Draughty Patio doors

Shackeng

I have recently had new Halo sliding patio doors fitted. There is a draught under the fixed portion of the door, which the company claim is inevitable due to drain holes in the frame. There is also a leak from the joint between the two centre vertical frame edges where the doors overlap. They are at this very moment trying to adjust this, but I have little confidence that it will be resolved properly.
Given that the fixed and sliding centre frames are the same width, should they be aligned, such that when closed I can only see the inner section?
What are the regulations, if any, regarding draughts through such doors?

Gary123456790

Leaking is obviously an issue which should not happen and needs to be fixed.

Regulations regarding air tightness (i.e. lack of draughts) with houses only apply when the houses are built or renovated under planning rules, and actually apply to the home owner, i.e. you have to select the correct products to meet the reuirements. There is no rule that says a door can't have a draught, and windows usually have vents at the top.

You need to review the specification for the doors to see what it says about draughts/air tightness to see if they meet the spec.

We renovated our house to the Passive House retrofit standard and having reviewed the air tightness of different types of doors we went with a standard double opener, i.e. hinged doors rather than sliding or "bi-fold" as both the latter do not have very good air tightness.

Hope that helps...

Shackeng

The window fitting firm has now agreed to remove them, and says he will not be using that firm to supply windows or doors again. The manufacturer denies there is anything wrong with the doors, and refuses to even come and look at them, whereas it appears the air comes in via the drainage holes under the fixed panel, which has a blanking plate over the bottom section of frame, but which seems is not sealed against air ingress. Now looking for a better quality replacement, possibly Rehau or Decleuninck.
PM me for the name of the manufacturer if required.

hollydays

You can put the manufacturers name on here