Parallel Tilt and Glide System  
  Parallel tilt and glide doors are an attractive and functional addition to any home or project. The custom designed and manufactured doors offer the combination of a bottom hinged tilt door and a door which glides parallel into the open position. This design is great for areas that do not accommodate swing doors or if you want to maximize your room area. The door can be tilted for ventilation . Replace your swing door or your ordinary patio sliding door with a parallel tilt and glide door. The hardware for the parallel tilt and glide doors makes it possible to achieve maximum opening sizes. Just as an example, if you have a 20 foot wide opening, the center portion could have a 10 foot opening with the parallel tilt and glide system. The sash size can range up to 1.60 m (63 inches). The parallel tilt-glider door is draft free when the door is closed.
 
  The parallel tilt and glide system is ideal for any patio, terrace or balcony design because of its flexible sizing. Using the parallel tilt and glide system can create beautiful walls of functional glass in a most economic way, even in standard single-family housing projects. The advantage of the parallel tilt and glide doors over your ordinary swing doors is that the door sash glides away smoothly. It is not to be compared with the ordinary North American patio slider door either. The parallel tilt and glide also is equipped with stainless steel multi –point locking hardware, and each part of the frame and sash are reinforced. It also comes with compressible seals on the frame and the sash. The construction with reinforced vinyl, compressive seals, multi point locking system and energy efficient glass makes your system a phenomenal sealed door system which offers beauty, strength and thermal insulation and peace of mind.
   
   
  The parallel tilt and glide door offers smooth and easy operation. With one hand you can easily pull the handle into the tilt function, which is securely locked a the bottom. When the parallel tilt and glide door is in the tilt position, there is no entry from the exterior possible and therefore makes this a secure door. You need to release the hardware in order to grant entry - One more pull on the handle and the door hardware releases the sash so that you can glide the door across to the non opening panel. The ease of operation is pending completely on the manufacture and was proven in the past to be difficult to operate for elder people and children. With the parallel tilt and glide hardware offered from Vera-De Windows Inc you can rest assured that you will receive a smooth and problem free operational parallel tilt and glide door system.