking, which is why I’m still in favor of having the upstairs door.
What do you think? Are they really that problematic?
Best regards
we are currently planning our house. We have planned a lift-and-slide door downstairs (partly covered) and would now like to add another one upstairs.
Our builder doesn’t strongly advise against it but said he wouldn’t necessarily do it because lift-and-slide doors can sometimes let in some water during severe storms. Both doors would face south; the downstairs one, as mentioned, is partially covered, while the upstairs one is not.
We get severe storms one or two times a year here, and sometimes also when we are on vacation. Since we plan to use wood flooring throughout, water damage would of course be very unpleasant!
I haven’t been able to find much information either in this forum or online about lift-and-slide doors leaking, which is why I’m still in favor of having the upstairs door.
What do you think? Are they really that problematic?
Best regards
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Nice-Nofret26 Nov 2021 15:11ours are tight..
and then I still need to reach 30 characters
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hampshire26 Nov 2021 15:18Nixwill schrieb:
Our builder doesn’t strongly discourage it but said he wouldn’t necessarily do it because with lift-and-slide doors and severe storms, you can sometimes get some water inside. He probably doesn’t want to install them. I wouldn’t let that worry me; there are plenty of good systems available.
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Aloha_Lars26 Nov 2021 15:45Our lift-and-slide door is sealed.
However, the DIN standard requires that measures against standing water must generally be taken in front of such doors.
Installing a drainage channel is sufficient, for example. In practice, this is often neglected.
However, the DIN standard requires that measures against standing water must generally be taken in front of such doors.
Installing a drainage channel is sufficient, for example. In practice, this is often neglected.