The Concept of Sliding Doors And Windows A General Perspective
An elegant and appealing mechanism of a special kind of door which slides to open instead of flying by with the help of a hinge attached to one side is a sliding door. These sliding doors open cross way by a sliding mechanism running almost parallel to the wall or other suitable support. Usually used in bathrooms as shower door, screen door and in automobile vans, the sliding door is also known as patio door, which can be made of wood, aluminium and stainless steel. However visually it appears attractive when finished in unbreakable plastic glass. Sliding doors of big sizes are seen to be installed in airports and star hotels. These doors are mostly automatic doors with motors fixed in order to carry out the sliding action. Doors fixed in the airport terminals or in star hotels are also equipped with sensors wherein when an entrant comes in front of these sensor fitted doors they automatically open and close. Apart from being extremely popular and prevalent in modern