Product Features
Hardware
Origin French doors use the same high-quality hardware found in the OB-72 and OB-49 bifolding door ranges. With aluminium profiles being around a third slimmer than uPVC doors, combined with the hardware gives you more flexible door sizes. The smallest double doors are as narrow as 940mm for cottage doors right up to 2.400 wide and up to 2.7metres high.
Another great feature of Origin doors is their ability to open 180 degrees, fully opening up to provide a more useable door opening and let more of the light into your home.
You get the same high quality door locks, having an 8-point locking system, chamfered 20mm bolts and high security cylinder with anti-drill, anti-pick and anti-snap protection. These locks with a broad selection of robust door handles. Strong, sleek and reliable, they operate the locking system with precision while improving the aesthetics of your new French doors. The slave leaf comes with optional flush bolts or a matching handle to the lead door. You can even colour match the handles to the doors with some models, giving you a truly personal set of doors in your home.
Glass
Your new French doors come as standard with toughened 28mm glass units. Our glass has the latest low-E (low emissivity) glass. This advanced coating works brilliantly in reflecting the heat back into your home. On the outside, low-E makes the most of sunshine bringing into your home at optimum levels for comfort. With this coating, you also get argon gas between the glass and warmer material spacer bars to the edge of your glass unit.
So while you can't see many of these technological advancements, they work in the background keeping your home more comfortable all year round.
You also have all manner of options for getting more out of your doors with a choice of glass options. Upgrade your door security with laminated glass units having the same energy efficient benefits. There are also options for self-cleaning, solar control or acoustic glass.
Colour
Your new Origin double doors come with the latest advancements in colouring technology. Whether you choose a standard or special colour, you get the same luxurious surface finish, applied to the latest standards and in carefully controlled environments. Your doors meet all the necessary quality labels such as BS6496 and Qualicoat.
Choose our luxurious woodgrain colour and benefit from even more durability. A powder-coated base coat is then finished with an advanced film containing the woodstructure effect. Not only do you get beautiful woodgrain doors but also even more durability to the aluminium surface.
Energy Efficiency
The energy-saving properties of the glass in your Origin French Doors come with a centre pane U value of 1.1W/2mK. This meets current Building Regulations.
Combined with the thermally insulated aluminium frames your French doors insulate better than older products and help keep heat in the home. They also help with overall energy efficiency as part of a well-insulated home.