Transform your San Diego home with Milgard's innovative moving glass wall systems, available through US Window & Door, your authorized Milgard dealer. These stunning architectural features blur the line between indoor and outdoor living, offering expansive views and seamless transitions to your patio or backyard. Sliding glass wall systems, once exclusive to high-end properties, are now accessible to more homeowners thanks to Milgard's diverse range of sizes and configurations. These systems can be installed in new construction or retrofitted into existing homes, allowing you to maximize San Diego's spectacular views from virtually any room.
Key Features:
- Available in 3 and 4-panel arrangements for most products with a 2-panel and up to 5-panel option in select materials as well
- Over 10 standard sizes to choose from between the different door options
- Lightweight design for easy operation
- Multiple stock finishes with matching hardware
- Suitable for both residential and commercial applications
As an authorized Milgard dealer, US Window & Door offers expert guidance in selecting and installing the perfect moving glass wall system for your space. Our team will help you navigate the options to create a custom look that enhances your home's beauty and functionality.
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Milgard Moving Glass Wall System: The Basics
The Milgard moving glass wall system is a new approach to glass door walls. They are both unprecedented in their design and manufacturing process allowing for many benefits above and beyond other door options. Different configurations are available, with three and four-panel arrangements and 12 standard sizes. Each system can be installed as part of new construction or added as a retrofit update on existing homes. Milgard glass doors were designed to be large enough for optimum visual appeal and natural illumination, yet are lightweight so anyone can easily operate them. A handful of stock finishes are available as well so homeowners can match the doors to their existing décor. Matching hardware is also available for each finish, completing a custom look for any home or patio!
AX550 Aluminum Moving Glass Wall
The AX550 features a state-of-the-art thermally broken aluminum frame, providing superior energy efficiency by minimizing heat transfer between the interior and exterior of your home. This advanced sliding glass wall design helps maintain comfortable indoor temperatures year-round while reducing energy costs. The frame is finished with a high-quality powder coating that offers exceptional durability. This finish is resistant to chipping, peeling, and fading, ensuring that your moving glass wall system maintains its aesthetic appeal for years to come, even in harsh weather conditions.
Available Styles
The AX550 offers unparalleled versatility with three distinct operating styles:
- Bi-fold: Panels fold accordion-style to one or both sides, creating a wide, unobstructed opening. This style is perfect for seamlessly blending indoor and outdoor spaces.
- Stacking: Panels slide and stack to one side, offering a more traditional sliding door feel with the added benefit of a larger opening.
- Pocket: Panels slide into a wall cavity for a complete, unobstructed opening. This style provides the most open space when fully retracted, creating a truly seamless transition between interior and exterior areas.
Key Features and Benefits
The AX550 boasts several key features and benefits that enhance its functionality and aesthetic appeal. Its narrow frames maximize glass area, providing expansive views and allowing more natural light into your home. The top-hung system ensures smooth, effortless operation while reducing maintenance needs by keeping the rolling mechanism away from dirt and debris. Security is enhanced with a multi-point locking system, giving you peace of mind without compromising on style. For improved energy performance, Low-E glass options are available, reducing heat gain in summer and heat loss in winter. Optional retractable screens are available on pocket doors with flush handles only and only in select sizes but that can help provide bug protection when needed, while disappearing out of sight when not in use.
Sizing and Configuration Options
The AX550 offers impressive sizing options to suit a wide range of architectural needs:
- Panel Width: Between roughly 3.5' and 5' depending on the door opening style
- Maximum height: 10'
Configuration options:
- Bi-fold: Options for 3 to 5 panels roughly 3.5' per panel.
- Stacking: Options for 2 to 4 panels roughly 5' per panel.
- Pocket: Options for 2 to 4 panels roughly 5' per panel except on the 4 panel which are slightly smaller.
AX450 Aluminum Moving Glass Wall
The AX450 is Milgard's mid-range aluminum glass door wall, offering an excellent balance of performance, aesthetics, and value. This system features a thermally broken aluminum frame that provides good energy efficiency, helping to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures while reducing energy costs. The frame is finished with a durable powder coating available in a variety of color options, allowing for customization to match your home's exterior and interior design.
Available Styles
The AX450 comes in two versatile styles:
- Stacking: Panels slide and stack to one side, offering a traditional sliding door feel with the added benefit of a larger opening.
- Pocket: Panels slide into a wall cavity for a complete opening, creating a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor spaces.
Key Features and Benefits
The AX450 showcases a range of impressive features that enhance both its functionality and aesthetic appeal. Its narrow frame a sleek, modern look while maximizing the glass area, offering expansive views of the outdoors. The door's operation is smooth and effortless, even with large panels, thanks to sealed stainless steel ball bearing rollers. Security is a top priority, addressed by a multi-point locking system that provides peace of mind for homeowners. Energy efficiency is achieved through Low-E, dual-pane glass filled with argon, which helps regulate indoor temperatures by reducing heat gain in summer and heat loss in winter providing a 0.39 U-factor. To ensure reliability and quality, the AX450 has undergone rigorous testing and certification by AAMA and NFRC, guaranteeing its performance in various conditions. Retractable screens available on pocket doors with flush handles only and only in select sizes.
Sizing and Configuration Options
The AX450 offers impressive sizing options to suit a wide range of architectural needs:
- Panel Width: Between roughly 4' and 5' depending on the door opening style
- Maximum height: 8'
Configuration options:
- Stacking: Options for 3 to 4 panels
- Pocket: Options for 3 to 4 panels
VX350 Vinyl Moving Glass Wall
The VX350 is Milgard's innovative vinyl offering in their Moving Glass Wall Systems lineup, providing an economical yet high-performance solution for homeowners seeking to blend indoor and outdoor living spaces.
Economical Vinyl Construction
The VX350 features an efficient vinyl frame that offers excellent energy efficiency. This advanced design helps maintain comfortable indoor temperatures year-round while potentially reducing energy costs. The low-maintenance vinyl material is resistant to corrosion and rot, ensuring long-lasting durability even in harsh weather conditions. This makes the VX350 an ideal choice for coastal areas or regions with extreme temperature fluctuations.
Available Styles
The VX350 comes in two versatile configurations:
- Stacking: Panels slide and stack to one side, offering a traditional sliding door feel with the added benefit of a larger opening.
- Pocket: Panels slide into a wall cavity for a complete opening, creating a truly seamless transition between interior and exterior spaces.
Key Features and Benefits
The VX350 Moving Glass Wall System offers a range of features that combine aesthetics, functionality, and energy efficiency. Its narrow sightlines and wide glass panels create a modern, streamlined look that maximizes views and natural light, enhancing the overall ambiance of your space. These glass door walls incorporates an integrated weep system with a 1.5" sill height, ensuring effective water management and protecting your home from moisture intrusion. Security is not compromised, as the VX350 includes a multi-point locking system that provides peace of mind without sacrificing style. Energy efficiency is a key feature, with Low-E, dual-pane glass filled with argon gas achieving an impressive 0.29 U-factor. This superior insulation helps reduce heat gain in summer and heat loss in winter, contributing to year-round comfort and potential energy savings. Furthermore, the VX350 has undergone rigorous AAMA and NFRC testing and certification, ensuring that its performance, reliability, quality, and energy efficiency meet or exceed industry standards. Retractable screens available on pocket doors with flush handles only and only in select sizes.
Sizing and Configuration Options
The VX350 offers impressive sizing options to suit a wide range of architectural needs:
- Panel Width: Roughly 5' for nearly all options
- Maximum panel height: 8'
Configuration options:
- Stacking: Options for 2, 3, and 4 panel doors
- Pocket: Up to 3 and 4 panel doors
Moving Glass Wall System Comparison Table
To help you choose the right Milgard Moving Glass Wall System for your project, Milgard has created a side-by-side comparison of the key specifications for all three models: the AX550, AX450, and VX350. This table highlights the main differences in materials, styles, sizes, and features, allowing you to easily compare the options and select the best fit for your needs and budget.
Milgard Glass Door Types
There isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to remodeling a home’s entry points. Every home is different, which is why Milgard has produced different door types in an attempt to create custom doors whenever possible. That is why, with Milgard’s sliding glass wall, Milgard provides different top of the line innovative door options that can suit the need of any home redesign or new construction project. Therefore, San Diego homeowners can choose the style that offers the best functionality and visual elements for their living space. The available door types include:
Glass Pocket Doors
Pocket glass wall systems are a unique option in Milgard’s Moving Glass Wall Systems. Being a sliding glass wall system, pocket glass wall systems are designed to require less floor space. Glass Pocket Doors offer the same grace and elegance of a sliding door while incorporating the innovative qualities of a Milgard Moving Glass Wall System. This is the smallest option available. When the door is completely open, it disappears into a pocket within the wall. The look is seamless and allows for a complete opening that’s convenient for open houses, parties, moving furniture, or simply when you want to enjoy more fresh air on a beautiful summer day. Another advantage of glass pocket doors from Milgard’s glass pocket doors is that it expands the space of the room from the inside to the outside. It allows for any function within a room to extend outside without any unnecessary barrier of a physical open door.
Glass Bi-Fold Doors
Milgard bi-fold doors offer a unique, stylish look that provides easy operation. Instead of sliding, these accordion-style doors fold up to reveal a large opening. Individual panels are secured to one another using sturdy hinges, allowing the corner to pivot and create a smooth folding motion as the doors are pushed to the side. Milgard bi-fold doors offer an exquisite outside view of through their glass panels; however, Milgard bi-fold doors offer more advantages than just spectacular views; they are both durable and safe. These Milgard folding doors are installed with aluminum frames that resist the usual wear. The glass panels feature a structural interlock system that emphasizes protection from unwanted outside intrusions. Finally, a water barrier sill keeps water outside your home allowing for top comfort and peace during the most inclement storms. All the benefits of these Milgard folding doors make them a wonderful addition to any home.
Glass Stacking Doors
Milgard’s glass stacking doors are akin to what most people envision when they think of traditional sliding glass doors. This particular moving glass system includes large glass panels that literally slide on top of one another. Like Milgard’s bi-fold doors, Milgard’s stacking glass walls include the same structural interlock system that not only allows for increased protection, but it makes these moving glass wall systems more energy efficient. Available in several exterior frame color options. You can enjoy a relaxing breeze and still get excellent illumination through both the opening and overlapping glass panels.
Benefits of Milgard Glass and Sliding Door Systems
Milgard has completely changed the way San Diegans view glass doors. Homeowners are no longer forced into one option because of the size or layout of their home. Each glass door system includes a number of attractive benefits that can make any home more appealing to those who live there, guests, and even potential buyers. So, what can a Milgard moving glass wall system or Milgard sliding door offer your home? Milgard moving wall system benefits include:
Original Design
Milgard has truly perfected the classic sliding glass door. The company produces an array of sizes and configurations so you can find a setup that makes your home stand out. Milgard’s moving wall systems availability in custom sizes makes them a novel option for both replacement projects in your home and new home construction. Give your living space more personality and a little more style by skipping the cookie cutter door system in favor of something more modern and exciting by Milgard!
Convenient Functionality
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Milgard doors don’t just look good, they also work well. High-quality materials and clever designs make each system reliable and easy to use. Milgard moving glass wall systems are installed with tandem stainless steel ball bearing rollers that have incredible strength. It takes minimal effort to push open any of the three door types. Even children will have no trouble operating a Milgard moving glass wall system.
Works with Minimal Space
All of the options that are included in Milgard’s Moving Wall Systems are innovative in spacing issues. The panes of Milgard bi-fold doors fold together when the door is open taking up minimal space in the room. The same applies to Milgard’s glass stacking doors as the panels will stack upon each other when the door is open. The glass pocket door is probably the most innovative door in the Milgard moving wall system when it comes to working with little space. Milgard’s glass pocket door is installed with a pocket in the wall. When the door is open, the glass panels slide easily into the pocket, so the design of the room has to only allocate room for the door itself. When Milgard’s glass pocket door is open, it is like the inside and outside of your home become one big living area with no barrier in-between. This option works wonderfully for doors leading to balconies or any other small room in your home.
More Options
Options are important to homeowners and home builders alike. Milgard has created a product that comes with more options. Milgard moving wall systems’ array of options make it easier for any home or business interior designer to work with the space and theme that is allocated to them. This is essential to your design needs because Milgard’s Moving Glass Wall System doors can fit into the overall theme of the room instead of the rest of the room’s theme having to fit into the design of the room’s door. Overall with a Milgard moving glass wall system, you get a standard door or sliding glass door that’s tailored to your home. Choose the size, door type, panel configurations, and frame finishes that your home deserves.
Luxurious Style
No matter which Milgard moving glass wall system you prefer, each creates a look of luxury. The luxurious look of either the Milgard’s folding doors or sliding glass wall systems are extremely advantageous for your home. Not only do they offer a breathtaking view, but the look and style of a Milgard moving glass wall system will enhance the visual value of your home making it the perfect choice for a remodel or new construction waiting to go on the market. From seamless designs to smooth transitions, these doors will make your living space far more comfortable and inviting.
Breathtaking Views
One huge benefit to Milgard’s Moving Wall Systems is the glass panels clear visibility. Any type of Milgard sliding glass door allows you to get a better view of the beautiful outside scenes that are quite prevalent in San Diego. Milgard has gone to great lengths to maximize both the size and functionality of its glass doors, enhancing views and ease of use. Enjoy a better perspective and more of the view!
Excellent Illumination
Natural light can be very warm and uplifting. Milgard glass doors allow you to let in more natural light to warm and brighten your home without the unnecessary harm of damaging UV rays. Milgard door’s glass panels are made to bring in the most light without the unwanted exposure to ultraviolet rays. No matter which configuration you choose, every panel includes crystal-clear glass that will keep outside illumination pouring in.
Easy Integration
Milgard moving glass wall systems are made to integrate easily with existing Milgard patio doors and windows. Each system includes a weather-stripped interlock system, so you can expect the same quality and protection as you’d find with other Milgard products.
Milgard Moving Glass Wall System Cost
Milgard moving glass wall systems are not only a beautiful upgrade for your windows and doors, but moving glass wall systems will also modernize your home. Upgrading your house with doors that incorporate the newest top of the line technology will add to the value to the home. Therefore, moving glass wall systems are not just a beautiful, innovative addition to your home, they are an advantageous investment that should not be passed up.
All Milgard Moving Glass Wall Systems come with a limited time warranty on materials and installation of their moving glass wall systems for any home or business construction or remodel. Within a specific time, Milgard will, at no cost, provide the necessary parts to make repairs on any door within their moving wall system line. If you prefer, Milgard will also refund the purchase price of any defective moving wall system due to bad materials or installation during the limited time warranty period. Therefore, there is security behind the decision to go with Milgard’s Moving Wall Systems.
Moving glass wall systems, once to be believed to be only available to the wealthy, are now more affordable than ever. If you are ready to make an incredible investment into your home, call US Window & Door, top Southern Californian dealer, and installation company of Milgard products, for a free consultation and quote.
Why Milgard?
Milgard backs its products by providing a full lifetime warranty. Certified dealers, like US Window & Door, are available to inspect the home and make recommendations for door installation in San Diego. The company is constantly working to improve its products, and has already created some of the most cutting-edge developments in the industry. For the customer, that means better functionality, longevity, protection from the elements, and safety. From SunCoat and SunCoatMAX Low-E insulating glass to low maintenance exterior material and finishes, Milgard knows how to make life easier for homeowners. Their moving glass wall systems are another way the company is bringing comfort and convenience to more San Diego families. To request a quote or if you have any questions about Milgard moving glass wall systems, Milgard sliding doors, or any Milgard product in general, feel free to contact us today!
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