Venting with large sliding doors at back of the house

tallac

I want to add a large sliding door panel to the back of the house. Either a 2 or 3 panel version. While this will give plenty of venting when I open up the doors, I feel nervous about the security especially if I am not in the room. Is there a way to incorporate standard windows into a sliding door panel so I can use normal window opening venting (it feels more secure when I'm not in the room). I was thinking that if there was a 2 panel sliding door, then only 1 panel would slide while the other panel was fixed with opening windows. The sliding door would slide on the inside when I wanted the opening of the sliding door but if I wanted to use window venting then the sliding door would be shut and I can use the windows in the fixed panel side.

Does such a thing exist? Is there another way to add secure venting to a sliding glass door solution?

Thanks in advance

Slinky

We have a double patio door, one fixed, one sliding. Alongside the fixed door we also have a small section to allow for the installation of a catflap. We have a small opening window at the top.  

I can't see how you would be able to have openers in a sliding window.  What you could investigate is the sliding door having a tilt mechanism, which is what we had before this one replaced it. The sliding door would close, then you turned the handle 180 degrees in the door would tip inwards a bit. On the old one, the sliding section ran inside the fixed one so it was able to tip inwards.

Slinky

This is similar to what we used to have https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R6Z3aNoUO0

RelievedSheff

Some of the new builds here have standard twin opening leaf patio doors with an opening window either side of the patio doors which looks to work quite well. Unfortunately we didn't get them with our house

tallac

I was thinking of some of the wider sliding doors like this:


The doors would cover most of the back wall of the house. I was thinking that there might be a nice solution that allows one panel to slide while the other is fixed. And then the fixed panel might have some opening hinged windows at the top portion. I've done a lot of searching but couldn't find anything like this.

Having a normal windows on either side of the main sliding window looks a bit ugly though.

Rodders53

Problem is the opening window in fixed panel would foul the sliding... and sooner or later one would forget to close before....  Trickle vents should help a little?

I've seen patio/french doors with window openings in addition.

Bifold doors could have them with the sight line caveats e.g. https://www.aluminiumtradesupply.co.uk/13340/opening-windows-bifolding-doors/

Doozergirl

tallac said:

I was thinking of some of the wider sliding doors like this:


The doors would cover most of the back wall of the house. I was thinking that there might be a nice solution that allows one panel to slide while the other is fixed. And then the fixed panel might have some opening hinged windows at the top portion. I've done a lot of searching but couldn't find anything like this.

Having a normal windows on either side of the main sliding window looks a bit ugly though.

We have doors like that.  They can be locked in position at any point along the track, so if we only want the door open 20-30cm or whatever, you lock the door in place there.  

tallac

Rodders53 said:

Problem is the opening window in fixed panel would foul the sliding... and sooner or later one would forget to close before....  

I thought about this but what if the sliding door panel slid on the inside of the fixed panel and the opening windows on the fixed panel open outwards. That seemed like it would work but I can't find any examples of this so maybe there is no solution in that way.

Doozergirl said:

tallac said:

I was thinking of some of the wider sliding doors like this:


The doors would cover most of the back wall of the house. I was thinking that there might be a nice solution that allows one panel to slide while the other is fixed. And then the fixed panel might have some opening hinged windows at the top portion. I've done a lot of searching but couldn't find anything like this.

Having a normal windows on either side of the main sliding window looks a bit ugly though.

We have doors like that.  They can be locked in position at any point along the track, so if we only want the door open 20-30cm or whatever, you lock the door in place there.  

Oh that's clever. Are they locked with a key? That would prevent someone reaching in with their arm to unlock the catch. I guess, if you had a small gap on either side of the sliders, then this would provide a larger opening than a window so that would work.