Internal Folding French Doors

What Are The Benefits of Folding French Internal Doors?

People love open plan living. This may sound like a generalisation but it is proven by estate agents who claim that homes with an open plan configuration have a higher property value.

As much as the idea of open plan living may appeal though, it can have major drawbacks. Removing room dividers means removing privacy. It means sounds, smells and dirt will travel further and disturb more people.

Installing a set of french folding doors is a stylish compromise that gives you the freedom of open plan living when your doors are folded, but also allows you to shut spaces off when needed. It will maximise the light flow in your home while maintaining the convenience of separate rooms.

With french folding doors, the practical benefits come alongside a visual appeal from the doors themselves. The only type of folding door that can truly encapsulate a vintage vibe, folding french doors will slip seamlessly into a rustic room that needs to function more flexibly.

Why Pick Internal Folding French Doors Over Internal Bifold Doors?

If you want the benefits of internal folding doors, then you have two door types to choose from. You have either internal bi-fold doors or french folding doors. Either type of internal door will fold away completely to leave your whole doorway clear.

The main difference between the bifold doors and folding french doors is the way they are hung.

Bifold doors can be top or bottom hung, but they will always be hung using a track and will slip through the track when they fold open. 

Unlike bifold doors, French folding doors side hung. Like traditional internal French doors, they work on hinges without a track, but they are folded open.

The appeal of traditional French doors is always going to be their timeless visual elegance. While an internal bifold door can bring a contemporary edge to any interior, French doors have a rustic feel that makes them the perfect folding door to fit a country cottage style existing decor.

The Room Dividers That Fit Small Spaces

Concertina-style internal folding doors are easily the best door choice to suit smaller openings and rooms.

This is because when they open, they do so completely within the confines of the door frame. This means they are a great choice when you a short on space to open the doors and you don’t want to lose precious space in either room.

French folding doors are perfect for opening up a space full of furniture like a dining room or letting air flow in a cupboard-heavy kitchen. They are always a stylish but functional addition.

French Folding Doors To Suit Every Home

Glazed french doors have an almost eternal appeal. Increasing the flow of natural light into your home is a guaranteed way to make your home feel brighter and even bigger.

Glazed or Solid Panels Available

The beauty of folding doors is that they completely fold away to leave the entire door opening clear. This allows you to pick stylish solid panels for your internal bifold doors or french folding doors without worrying they will cause restrictions within your home.

When you want to recreate the flow and freedom of open plan living, but you know there are times when your rooms will need privacy, a solid panel internal door is a great option.

A solid panel folding french door gives you complete control over how your space feels.

Glazing Options For Your French Folding Doors

The large glass panels of our folding french doors come in a range of options to let you control the privacy and natural light flow in your home.

If you want the flood of sunlight that comes with glazed panels, but you need to protect the privacy of your living space, we have frosted glass available as well as clear glass.

Toughened Glass To Keep Your Home Safe

Our glazed french doors offer a safe option for your home as they all feature either toughened or tempered glass. This means the clear glass or frosted glass panels in the doors are up 5x stronger than standard glass. This makes them much harder to shatter and much safer to use in homes filled with small children or pets running around.

French Folding Doors: Unfinished, Primed & Fully Finished

Our collection of internal french doors are supplied unfinished or prefinished, so you can pick between the convenience of a prefinished door or the flexibility of an unfinished one.

Prefinished Internal Doors

Picking a pre-finished french folding door like our Calibre Fully Finished Oak means that you can hang them as soon as they’re delivered.

This engineered oak veneered door will look incredible from the day it arrives and will require minimal maintenance to keep them looking great either. The only drawback to a stunning prefinished door is that it doesn’t offer any flexibility in colour.

Unfinished Internal Doors

Unfinished internal french doors will offer you all the flexibility you need to completely customise them. The wood is bare when it arrives, so you can stain, varnish or lacquer them to match your own dream design or interior.

White Primed Internal Doors

A white primed french door, like our Calibre White Primed 4 Panel, is the perfect middle ground. If you have a very specific colour scheme you want to match these doors are the perfect compromise.

They will still need some work to be ready to hang, but they are professionally primed to make painting them a quick, simple job.

Black Heritage Range

Our black heritage folding french doors come pre-finished in matte black paint, providing a stylish industrial look. Our Heritage range comes in bifolds, french folding, and single doors so that you can easily match all the doors in your house. 

Unlike your average door retailers, our black heritage range comes completely prefinished in black. This means you can get to installing right away as you won’t need a final coat of black paint on your door.

Operational Door Hardware Included

When you purchase a French Door from us, all the door furniture and framework to suit standard sized doors is supplied. The only things you need to source are handles and a latch.

Do French Doors Fold Back Flat?

The specialist hardware on our selected internal french folding doors allows them to fold back flat the full 180 degrees when they’re opened.

This allows you to turn two rooms into one completely connected space, without the door openings being obstructed or any space being stolen by the doors protruding into a room.

To give them full flexibility they also include shoot bolts that can be used to keep the side leaves in place. This means you can open one, some, or all of the leaves as and when you need.

If your space isn’t suited to french folding doors, you can always check out our range of internal bifold or sliding doors instead.

Why choose from Aspire Doors range of interior doors?

We’re proud to provide fantastic quality doors and fantastic customer service to everyone who orders from us. Whether you’re looking for internal or external doors we have a variety of products to choose from. And all in a range of sizes, colours and finishes.

We offer 5 working day delivery on all in-stock products to mainland UK addresses. The prices across our site include delivery and VAT already, so you won’t get any unexpected additions when you go to checkout.

If you’re struggling to decide whether standard internal french doors or unfinished oak internal bifolds would suit your home better, you can also talk to our customer service team for support. They can answer any additional questions you may have.