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   Trevor_Lambert | Feb 25, 2019 12:19pm | #1

   There are several sliding doors that meet all your requirements, if you are prepared to pay. A sliding door like this will typically cost triple the same quality fully glazed door and side light.

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   dickrussell | Feb 25, 2019 12:24pm | #2

   If it were mine, I'd prefer a regular 36" door that swings out of the way with much less effort than sliding a heavy patio door sideways. A regular door opening away from you also lets you do much of the opening while continuing to walk, whereas a patio door makes you halt in both directions. A fixed-glass triple pane window will be much warmer just inside of it than any double pane slider, and it doesn't need to go down to floor level to provide view.

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   seabornman | Feb 25, 2019 12:30pm | #3

   I looked at swinging patio doors versus sliding doors. The better patio doors had 3 point latching. The sliding door I went with was a top-of-the line Marvin which is a great door however the locking is a simple single point catch.

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   BILL WICHERS | Feb 25, 2019 12:50pm | #4

   You can get good sliding doors with triple pane glazing, but they are not cheap. I just had inline quote three very large sliding doors (over 12’ wide), and they were around $9,000 each. This is with 1-3/8” triple pane glazing.

   It would be cheaper to put a glass swing door next to a full height picture window. You can also get “tilt and turn” doors which might be an option for you. I don’t think either option would give you the clean look of a sliding glass door though.

   The closest option I can think of to a sliding glass door is to use a commerical-style strip window and integrate a swing door into one of the panels. You see this all the time on storefronts.

   Bill

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   cord12 | Feb 26, 2019 04:53pm | #5

   Thank you for the inputs. David