Large Bifold doors opening.

Hi Guys,

We are doing renovation in our house and want to get a bilold door that is almost 6 meters long. Our house is brick-veneer and we are currently going through the stage of getting all the drawings done by architects.

So I had a chat with one of them today and he suggested that having a 6 meter long bifold door from wall to wall would be much harder and more expensive to implement because of extra support required to hold heavy doors without sagging.

As an option he advised that we can install a poll in the middle and have 2 x 3meter boors, but we don't think it would look any good.

So I have a few questions.
1) How much more expensive would it be to build support for 1 long door VS 2 smaller doors.
2) What is the largest size of the door that wouldn't need this kind of work.
3) Would sliding doors require same level of work or would it be easier?
4) What if we go with sliding doors and leave one section on each side stationary - would it help?

Would appreciate your advice!!!

Cheers
Kostya


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