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Gene,
Haven't seen any of those up here. In Arizona, S. Cal and Hawaii I did see quite a bit of these "types" but not Marvin. It would be interesting to see how well they seal out a Nor'easter. Also it would seem that the outswing as depicted in the photo should be under a patio cover or extended eave. If this is a residential application do they have a screen system? I do like the look, just wondering about the function.
Mark
do they have a screen system?
Yeah, and one that's not an "air wall" . . . (saw a show over the w/e that had all sorts of water features in the custom-designed house; they'd replaced the airwall seperating the indoor half of the pool from the outdoor side with plate glass)
I'd wonder about the weather rating of the tops of the doors, and of their hardware, if exposed as per the photo.
Still looks cool.
Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
I have a suspicion that the door in the photo is not a Marvin "product," but instead is put together using components. By that I mean the slabs are Marvin, but the track and trolleys are probably Johnson, and the builder got together some other components in the way of a threshold and some weatherstripping to site-build the whole thing.
This all, because I went to Marvin's site and saw nothing at all about such a door.
I've used Johnson track and trolley to do an accordion unit like in the pic, but it is interior work, and doesn't have to keep out any weather. Johnson's hardware would not have any trouble with the weight of the full-lite slabs shown in the pic.
The photo is in the "gallery room" above the garage and pool house, of a show home in Orlando, FL. They may have built the floor and done the finish with adequate drains and waterproofing to make moot the point of whether the door leaks water in storms.
You gotta admit it is an attention-getter.
of a show home in Orlando, FL.
I may have to get my amigos in Oviedo & Titusville to wander over and give it a look-see.
The natives tell me that the sun is hard on things exposed to the weather. I know that the last time I was in the Orlando area, the bugs were not very nice come twilight. (Not quite as bad as, say, La Marque, Texas in August, after the skeeters have grown fat and large.)Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
that would be great for an enrty into a screened in porch otherwise all the flying, creeping, and crawling things will end up inside your home.
nope. cool though. reminds me of the nana wall.
how much does it cost ?
carpenter in transition
I've no idea. Probably thousands. The pic is from the Sarah Susanka Home by Design site, at which is shown a lot of pics of her most recent showhouse, built in Orlando for this year's NAHB builders' show.
Didja see the other clip I posted from the site, that of the laminated glass panels made with the Dupont core done with silkscreening technology?